May 23, 2007, 09:12AM PDT | 9 cheers | 2 comments
But I did jog 4 times last week. Including the 2 times the previous week, I did jog 6 times in a 9-day period. Although progress is slowed from lack of jogging, I did run my 2nd best time during this time period for the loop I run. (It’s not really saying so much considering during the summer, it was difficult for me to run the loop without stopping.)
Unfortunately, now on a business trip with meetings all this week and temperatures may be only in the 30s next week, but I am hopeful I can get some exercise in while on my business trip.
Jan 15, 2007, 04:12PM PST | 6 cheers | 3 comments
Not that I stopped exercising completely, but especially after my third trip to Japan for the year, I have jogged only once. Anyway, while in Japan for my vacation (second trip of the year), there was a health show, and this particular show wason running technique. It talked about how in the old days, training emphasized leg muscles… but there is a muscle which connects the lower body and upper body, and proper use of this muscle contributes to the coordination required to run efficiently. The muscle name in Japanese is daiyoukin (Japanese kanji 大腰筋 if 43T would display it properly) and I finally found out that in English, it is the “Psoas major” muscle.
In fact, I was able to set a PR for my training loop around my house after I started to concentrate on technique by using this muscle.
Dec 12, 2006, 01:46PM PST | 6 cheers | 3 comments
Last week, I jogged twice. It would have been more except we went to Canada for a long weekend. It was hot there, too!
This week, went 3 times… Usually in Dallas, I go when it is about 100F, which is good that I’ve been building up my endurance all this time. I am still not making as much progress as I’d like to see, but I am sure I should if I can continue. Anyway, it’s not as if I can really jog at a much cooler time. I am not a morning person, and even late at night like 10 pm, it is still going to be above 90F here.
Aug 05, 2006, 09:25AM PDT | 9 cheers | 2 comments
I also jogged 4 times this week. 3 of the times, I did the longer loop at work which is actually doing the loop approximately twice. However, when I did it on Wednesday, I felt a slight twinge in my right calf… so I had to slow down. On Thursday, I didn’t feel anything in my right calf, but I went much slower. In fact, my time was slower than my time on Wednesday. Anyhoo, the time I did run the short loop, I did set a new personal record by about 10 seconds… Not that I am keeping track.
The highs in Vienna has been around 32-33C the last couple of days (90-91F)... but at least that’s better than Flower Mound. The lowest high temperature of the last 10 days was 100F. The highest temperature during that period was 107F! (almost 42C!) That’s pretty hot!
Jul 21, 2006, 03:30AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
After an approximate 2 1/2 week absence, I did exercise 4 times this week. Did only the short loop in Vienna… The first day, I was approximately 40 seconds from my personal best in Vienna, and by Thursday, I only improved that approximately 25 seconds. A bit disappointing…
On Tuesday, I did manage to forget my running clothes, but fortunately, I had spare running clothes at the office except for socks… So I ran without socks, which reminded me of my high school days where we had a coach who thought running without socks was great, so a lot of us did that. Somehow, I didn’t feel like I was back in high school though. (Perhaps that’s a good thing.)
It was in the mid-80s this week (perhaps around 29C for you metric people out there) but got up to as high as 90F (32C) and humidity was around 50%. Funny, though, that I don’t see that many people running at lunch these days. Perhaps not other offices have shower facilities.
Jul 14, 2006, 10:04AM PDT | 7 cheers | 3 comments
Only did one short run of the four… and when I did, I set a personal record by 4 seconds… Not that I am keeping track or anything.
But unfortunately, there is an unexpected business trip next week. Arggggh. I was hoping to at least get within 1 pound of my halfway goal for this year.
You may say just go ahead and exercise while on your trip, but it’s not as easy as that. So I guess I’ll take my frustrating out by shopping!
And then after that, I’ll have another trip to Vienna, but at least I am in the habit of exercising there. I hope I don’t find anything odd growing in my gym locker over there since it has been a while since I was last there.
Jun 24, 2006, 10:42PM PDT | 7 cheers | 5 comments
Ran the short loop on Tuesday and Wednesday and then the longer loop on Thursday. This time, despite 98F, I was able to complete it without stopping. However, no personal records.
Funny, I don’t seem to see the ice cream truck around anymore…
Jun 16, 2006, 11:59AM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments
I did walk again, but I went farther than last time before stopping… And I realized how hard it is to start up again once you stopped. But anyway, I don’t feel like killing myself yet.
I think my evil plan is starting to work. I think I feel my body saying to me, “What the …? Are you crazy for jogging in this weather? If you’re going to do that, then I’m going to get rid of some of this excess weight…” Progress is still slow at the moment, but I feel a major breakthrough happening any week now…
Jun 12, 2006, 04:47PM PDT | 5 cheers | 10 comments
First time to walk in a while… but it was 96F!
OK, so I still have a long way to go!
Jun 08, 2006, 05:52PM PDT | 4 cheers | 1 comment
