Running and Swimming and My Dog is Dumb

So Porter is stupid. Well considering that her nickname is Stupid, this is really no shock. I got home Tuesday and told the pups we were going for 2.5. I still don't have the Garmin charged (perhaps because I don't know where I put it, but it is in a safe place). So off to do the .25 warm-up/poop break. There was a dead leaf coming down the street and it was scraping the street making this noise. So Porter runs up to it, and growls. The wind moves it. She growls at it again, puts her tail between her legs and backs up. The leaf achieved its scariness. Porter the Rott/Chow mix retreats back to me.

So coming back from the common area, Porter and Guinness start barking when we walk past Mushu's house. Mushu (another dog) is peaking through the door. Porter doesn't really know why she is barking and starts looking around. SMACK! Walks right into a tree and falls off the curb. Perhaps I should be making sure she is ok, but I was too busy laughing at her.

So we dropped her off, and Guinness and I do the 1mile loop twice with some extra laps on the common areas to lengthen it to 2.5. Did I measure before going out? No (so who is the stupid one). Also did I talk to D and find out he had taken Guinness running for 2.5 miles at 330 and here I am at 5 taking her out? No. Overall, although slow it was a good run. It was 40 degrees outside, and Guinness was not pulling. We got home and she went upstairs, under the bed and went to sleep. Slept until morning.

Wednesday, I went to the pool. Got there at 615p. Went in, and the guy tells me the pool is open but I can't get in the pool. I am pretty sure my look to him said it all, because then he hands me a schedule and says the pool is reserved by the swim team from 5-7 each evening. I didn't even know our city had a swim team. Anyway, I sit in the car texting people from then until 650. Then I go back inside. I ask the guy about a year pass, but I can't write a check, pay cash or use a credit card. Finally I got out of him that I had to get a money order or a cashier's check. I can see the city trusts its employees very much.

Anyway the pool is much less crowded on Wednesday night than on Sat morning. I had a lane all to myself. I did 1000 m in about the same amount of time I did 800 on Sat. Not bad. I now have to work on not stopping every 25 m.

Time: 14:35 (walk)
Mileage: .25 (58:24 min/mile)
Time: 40:12 (run)
Mileage: 3.4 (16:45 min/mile)
Calories: 507
Max HR 178
Avg HR 151
In Zone 16:48

Time: 35:55 (swim)
Mileage: 1000m (3:35 min/100m)
Calories: 360
Max HR 160
Avg HR 144
In Zone 13:06

2 miles on a Friday...

So I was already for swimming. I went to Dick's and bought my goggles. I drove home from there, after I went and got a Ft. Collin's IPA and a Ron Burgundy beer to celebrate my 2nd day of being furloughed.
Eyeroll...

Swimming after beer...probably not the best idea but eh. So I got to the natatorium to check the hours, and found out on Friday they are closed. Oh well. Got home and had 2 pairs of eyes looking longingly at me. Got dressed and took the girls for the .25 warmup and dropped of Porter.

So out for a "quick" run. Mile 1 was fine. Mile 2...Guinness nearly pulled me down. I don't know how I stayed up, because I saw my ankle starting to slowly roll over, but prevented it.

Off for a shower and some more beers!

Oh and I lost all of the Guinness Birthday Party Weight. Woohoo!

Swim tomorrow.

Time: 11:05 (walk)
Mileage: .25 (44:20 min/mile)
Time: 33:10 (run)
Mileage: 2 (16:35 min/mile)
Time: 16:19 (walk)
Mileage: .75 (21:45 min/mile)
Calories: 728
Max HR 187
Avg HR 170
In Zone 9:44

Boring!

So all my Claritin apparently caused a sinus infection and that's why my head hurt. So I got some anti-biotics. The doc also wanted to put me on Afrin, but I refused, so he gave me a 'scrip for something else, that Hipster Kroger didn't have. So I get to go pick it up on Old People's Day...woohoo (sr citizen day at HK...bc the parking lot doesn't suck enough).

Anyway, I finally have some drainage which is relieving the pressure.

D picked up his bike today. He said the hill is hard too.

I got home and he was walking the pups. He came home and we walked the girls on my .25 mile route. Then he and Po went in and Guinness and I ran 2 miles. Thought I was going to die.
But here I am.

Nothing exciting going on. Don't think I'll make it to Biggest Loser since it is on at 9 and I've been getting up at 445 all week to go to work (have to make sure the customer's testing is ok).

Time: 9:35 (walk)
Mileage: .25 (38:20 min/mile)
Time: 32:57 (run)
Mileage: 2 (16:29 min/mile)
Calories: 541
Max HR 188
Avg HR 166
In Zone 11:00

Thank you for the Bushes!

So Friday, I got home early ( I got to work early) and decided to go for a run in the 'hood. Granted I have sucked in exercise lately, I decided to do the 1 mile route twice (actually 3 times).
So Po, Guinness and I started on the warm-up where they did their business.
We dropped Po at home and were on our way. We went up the hill and I wanted to die. Guinness wanted to go faster. We came back down the hill and back up another and were fine. Got to the Great Dane's house. He was outside on his deck. Still scared me when he and Guinness started chatting. Ran to the end of the subdivision and back past GD and up the hill. Thought I was going to die. Turned instead of going to my house to finish the mile, because I knew if I went there I would go inside. So Guinness and I started on Mile 2. We finished that street and ran to our house, to complete Mile 1 and then ran the rest of it. Got home finally and hacked and hacked. Then I took Po for my cool down. She does not like walking. Eating weeds are her thing, so it was a fun walk.
Terrible headache...ah spring and pollen.

Saturday I woke up and had a massive sinus headache. I'm allergic to birch and cedar, because my head hurts on lowest pollen days and they are always on those days. At 4 I decided to try out my bike (my shorts came on Friday). I started off strong falling into the wall of the garage.
So I rode from the garage to the alleyway to the front of the house, and up past 3 more houses. In my head I was going to the main street (OH GOD!) but I can't seem to get up the hill in front of my house very well. So I got up as far as I was going to go, and turned, and changed gears, and ran up on the curb onto the neighbor's lawn, ran into their bushes and fell over. And too think, I wasn't going to wear my helmet...j/k.

So I did this little route 3 more times for .62 miles. By then my head felt like it was going to fall off (sinus), and my chest was wheezing.

This morning, my legs were so sore. I'm wondering why biking is so much harder than running. Hopefully it will get easier. Supposed to run today but after 3 Claritin and no relief, I'm hiding in the bedroom hoping my head will fall off.

March, the worst month of the year to me... Is it bad I hate spring? By the end of April I should feel better. I can't wear my glasses, because they sit on the sinus cavity.

I have my results but they are upstairs...so I'll post that later.

Time: 11:25 (walk)
Mileage: .25 (45:56 min/mile)
Time: 33:21 (run)
Mileage: 2 (16:40 min/mile)
Time: 21:00 (walk)
Mileage: .75 (25:35 min/mile)
Calories: 706
Max HR 186
Avg HR 166
In Zone 13:36

Time: 11:43 (bike)
Mileage: .62 (18:54 min/mile)
Calories: 134
Max HR 175
Avg HR 156
In Zone 6:40