vivalasvegans Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 2/11 47 mile ridehad 2 good shots of hammer gel on the road with no problem but it wasnt very cold. right leg wanted to cramp up later in the day but it didn't. i also ate a few super salty pretzels... not sure if that had anything to do with it, i only ate a 1/4 cup of dry oatmeal with a few raisins before going out. ate a lot of veggies and rice for dinner, plus some almond thingys, a cookie, and part of a margarita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 2/12 5k run was supposed to be a rest day but i just had to run at least a little. coffeerunprotein/orange, 3 papadumsrice and beanssaltinesveggie foccaciarandom protein bar someone brought me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 2/12 30 miles coffee1/4 c dry oatmeal/raisins/hemp1/4 cup dry oatmeal/raisins, celery, lunabar, protein powder/waterrice and beans, veggie focaccia2 veg patties, spinach/lemonchia/protein powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 yum, I could go for some veggie focaccia right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Yeah, it was really good. Crappy wheat flour is so delicious, omg. 2/14 gym day! i think the instructor got a little irritated at me because i didn't follow his wacky spin routine at all, but oh well. he wasn't doing anything that could remotely be related to the kind of training i was looking for. i just wanted some loud music and something different to look at so i could make my ride super duper hard. i went relatively easy on the quads because of what happened a few weeks ago. we'll see how that works out. 1 hr spinbench press 3x20x45, 20x55, 3x10x652x3 supersets lats/tris3 supersets quads/calves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 2/15 3 hour ride usual wednesday food having great epiphanies about how lats and shoulders work for me on the bike. two different coaches tried to get me to get it and i am getting it now. also starting to understand a little more about why i'm getting more muscle cramps and feeling so weak. lately been going right for carbs when i get back from longish rides, and have been eating more carby foods around workouts. it's been a wining strategy so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 2/165k runcommute 2/171.5 hour ride: hill repeats1.25 hour yoga class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 2/18 ride2/19 rest day2/2 30 mile ride2/21 80 minutes trainer, bench press, lats, tris, squats2/22 30 mile ride 3x70x 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 thursday 2/23 its sunny out and today was supposed to be a looooooong hard ride day, tomorrow rest day, saturday easy ride, sunday competition. but im sick today. i think it might be a stomach bug. so i kind of dont know how to rearrange this. also superstressed from work stuff. and not having enough work. so glad i got my prize package today, it totally cheered me up and kept me from giving up. i'll report back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 thursday 2/23 but im sick today. ... so glad i got my prize package today, it totally cheered me up and kept me from giving up. i'll report back later.Me too. Me too!Get well soon! I'm thinking our super prizes boxes will help us heal up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kareno Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nice! Glad your prize package arrived safe and sound! Our donors were quite generous (particularly HealthForce Nutritionals)! Hope you feel better soon. ~Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Viva, are these folks great or what? Edited February 24, 2012 by John V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hope you feel better soon! Hugs! -Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thanks Rob and Karen, for the get will wishes. Thanks you also very much again for the prize package, I feel super double thankful for everything! John you are right, as usual. These folks are pretty great. 2/24I think I'm over the hump of this stomach thingy. Yesterday after a discussion with my coachy team mate who talked me down from trying to train through it, i just rode my bike to and from work, slow slow sloooooooooooow slow. Which was against advice. But whatever. Came home, ate a probar out of my prize package, kept it down, and passed straight out for the night. Gonna try and train a little today, will prob end up taking it easy, but I will try to climb at least a little. Taking the black bike out for the first time this season. Sun's out, pavement's dry, and I am psyched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Glad you're starting to feel better. You rock! Have an awesome rest of your weekend. All the best, my friend! -Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thanks Rob! All better now! It was a very fun weekend Friday I did do a little climbing, but it started to hail so I came back so I didn't make my sick worse. Saturday I went out to do a bit of gentle riding and some openers, but I got hailed on again, so I came back frozen but I did get a little work done in the ~25 miles I did get to ride. Sunday's race went well all things considered, it ended up being an exercise in psychological determination with all the stuff that went wonky that morning. I didn't even get to warm up before the race! saturday night food:tofu/kale/carrots/yeast cookie a little fruit/yogurt sunday morning food:1/4 cup dry oatmeal w hemp and raisins1/4 cup dry oatmeal w/ raisins, shot of chocolate gel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 monday38 miles tuesday1 hr spin with cadence drills and 1-legscircuits: split squats/overhead tris/ benchseated leg pressi was gonna train lats but something gross got on my gloves and lats/back stuff hurts my handsi think i overdid it considering this is theoretically supposed to be a rest week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 2/29 1/4 cup oatmeal/9 raisins/hemp1/4 cup oatmeal/11 raisins, celery, lunabar, protein/watercookie, larabarWORKOUTprotein//waterbeans, lettuce, 1 tbs olive oilraisins workout:85 min trainer ride, mostly spin upslats, bench, balance, stability so today i was able to increase weights on lats for the first time since my injury. big day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 so today i was able to increase weights on lats for the first time since my injury. big day!!!Excellent! Easy does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Sorry, I meant to post yesterday's gym on my thread, not yours! That's what these posts replace! Edited March 3, 2012 by John V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Edited March 3, 2012 by John V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 aha! squatting, i see! very nice. yes, john, i'll take it easy for sure! not going for upper body muscles at this point, mostly core strength, but it's nice to know i could get past a sticking point i've had for a long time! well i learned a lot this week. my main lesson: a rest week is supposed to be an actual week of rest, not an excuse to work hard in different ways. i learned that the hard way. thursday i went for a short 2 mile run, and by the end of it, was really really feeling it in my quads, which were still sore from tuesday's workout. by the time thursday night rolled around, i could barely sit. went for a consult with coachiepoo on friday and caught shit for it but i didn;t need to. i already learned my lesson. so i will take this next week relatively easy i also am probably done with serious weight training legs for now. only very light and plyo if i can manage it. i also need a rest day, because the bike fit i had yesterday saw me pedaling a fair bit, not for long though, but my quads are still sore, so i do need some recovery time. thursday:2 mile runcommute friday:random trainer stuff saturday:2 hour ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 sunday 30 mile ride, 3 mile walk. i thought i was just being really tired but apparently i did a fair amount of climbing so that's good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 VIVA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 hey mary! hope you are healing up! monday:35 milestuesday: extra rest day, due to 7 days of sore quads in a rowwednesday: 35 miles quads still sorethursday: 2 mile run, commute around town, quads betterfriday: 35 mile ride, starting to feel my legs again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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