Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Pilates today. Did some new stuff. Always feels good.

Laura and I went for a bike ride up a little canyon in Alpine. It was a nice up and felt really good. We went a little over 11 miles. I need to do more rides like that.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

I did my first swim workout since Alcatraz! Sure I have been swimming plenty of times. But not a real swim workout. It felt great. I was a little slow and my arms were a bit ... ok they were on fire! But it was nice to get back in the pool! I only did 35 laps (about 1 mile).

Decided to do a little run in the evening. I still don't have my watch so I am not sure how far I went. I think it was about 2 miles. Just a quick little run.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

4.3 mile run this morning. I don't know pace or time. I left my garmin at the cabin last night. (I got the distance off mapmyrun.com. It was a good run. I felt good ... for the most part. My knee started to hurt at the half way point but I tried to just ignore it. I tried to push the pace a little here and there. It felt good.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Once again I have not been very good at logging my workouts ... chalk it up to it being summertime!

Em and I did some fun rides before she left. We did the Provo to Orem "diagonal" which ends up being about a 10 miler. That is a nice hill. On the morning of the 4th we did a short little ride which included the 400 south hill!!! I have avoided that daunting hill since I have gotten my bike. It's a doozy! I won't lie. Our big ride was going over to the west side of Utah lake. We drove just past Saratoga Springs and parked the car. It is a great place to ride because that road goes forever and there isn't much traffic. It is a little hilly so it is a great place to practice using your gears. We road about 12 miles out and then turned around. I think that is my longest ride yet.

I have not done very much running. A few short (two and three milers) here and there. We (Peter, Gavin, Em and I) ran in the Freedom days 5k. I did set a PR (30:24). I still have a ways to go ... but I am improving. It was a fun race.

Today -- I am riding my bike to Pilates (4 miles each way).