A Workout Thanksgiving Holiday

In total, I ran/biked for 34.84 miles this holiday weekend. That’s what you do to make sure you don’t gain weight over Thanksgiving.

Wednesday night Luke & I headed up to his parents place for the long weekend. Played a bit of pool that evening. For every shot we missed, I had to do 5 push-ups and he had to do 10 sit-ups, alternating different positions with each shot. And then since he lost the game, had to do to double of each type!

Thursday was an early day running for 4.35 miles around the roads & subdivisions in his area. I got terrible stomach/intestine cramps on the run but I blame that on the lack of water the night before the run. So instead of going 6.2 miles, we cut it down to just what I could muster out. It was great because of the snow that was on the ground that morning but the wind was awfully cold as it was coming out of the northwest!

Friday, we decided to kick it up a notch. Ran on the trails in Rock Cut. I wore all my ColdGear stuff from Under Armour but also another layer on top of that because I figured I would be walking a lot. I also still don't have trail running shoes so I had to wear my new shoes. We figured it was going to be a lot of mud on the trails so another reason why I had to be careful. Luke was off on his own that day as he wanted to run 2 laps on the 10k trail. But I surprised everyone... I managed to run the whole thing! Totally opposite of what I did a few weeks ago! Ran it in just over an hour too; 1:01. Luke didn't want to wear my Garmin on this day since he was running 2 laps. He figured it would make him run faster. I, of course, finished first since I only ran 1 lap. So as I waited around for him, I stretched and walked down to where I could meet up with Luke. Then I saw him coming around the bend. I started following him and I still couldn't keep up with him!!! He was pulling away, said he wanted to finish strong. Damn if he didn't do it! I actually had to stop and put my hands on my knees for a bit in the short bit that I tried to follow him. Later on that day, I got out my credit card and purchased a good pair of waterproof trail shoes from Sierra Trading Post.

Saturday, because it was such a nice day out, we went for an accidental 20 mile bike ride. Original plan was just 12 or so. I was stuck riding a hybrid bike and they make me sit really weird on the seat. More upright and not like my mountain bike at all. But it didn't hurt my knee at all. We ended up stopping at one of Luke's friends house so I could get some water and left a little late and ended up riding the last few miles of the ride in the dark. That was a bit scary and very cold!! Had hot chocolate that evening. Would have been great to have my road bike for that ride.

Sunday was running again at Rock Cut. I was having a sore hamstring (it came from Friday's run I'm sure) and so we decided to just do an easy 5k around the lake. Or at least, Luke thought it was a 5k. And because it was easy, he ran with me, leading me along the way. Luke was fine with it being easy since he runs speed on Monday night. We went through some interesting terrain; routes that I wouldn't even attempt with a bike. Even had to sit on and throw my legs over a trunk! It had rained earlier that morning (which we were not expecting) and so the trails were very wet and muddy. By the end of the run, my new white shoes were officially broken in. It was awesome! Towards the end, I noticed the Average Pace was over 10 minutes a mile. I told him to kick it up a notch since he was pacing me without him trying. Ended up with 4.29 miles for the day and a pretty good pace. I asked him agter the run, "On a scale of 1-10, how easy was it for you?" He put his head down and said "Ohh, don't ask me that." So threw out there the number 1 and he said no, not like that. I don't quite know what to make of his response.

For tonight, I'm hoping to brave the cold and get over to the YMCA for some swimming around 8pm.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 868 ft Location: Cherry Valley, IL Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 11/26/09 Up/Downhill: [+203/-206] Time: 07:46 AM Difficulty: 2.9 / 5.0 Weather: Overcast 38 F temp; 85% humidity 38 F heat index; winds NW 15 Performance Distance: 4.35 miles Time: 0:39:28 Speed: 6.6 mph Pace: 9' 04 /mi Calories: 263 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 45 -0' 19 6.8 +0.2 +10 ft 2 9' 46 +0' 42 6.1 -0.5 +20 ft 3 9' 25 +0' 21 6.4 -0.2 -3 ft 4 8' 32 -0' 32 7.0 +0.4 -20 ft end 8' 26 -0' 38 7.1 +0.5 -9 ft Versus average of 9' 04 min/mile

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Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 845 ft Location: Machesney Park, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 11/27/09 Up/Downhill: [+547/-547] Time: 10:10 AM Difficulty: 3.6 / 5.0 Weather: Partly Cloudy 36 F temp; 61% humidity 36 F heat index; winds W 7 Performance Distance: 6.10 miles Time: 1:01:51 Speed: 5.9 mph Pace: 10' 08 /mi Calories: 658 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 21 -0' 47 6.4 +0.5 +19 ft 2 10' 22 +0' 14 5.8 -0.1 +4 ft 3 10' 10 +0' 02 5.9 -0.0 -108 ft 4 11' 09 +1' 01 5.4 -0.5 +75 ft 5 10' 21 +0' 13 5.8 -0.1 +43 ft 6 9' 19 -0' 49 6.4 +0.5 -55 ft end 9' 40 -0' 28 6.2 +0.3 +22 ft Versus average of 10' 08 min/mile

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Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 832 ft Location: Machesney Park, IL Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 11/29/09 Up/Downhill: [+206/-209] Time: 10:36 AM Difficulty: 2.7 / 5.0 Weather: Fog/Mist 40 F temp; 85% humidity 40 F heat index; winds N 7 Performance Distance: 4.29 miles Time: 0:41:21 Speed: 6.2 mph Pace: 9' 38 /mi Calories: 450 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 48 +0' 10 6.1 -0.1 -13 ft 2 10' 04 +0' 26 6.0 -0.3 -3 ft 3 10' 13 +0' 35 5.9 -0.4 0 ft 4 8' 54 -0' 44 6.7 +0.5 -3 ft end 8' 24 -1' 14 7.1 +0.9 +16 ft Versus average of 9' 38 min/mile

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Categories: Luke, Rock Cut State Park, Thanksgiving