lucky # seven

Week 7 Recap:

Monday, January 10th: Walk/run (3.25 miles power walk/~0.75 mile run) with Pati around Lake Murray. Pati decided to run the half-marathon too so now I have a training partner close by!

Tuesday, January 11th: Rest

Wednesday, January 12th: 15 minutes on the elliptical, few upper body weights followed by 3.5 hours of hard-core cleaning of my apartment.

Thursday, January 13th: 30 minutes on the treadmill 13 minutes walking and 17 minutes running, and some more upper body weights. After walking to warm up I worked on running intervals with an increase in pace from my usual to try and improve my overall time/pace.The best part was that after my workout was done I felt like I could keep running but I had to get home and get some sleep before I had to go work the first of 3 night shifts in a row. I also focused a lot of my heart rate trying to keep it in the "fat burning zone" of 65-75% of my max while walking and not above the "cardio zone" while running. I did well in this for the most part and when I stop running it doesn't take as long for my heart rate to come down as it used to. My goal is that with more cardio conditioning/training my heart rate will lower and I will thus be able to run for longer periods and faster speeds....we shall see, only time will tell.

Friday, January 14th: Finally slept like a rock for the first time in a week! Work 2nd night.

Saturday, January 15th: Slept in before working last night.

Sunday, January 16th: Run 3.5 miles around Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. I did this run right after finishing working 3 nights in a row, I was surprised how well I was able to do in a workout after working 12 and a 1/2 hours. It was nice to be able to enjoy the beautiful San Diego weather. After my run I went to the Hillcrest farmer's market for some fresh, local produce.

Excitements for Week 7:
- Total miles: 7.5 miles on the road plus the treadmill workout

Goals for Week 8:
- Try to exercise before work or after work to ensure I get more workouts in.