Grrr…Ow.

This morning's elliptical workout was a bit frustrating. It started off well enough, but then the muscle knots in my lower right leg started to aggravate me. Not only that, but around .6 mile, the display screen on my elliptical reset. So I went .1 mile more, and decided to call it a day. Not sure why my display screen reset, I just replaced the batteries last week. I did see the low battery sign flash once during my workout, but I thought that was just a fluke. Then later on, I bumped the machine with my knee, and it reset. I actually said out loud, "You did not just do that!" Yes, I do talk to inanimate objects sometimes.

Later tonight I will break out my heating pads and tens unit. Both of those seem to work well on muscle knots. Funny thing is now my leg feels fine.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-About .7 mile
Revolutions-1408
Resistance level-1
Endurance-OK
Injury-Muscle knots were bugging me.
Time-Not accurate. I'm saying about 30 minutes at most.
1 mile time-N/A

Virtual walk website stats.

.7 miles today
191.8 miles since April 28, 2008
9.39 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

Still pretty active right now in this area. Pretty cool.

Grrr…Ow.

This morning's elliptical workout was a bit frustrating. It started off well enough, but then the muscle knots in my lower right leg started to aggravate me. Not only that, but around .6 mile, the display screen on my elliptical reset. So I went .1 mile more, and decided to call it a day. Not sure why my display screen reset, I just replaced the batteries last week. I did see the low battery sign flash once during my workout, but I thought that was just a fluke. Then later on, I bumped the machine with my knee, and it reset. I actually said out loud, "You did not just do that!" Yes, I do talk to inanimate objects sometimes.

Later tonight I will break out my heating pads and tens unit. Both of those seem to work well on muscle knots. Funny thing is now my leg feels fine.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-About .7 mile
Revolutions-1408
Resistance level-1
Endurance-OK
Injury-Muscle knots were bugging me.
Time-Not accurate. I'm saying about 30 minutes at most.
1 mile time-N/A

Virtual walk website stats.

.7 miles today
191.8 miles since April 28, 2008
9.39 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.



 

Copyright 2006 Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Still pretty active right now in this area. Pretty cool.

Mileage For Wednesday

I decided to take Tuesday off from exercise, because I thought my legs were tired. I probably could have managed one mile at least, but I decided to take it easy. Better to be safe than sorry. Today I did my strength training, and I'm thinking about going up to two sets of my arm exercises. I will see how I feel Monday, and if I feel up to it I will do two sets. I've been using 10 pound weights for about four or five months I think now. It's time I made some progress on that.

I also got in 1.3 miles on the elliptical today. I had no intention of beating my time for one mile, but I ended up doing it in 33:30. About 20 seconds off of my time from Monday.

One thing I've noticed in the last few weeks, is that I am constantly hungry! I had my normal breakfast of a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crisp cereal. I decided to eat a banana right before getting on my elliptical, and I'm very glad I did. I was starving by the end of the 45 minutes. I had to eat lunch before writing this post because I was so hungry. Hee hee hee.

I am only about 9 miles from the big 200 on the virtual walk tour site. Very exciting! Looks like I'll be in Mechums River by then.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-1.3 miles
Revolutions-2331
Resistance level-1
Endurance-Great
Injury-No problems
Time-45:07
1 mile time-33:30

Virtual walk website stats.

1.3 miles today
191.2 miles since April 28, 2008
10.11 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

I'm still seeing cars on the road. I wonder how long that will last. Until tomorrow, keep on moving.

Mileage For Wednesday

I decided to take Tuesday off from exercise, because I thought my legs were tired. I probably could have managed one mile at least, but I decided to take it easy. Better to be safe than sorry. Today I did my strength training, and I'm thinking about going up to two sets of my arm exercises. I will see how I feel Monday, and if I feel up to it I will do two sets. I've been using 10 pound weights for about four or five months I think now. It's time I made some progress on that.

I also got in 1.3 miles on the elliptical today. I had no intention of beating my time for one mile, but I ended up doing it in 33:30. About 20 seconds off of my time from Monday.

One thing I've noticed in the last few weeks, is that I am constantly hungry! I had my normal breakfast of a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crisp cereal. I decided to eat a banana right before getting on my elliptical, and I'm very glad I did. I was starving by the end of the 45 minutes. I had to eat lunch before writing this post because I was so hungry. Hee hee hee.

