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2010-08-06 (Friday)

Administrator — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:48:24 +0000

Lunchtime Workout

Split	Time	Moving Time	Distance	Avg Pace	Avg Moving Pace	Best Pace	Avg HR	Max HR	Avg Run Cadence	Max Run Cadence	Calories
Warm-Up	00:09:52	00:09:52	0.79	12:33	12:32	08:08	102	130	71	85	58
Run	00:16:18	00:16:18	2.01	08:07	08:07	07:34	142	147	88	93	182
Cool-Down	00:05:03	00:04:47	0.30	16:42	15:48	08:29	116	147	61	87	25
Summary	00:31:14	00:30:57	3.10	10:05	09:59	07:34	125	147	78	93	265

2010-08-04 (Wednesday)

Administrator — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:45:07 +0000

Sprints

Did this workout over lunch at the LA Fitness that is close to the office.

Split	Time	Moving Time	Distance	Avg Pace	Avg Moving Pace	Best Pace	Avg HR	Max HR	Avg Run Cadence	Max Run Cadence	Calories
Warm-Up	00:09:34	00:09:20	0.78	12:19	11:59	08:42	102	127	71	83	55
Sprint 1	00:01:51	00:01:52	0.26	07:06	07:06	06:56	138	145	88	90	19
Recovery	00:00:41	00:00:42	0.05	13:13	13:16	07:36	138	144	79	85	7
Sprint 2	00:01:47	00:01:48	0.26	06:53	06:55	06:40	141	148	86	87	20
Recovery	00:01:02	00:01:02	0.09	11:22	11:12	07:06	139	148	79	84	11
Sprint 3	00:01:40	00:01:41	0.27	06:16	06:16	06:04	148	156	90	94	19
Recovery	00:00:46	00:00:46	0.06	13:20	13:16	07:06	147	156	78	79	9
Sprint 4	00:01:48	00:01:48	0.28	06:22	06:22	04:57	152	159	88	92	22
Recovery	00:00:31	00:00:32	0.03	15:47	16:02	12:25	149	155	78	79	7
Sprint 5	00:01:45	00:01:45	0.28	06:21	06:20	05:48	153	162	92	98	21
Recovery	00:00:37	00:00:37	0.04	16:04	16:03	11:02	153	160	78	79	8
Sprint 6	00:01:32	00:01:33	0.27	05:49	05:50	05:23	158	167	93	101	19
Recovery	00:00:34	00:00:34	0.04	13:15	13:13	05:48	161	167	77	84	8
Cool-Down	00:05:40	00:05:21	0.32	18:01	16:57	13:27	120	152	60	78	32
Summary	00:29:56	00:29:21	3.02	09:53	09:42	04:57	127	167	76	101	257

2010-08-03 (Monday)

Administrator — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:31:07 +0000

Field Test

Split	Time	Moving Time	Distance	Elevation Gain	Elevation Loss	Avg Speed	Avg Moving Speed	Max Speed	Avg HR	Max HR	Avg Bike Cadence	Max Bike Cadence	Calories
Warm-Up	00:16:40	00:15:32	4.94	21	27	17.8	19.1	25.9	126	146	74	157	159
Test 1	00:06:52	00:06:51	3.01	6	0	26.3	26.4	30.0	158	163	84	95	91
Rest	00:10:06	00:09:21	2.49	35	19	14.7	15.9	22.1	127	158	62	79	76
Test 2	00:08:31	00:08:29	3.33	0	19	23.4	23.5	27.2	154	162	81	93	108
Cool-Down	00:18:31	00:18:04	4.97	27	24	16.1	16.5	24.7	128	145	70	96	114
Summary	01:00:41	00:58:17	18.73	89	89	18.5	19.3	30.0	134	163	72	157	548

Dangerous Driver of the Day

The driver of this vehicle almost caused an accident when he or she swooped across several lanes of traffic on HWY 59 S to get on the Weslayan exit. I had to brake hard to avoid hitting this person’s car which could have resulted in someone running into my car. For shame!

Brief lunchtime workout

Well I had intended to do some weight training during lunch today but got to the gym with no tennis shoes. As I was in no way going to dress out in gym clothes and dress shoes (shudder) I did some laps in the pool instead: Distance: 30 laps (1500 m) Duration: 00:30

2010-08-02 (Monday)

Administrator — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:00:43 +0000

Swim, Endurance

After work today I stopped by the local LA Fitness and did a swim at a steady endurance pace. Distance: 2500 m Duration: 00:47

2010-07-12 (Monday)

Administrator — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:52:22 +0000

Badwater

Folks today is the start of the 2010 Badwater ultra-marathon. For those not familiar with this event – It is a 135 mile run from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. Damn.

CrossFit

Made the 06:00 workout at UniversalCrossfit this morning. Today we did 5 circuits of:

clean & jerk x 5 (95)
deadlift x 5 (225)
pull-ups x 5
run 300 m

My time was 24:17 and I was a sweaty dog at the end of it.

Swimming

Took a short lunch break and swam for 30 minutes over at LA Fitness (which is about 2 blocks from the office). Total distance = 1600m (just under a mile).

2010-07-07 (Wednesday)

Administrator — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:54:35 +0000

Pukey Brewster

This morning’s CrossFit WOD was Pukey Brewster. It was deceptively simple: 150 Burpee’s (the last 15 with dumb-bells). My time was an appalling 27:23 (probably not too bad for a CF newbie).

2010-07-06 (Tuesday)

Administrator — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:41:56 +0000

Universal CrossFit

Had my very first CrossFit workout. It was really intense. I went to Universal CrossFit, which is a cool place located at the intersection of Roy and Maxie Streets in what I think would be considered the Heights area of Houston. Our instructor was Jimmy. He went out of his way to make sure I understood all of the exercises and also the basic science and philosophy of CrossFit. I met Daniel, Victoria, and Jonathan. Our Workout Of the Day (WOD) was 5 sets of:

5 back squats
5 box jumps
5 wall ball
100m sprint
200m jog
jump rope x 2 min

Here is a (blurry) shot of the gym (box?): Right around the corner of the gym was a couple of very cool lots that had some metal art / art car action going on:

Swimming

Went for a quick swim at lunch time. Just did 22 minutes for a total distance of 1050m.

2010-06-21 (Monday)

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:45:38 +0000

Managed to get up at 04:00 and so was able to make it on time to spin class at the City Centre Lifetime Fitness. Here is a shot of the parking garage when I got there this morning:

And this is what it looked like outside as I left the gym:

Beautiful, no? And with a temperature somewhere in the 70′s, still pleasant outside. But not for long my friends. Remember, today is the first day of summer! Here is a great pseudo-commercial for the new iPhone 4:

2010-06-20 (Sunday)

Administrator — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:02:36 +0000

Here is a pic I took the other day in the parking garage by Lifetime Fitness, City Centre in Houston. My pal Tracy (who is up in PA) is really fond of these and so this one’s for you Tracy!

2010-05-21 (Friday)

Administrator — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:00:06 +0000

Spinning Class

This morning had an excellent spinning class at the Houston City Center Lifetime Fitness. Nice place.