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Lobsteriffic's Training Log - Oct. 31st Marathon Here I Come


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Thursday, October 29th:

 

40 min. swim class in the evening

 

 

Breakfast: oats with protein powder, agave, flax, psyllium husk, and soy milk

Lunch: salad with romaine, leftover black bean burgers, agave mustard dressing

Supper: lemon pepper tofu and broccoli; apple

Snack (post-swim): protein powder + soy milk

 

Cals 1521

Fat (g) 35.0

Carbs (g) 207.2

Prot (g) 115.6

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Yeah...I wold have to agree with you!

 

Friday, October 29th:

 

A1) DB Step-Up (20x8, 20x8, 20x8)

A2) Hip Pop-Up (BWx16, 25x16, 25x16)

A3) One-Legged Squats (BWx8, BWx8, BWx8)

 

B1) 45-degree Hypers (25x8, 25x8)

B2) Cable Pull-Through (27.5x18, 27.5x18) - this one in kg's

 

2000 m on the rower (just over 10 minutes)

 

Pre-WO: banana, protein powder+water

Post-WO: oats with protein powder, agave, flax, and psyllium husk

Lunch: apple, banana (stuck without a lunch, no protein option available)

Snack: Halloween candy

Supper: baked chimichanga

Snack: apple, more candy

 

Kind of low on the veggies today....

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Saturday, October 31st:

 

Incline Bench:

60 x 4

60 x 4

60 x 4

60 x 4

65 x 4

65 x 4

65 x 4

 

Negative Chins: 7 sets of 4

 

Assisted Dips: 7 sets of 4 at 30 lbs assistance

 

BB Curl:

20 x 4

25 x 4

30 x 4

30 x 4

35 x 4

35 x 4

35 x 4

 

Did some jumping jacks and mountain climbers. Man mountain climbers kill me.

 

You don't want to know about the diet...too many Halloween treats.

 

Sunday, November 1st:

 

Rest day....trying to recover from my sugar coma from Halloween candy.

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Monday, November 2nd:

 

A1) One-Arm DB Row:

30 x 6

30 x 6

30 x 6

32.5 x 6

32.5 x 6

 

A2) Zercher squats:

65 x 6

65 x 6

75 x 6

75 x 6

75 x 6

 

A3) V-up Push-up: 5 sets of 6

 

B) Jump Rope - 100 reps

 

C1) Sprinter Sit-ups: 3 sets of 12

C2) Medicine ball weave through legs: 3 sets of 30

 

 

Pre-WO: protein powder + water

Post-WO: oats with protein powder, flax, soy milk, agave, and psyllium husk

Lunch: pumpkin curry, cauliflower; raisins

Supper: baked tofu, steamed kale

Snack: protein powder + agave

 

Cals 1574

Fat (g) 39.0

Carbs (g) 206.0

Prot (g) 136.0

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I like the orderliness of your log too! It's inspiring me to want to keep one too. I keep on in my iPhone, but actually sharing it with people will force me to step it up a bit.

 

Your blog is great--so many great food pics & recipes! Making me hungry! Mmm...

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Thanks Missy! You should definitely start a log - it's been so helpful in keeping track of things and keeping me motivated! It's also nice to get feedback and support from others on here.

 

Tuesday, November 3rd:

 

25 min. lane swimming. Man I suck. My class has taught me the mechanics of the strokes, now I just need to practice. A lot. I also need to build up some stamina. I did a combination of strokes: front crawl, elementary back stroke, and side stroke. My front crawl is what really needs the work. I always mess up the breathing. My class still goes for another 4 weeks, but I think I am going to try and swim on my own Tuesday mornings to get in the practice. In class we mostly concentrate on breast stroke because we all suck at it.

 

Pre-WO: protein powder + water

Post-WO: oats with protein powder, agave, flax, psyllium husk, and soy milk

Snack: apple

Lunch: pumpkin curry, broccoli

Supper: "sausage" and black bean soup

Snack: copious amounts of pineapple

 

Cals 1422

Fat (g) 21.6

Carbs (g) 240.3

Prot (g) 95.1

 

Cals a little low....wasn't that hungry around supper time.

