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Dec 5/01 Carlene: Strange month
Training summary (December 3rd, 2001) Nov 19 Hill run, 4 x 300 m, approx 5K
Nov 20 Off
Nov 21 Club run, approx 5K
Nov 22 Spinning 55 min
Nov 23 Easy run, approx 3.7K
Nov 24 Off
Nov 25 Race Help Santa 2 Miler PB 14:25
Nov 26 Off (massage)
Nov 27 Spinning 60 min
Nov 28 Club run, approx 5.2K
Nov 29 Off
Nov 30 Off
Dec 1 LSD run, approx 11.3K
Dec 2 Off*********************************************
Well, the roller coaster ride has continued. During the past two weeks I have been a bit more sporadic with my training. Part of that was due to social commitments and part of that was work as I had a big deadline for Nov 30th. However, my deadline is now past and there are just the zillion social engagements and the endless Christmas shopping to deal with.
The weightloss I was reporting last time did not stay. Unfortunately I need to continue working at that one. However I was pleased to see that I have passed the one year mark on my 75 pound weightloss and have done so without ever going over my goal weight range (and having to pay WW). I was very pleased to see that milestone achieved. Now I'll just have to
work a bit harder to try and lose a few more pounds before Christmas. (One of these days I'll figure out how to lose them without them finding me again too!)During the last 2 weeks I also ran a race. The Help Santa 2 Miler is run before the Santa Parade. There were approximately 100,000 spectators there this year despite the windy rainy conditions. Surprisingly many of them cheered us on and that was a HUGE treat. I met fellow Penguin Una Beaudry and we looked quite smashing as we started together in our matching
Toronto Penguin shirts. After a bit I went ahead and ran a very hard race by HR. I even had my monitor up to 194 during the second mile but unfortunately I was unable to maintain that. The splits on my watch show 7:08 and 7:17 not quite an even race but close enough that I'm still quite happy with my new PB time
of 14:25. I was thrilled to see that this time landed me solidly in the mid-pack with a placing of 21/44 women.Overall November was a strange month for me training-wise. My mileage was only 79K (49.5 miles), my second lowest mileage month of the year. Adding to that 7 hours of cross training and my schedule was okay, but definitely much lighter than some of the summer months. Ah well, the off season is here and I might as well enjoy a little break before I get sucked into my Around the Bay 30K training in the new year.
That's the news from Kanata. Will be back with another installment in just a few weeks. Talk to y'all then!
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