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[jianantonic]

I've decided to kind of loosely stick to a running training plan to up my mileage, trying to do 3+ miles three times per week, adding distance on my Saturday runs.  I probably won't do that this Saturday, though, since I have a 5K race, and I think I'll probably not keep running when it's over.  But I measured the distance (using mapmyrun.com) of the loop in the park behind my house, and found it to be .22mi.  I was hoping it would be more like an even quarter or a third, but whatever, 14 laps is 3.08mi, and it's more or less flat and I'd be very unlikely to get lost.  Mapping a real 5K or longer course through my neighborhood is tough, because none of the streets are very long, so I'd have to memorize a lot of turns and whatnot.  14 laps is easier, and I don't mind the boringness of it, really.  I guess I'm like my dad that way.  He walks laps in his neighborhood every day, sometimes as many as 20 laps through the .67-mile loop of his neighborhood, meanwhile there's a nature reserve RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET with miles and miles of beautiful trails.  Heh.  Anyway I did my 14 laps and clocked in at 28:22.  Granted, it was .02mi short of a full 5K, but it was still 1:28 faster than my personal best 5K time of 29:50.  I'm guessing the last two hundredths wouldn't take me too long.  But it was a flat course and the weather was ideal for it, so I'm not expecting to beat this in my race on Saturday.  But anyway it was a nice run.  I'll probably do more training in that park when I feel like being outside.

After my run, Z and I rode our bikes around the neighborhood a bit.  We had an early lunch and then went to the matinee showing of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.  I liked it, but it's not exactly cinematic gold.  Steve Carrell and Keira Knightly are always wonderful, and they were a pretty good match on screen.  The plot was all kinds of predictable, though, and there were a few instances of wtf? that never got addressed.  I imagine some deleted scenes probably clear up a lot of those questions.  But anyway it was cute and funny.  Great for a Monday afternoon date.

Today I'm up early to go to my 3rd Weight Watchers meeting observation.  This one is an at work meeting, so it'll be a little different from what I've done in the past.  After that, I have an early afternoon session with Ertan.  I definitely feel like my biking has brought my overall fitness level up a few notches, but on days where I bike or have long runs, I do far less weightlifting, and as those days increase in frequency, my weight training is really lagging right now.  Maybe one day there will be enough hours in the day and I will be superhuman enough to do two hours of intense working out every day, but I don't think that day is coming anytime soon.  For now I'm focusing on improving my cardio endurance.  It's going well, so I won't complain.

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Seeking a Friend seems interesting to me because I like end-of-the-world stories that circumvent end-of-the-world panic, and I got the impression from the previews that no one's all that disturbed that the world is ending. At the same time, those types of movies always leave me feeling kind of empty. Watching the world end, even when no one gives a crap, is such a bummer.

[thejagster10.livejournal.com]

I'm really bad at running loops... but if you have a smartphone there are a lot of apps that can track how far you've gone! I like it because then even if I get lost, I know how far I went and what my splits are and stuff. I'm using Strava right now, but I think there are a lot of them out there, and I think some of them are free.

Yes, I'm a lazy runner...

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

I love reading your journal partly because of your dedication to fitness. You rock :)

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. I do worry that it gets boring.