I am only about 9 miles from the big 200 on the virtual walk tour site. Very exciting! Looks like I'll be in Mechums River by then.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-1.3 miles
Revolutions-2331
Resistance level-1
Endurance-Great
Injury-No problems
Time-45:07
1 mile time-33:30

Virtual walk website stats.

1.3 miles today
191.2 miles since April 28, 2008
10.11 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

Copyright 2006 Lawrence Berkeley Lab

I'm still seeing cars on the road. I wonder how long that will last. Until tomorrow, keep on moving.

New Personal Record

Got an a good solid half hour of strength training in this morning, plus 45 minutes total on the elliptical. I felt good and strong when I first started elliptical, so I decided to try to beat my personal record for one mile. The first half mile went so fast I wasn't sure where the time went. That's when I decided to go for it. And I beat my time! By about 9 seconds. My previous time was 33:20, and today's time was 33:11.

Since I beat the time today, I'm thinking about taking tomorrow off, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see how my legs feel tomorrow morning. I was able to get to my sprit pace for a little longer today, and I was able to keep my normal pace around 55 RPMs. I did have to stop around 0.8 mile to get a drink of water, but that was my only stop during the mile.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-1.3 miles
Revolutions-2349
Resistance level-1
Endurance-Good.
Injury-None, just muscle knots.
Time-45:17
1 mile time-33:11

Virtual walk website stats.

1.3 miles today
189.8 miles since April 28, 2008
10.83 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

There's another biker! It's fun to see so much activity on the road lately. Up until now, the road has been dreary and empty, just lined by a lot of green trees. Which is fine, as I like green trees. But it is nice to actually sees signs of life along the road.

Hope you all are doing well. What does your week look like?

New Personal Record

Got an a good solid half hour of strength training in this morning, plus 45 minutes total on the elliptical. I felt good and strong when I first started elliptical, so I decided to try to beat my personal record for one mile. The first half mile went so fast I wasn't sure where the time went. That's when I decided to go for it. And I beat my time! By about 9 seconds. My previous time was 33:20, and today's time was 33:11.

Since I beat the time today, I'm thinking about taking tomorrow off, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see how my legs feel tomorrow morning. I was able to get to my sprit pace for a little longer today, and I was able to keep my normal pace around 55 RPMs. I did have to stop around 0.8 mile to get a drink of water, but that was my only stop during the mile.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-1.3 miles
Revolutions-2349
Resistance level-1
Endurance-Good.
Injury-None, just muscle knots.
Time-45:17
1 mile time-33:11

Virtual walk website stats.

1.3 miles today
189.8 miles since April 28, 2008
10.83 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

There's another biker! It's fun to see so much activity on the road lately. Up until now, the road has been dreary and empty, just lined by a lot of green trees. Which is fine, as I like green trees. But it is nice to actually sees signs of life along the road.

Hope you all are doing well. What does your week look like?

Mileage And A Movie

I got in 1.3 miles this morning. Didn't have a chance to blog about it until now. I showered, got dressed, ate lunch, and watched a movie from Netflix with the hubby. We saw The Lovely Bones. It was a good movie, a bit slow, but well done. I enjoy Mark Wahlberg a lot as an actor. He did a good job I thought in this movie. I also like Rachel Weisz.

The 1.3 miles went OK today. Wasn't a fast or hard workout, but not too slow either. Legs weren't too tired, so I went ahead did 45 minutes.

Here are today's elliptical stats.

Distance-1.3 miles
Revolutions-2288
Resistance level-1
Endurance-Good.
Injury-Muscle knots in my lower right leg. Not a big problem though.
Time-45:26
1 mile time-34:40

Virtual walk website stats.

1.3 miles today
188.6 miles since April 28, 2008
12.28 miles to Mechums River, VA, Charlottesville City county

Here is the picture for today.

Passing through Charlottesville, I'm seeing a lot more activity. I like it a lot. Those two ladies on the side of the road speed walking brought a smile to my face. And more cars too. I did a virtual wave to Kath who owns a blog: KERF (Kath Eats Real Food), as she lives in Charlottesville. Wonder what it will look like tomorrow. I plan on doing at least one mile tomorrow morning.