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Wednesday, November 4th:

 

A1) RDL: 95x11, 95x11, 95x11

A2) DB Bench Press: 22.5x11, 22.5x11, 25x11

A3) BW Rows: 3 sets of 11

 

B1) OH Squat: 35x,11, 35x11, 35x11

B2) Half-Inch Worms: 3 sets of 11

 

C1) DB Curl: 15x11, 15x11, 15x11

C2) Cable Pressdown: 27.5x11, 32.5x11, 32.5x11

 

Pre-WO: protein powder + water

Post-WO: oats with protein powder, flax, psyllium husk, agave, and soy milk

Lunch: "sausage" and bean soup, 2 mandarins

Snack: 2 mandarins

Supper: "sausage" and black bean soup, squash; mandarin

Snack: protein powder + agave

 

Cals 1558

Fat (g) 19.2

Carbs (g) 239.3

Prot (g) 126.4

 

Will do some stretching this evening...I've been slacking off lately and I can really feel it in my hip flexors.

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I was toying with the idea of doing a small triathlon next summer...but we're not sure when we are moving next year so it's a little hard to plan.
Do it do it! They're all over the place, you can find one anywhere. When you figure out when you're moving, you can sign up and plan your tapers then.

 

Your numbers are looking good, you are getting pretty strong, professor.

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Okay so apparently at the end of May each year there is a sprint triathlon here. I should still be here in May. There were two categories:

 

300m Swim, 6k Bike, 2.5k Run

500m Swim, 10k Bike, 5k Run

 

If I can get my swimming up to par I think I would like to try to aim for the second one... I was looking at times for last year's race, the fastest was 45:18 and the slowest was 1:22:44. I'm not sure what a 'respectable' time for a beginner is? An hour? It sounds like the swimming is indoors for this one, which is great because I don't want to buy a wet suit.

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Thursday, November 5th:

 

AM: 30 min. stationary bike, stretching

 

PM: 40 min. swimming class

 

Pre-WO: protein power + water

Post-WO: oats with protein powder, flax, psyllium husk, and agave

Snack: mandarin

Lunch: "sausage" and black bean soup; mandarin

Supper: baked tofu, roasted cauliflower; pineapple

Post-swim: soy milk + protein powder

 

Cals 1574

Fat (g) 31.2

Carbs (g) 206.9

Prot (g) 145.6

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Friday, November 6th:

 

A1) DB Step-Ups (20x8, 20x8, 20x8)

A2) Single leg hip pop-ups (25x16, 25x16, 25x16)

A3) One-leg squats (BWx8, BWx8, BWx8)

 

B1) 45-degree hypers (25x8, 25x8)

B2) Cable pull-through (27.5x18, 27.5x18)

 

Quick 15 min. run on treadmill

 

Pre-WO: protein powder + water

Post-WO: protein powder + water; oats with carob, agave, flax, and soy milk

Snack: pineapple

Lunch: "sausage" and black bean soup; 2 mandarins

Snack: pineapple, mandarin, raisins

Supper: tofu, brussel sprouts, mandarin

Snack: pb & dates

 

Wow, I was super hungry today.

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Thanks - they're so hard! I get weird looks at the gym when I do them but whatever.

 

Saturday, November 7th:

 

Incline Bench:

65x4

65x4

65x4

65x4

70x4

70x4

70x4

 

Negative Chins: 7 sets of 4

 

Assisted Dips:

30x4

30x4

30x4

30x4

20x4

20x4

20x4

 

BB Curl:

35x4

35x4

35x4

35x4

 

Stopped curling because of a pain in my left elbow.

 

Stationary bike for 40 minutes. Stretching.

 

Post-WO: protein powder + water

Brunch: oat/pb/banana pancake things

Supper: went out for Japanese - miso soup, edamame, wakame salad, sushi, 2 glasses wine

Snack: 1 beer, a couple of dates, some popcorn

 

Not the greatest day for protein.

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Okay so apparently at the end of May each year there is a sprint triathlon here. I should still be here in May. There were two categories:

 

300m Swim, 6k Bike, 2.5k Run

500m Swim, 10k Bike, 5k Run

 

If I can get my swimming up to par I think I would like to try to aim for the second one... I was looking at times for last year's race, the fastest was 45:18 and the slowest was 1:22:44. I'm not sure what a 'respectable' time for a beginner is? An hour? It sounds like the swimming is indoors for this one, which is great because I don't want to buy a wet suit.

 

You could totally do the second one! As far as times go, i think you should look at your best in each sport and then where you want to be with them in May, and then set an overall goal time. It's hard to say what a good beginner time for that race is, because we don't know what the course is like. But you do know what you're like. You should def find out if the swim is in open water or inside, cuz you might need to focus your training differently.

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