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Friday, January 15, 2010 – 295 days to M day. I did jog yesterday and this morning.
Yesterday, I went to the mill about 5:45 am. Still was in Virginia Beach.I jogged at an incline of 1.0-mile 1 4.5, walked 1 minute; mile 2 4.6, walked 1 minute, mile 3, 4.6 walked 1 minute, mile 4, 4.5 then the last minute and a half 4.8. Cooled down and stretched. About 440 calories, resting heart rate 88 and it went up to 166 but averaged around 153. I was ok for the first half; the last 1/2 mile was a bit of a struggle. My inner thigh muscles were aching and I was very aware of my knees. And now both knees are aching.
Yesterday, I got to the airport with plenty of time for my 1:51 pm flight home. We bordered on time, and we taxied only a couple of minutes behind schedule….looking good. We started to speed, nose off the ground, my eyes were closed and wham the pilot brought the nose back down and touched ground. Oh, I just wanted to get home. There was a malfunction; I guess the check engine light went on, with the cooling system. Off the plane we went and we waited for 2 hours until maintenance fixed the problem and the engines were working properly. I didn’t think twice about getting back on that plane. I took a nap; smooth ride home.
This morning I was at my gym at 6:15am. The mills at this gym are not as nice as the hotel mills. I tried to do interval training. 10 minutes at 4.5, 2 minutes at 5.0, 1 minute at 4.7, 2 minutes at 5.1, 1 minute at 4.7, 2 minutes at 5.1 for 20 minutes. Miles were over 2; I think 2.25 (I was a bit dazed this morning. I don’t know what my heart rate was…it felt like it went to 164 or so.
Trying to work today, but my concentration is way off.