[gym] 2011
[gym] January 3-7
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 30min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
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[gym] January 10-14
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[Wednesday = snow day]
[~rs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~23min weight room
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[gym] January 18 - 21
[Monday = holiday]
]hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~9hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Variety Program (max: 5.0incline, 5.0speed)[friend on facebook]
Ugh, the students are back on campus and invading my gym. How long do New Year's resolutions last? I want my elliptical back!!
January 20, 2011 at 9:02am\
[me] This morning there was only ONE available treadmill of the kind where you can plug in your headphones and listen to the TVs (though it faces a window, so I ended up opting not to listen to any of the tv channels anyway). Classes on our campus don't even start until Monday.
January 20, 2011 at 11:11am
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~23min weight room
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[gym] Jan. 24-28
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Jan. 31 - Feb. 4
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program (0-3.0incline, 5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~9hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Feb. 7-11
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] month Feb. 14-18
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
I was gonna do the incline program, with a max of 6.5, but the machine was broken (all buttons non-responsive). So I did the "Random Hill" program on the adjacent machine. I bumped the max up to 8.0 because it was starting out SO SLOW. When it did get up to 8.0 I felt a little like I could fly off the machine. It adjusted speeds every 1:40, though, so it was doable. At 11:40 it started back up again, though, and I hit the Stop button. I thought about just bumping the max down to 6.5, but I didn't.
I went and told the front desk the treadmill was broken.
Then I came back upstairs and did a 15min set. At 3:33, I bumped it down to 6.5, but at 5:00 I stopped.
[~hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program
alternating 0 and 3.0 incline. 5.0mph speed.
***
[gym] Feb. 22-25
[Monday = holiday]
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 35min treadmill, "Performance" Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
as neared 35 and felt okay, and remembered as I always do late that I won't hit 3mi, I upped the time to 40min and then the speed to 6.0 for the last 4:30min
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~26min weight room
I did 2 sets of 10 reps (instead of 2 sets of 8 reps) for everything.
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
"Variety" Program
40min, paused at 12:30min -- 6.0incline -- total: 1.16mi
28min @ 5.0incline -- at 12:30, just after starting 5.0incline, paused it -- total 2.31mi
I think I'm going to use the "Incline" program next week, but at 5.5mph; 5.0 feels boring, but apparently 6.0 is too high to be sustainable. (Yes, I know I could move up one-tenth of a mile at a time, but )
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~25min weight room
They replaced the "rowing" machine with a Nautilus "mid row" machine, which my arms are a bit short for, so being underslept I opted to skip that one
***
[gym] Feb 28 - Mar. 4
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed) 3.66mi
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
I was feeling under-rested, so I opted for something "usual" -- though it didn't feel as easy as I had sort of expected it to be.
starts at 3.2, less than a minute later: 4.0, then 4.8, then 6.4
Total: 3.31, 3.41 after 2min cooldown
AvgSpeed: 5.5
AvgIncline: 1.8
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed) 3.66mi
5min CoolDown at 4.4mph. :/
***
[gym] Mar. 7 - 11
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym]
40 7min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
21min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.0speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed)
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 20min reclining bike, Variety/Random Program (~80rpm, ~103 heart rate)
I did about a minute on the treadmill and decided that wasn't gonna work so opted for bike on account of it being lower impact. About 2 minutes on a regular bike and I didn't think I'd be comfortable enough. I was gonna do 40 minutes, but I was tired and decided to stop at 20.
***
[gym] Mar. 14-17
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Variety Program (5.0speed)
When I started, I really thought I was gonna stop after 20min b/c I was tired (I had also plugged in a lower than recently speed on purpose).
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
They took out one machine. I tried one of the other leg machines and didn't like it much.
[~hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
40min treadmill, Interval Program (5.5speed)
5min FitTest on reclining bike
10min elliptical (w/ 5min cooldown)
10min StairMaster
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
[Friday = away]
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Mar. 23-25
[Monday + Tuesday = away]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (5.0 speed)
The first couple minutes, I worked my way up (4.0mph, 4.5, 5.0)
total: 3.31mi
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 27min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 4.0/5.0speed)
About 6min30sec I upped it from 4.0 to 5.0 max speed
***
[gym] Mar. 28-31
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (max: 5.0incline, 5.0speed)
3.30mi
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
3.32mi
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[Friday = away]
***
[gym] April 4-8
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program (5.5speed)
3.65mi
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 42min treadmill, Program (5.5speed) Total: 3.84mi [apparently this is 6km?]
With a few minutes left on my 40min, I upped the total time to 42min -- because I am a masochist sometimes?
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed) Total: 3.86mi
At the highest incline, the speed was 5.6 -- so, faster than I've been doing in recent weeks. It was hard, but I definitely felt like my body could do it (unlike other treadmill sessions where I've felt like my body's going to quit). At 34:15, it started slowing down in increments ... so that for the last minute or so I was jogging 3.2mph (the 2-minute official Cooldown was 3.9). When I was doing stretches of 6.2mph and 6.5mph, I reminded myself that (unlike the constant speed Interval program) the program would ease down near the end, but easing down with so much time left and easing down so far, I felt cheated out of the last fifth of my workout. (I considered manually upping the speed, esp. since I was looking forward to breaking 4mi, but I was also curious as to how low a speed it would go down to.)
Vert Dist = 288?
Avg Spd = 5.7
***
[gym] April 11-15
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed) Total: 4.05mi
At the ~34:15 decline, I started bumping it back up -- mostly to 6.5, but sometimes to 6.3 or 6.6. or 6.2 for a moment, since . The last minute or so, I was at 6.2 because the max speed is 12.5.
Vert Dist = 293?
Avg Spd = 5.9
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 60 40:07min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed)
To avoid the slowdown issue I had on Monday, I opted to plug in a 60min program and just stop at 40min.
When we hit the second peak ~37min, it started to decrease the speed, and at first I was going to just go with it, but it didn't feel right, so I punched it up
As soon as it hit 4.0mi distance I stopped it. As I was stopping, it occurred to me that I could have kept going a bit, but given how long it took me to catch my breath once I'd stopped, I didn't feel too bad about the decision.
Vert Dist = 316
Avg Spd = 6.0
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 60 40min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed)
At the second peak I upped to 7.0/6.7mph and then 7.2/6.2mph
Total Distance: 4.03mi
Vert Dist: 321?
Avg Spd: 6.0
Being better-slept definitely made it easier.
I think on Monday I'm going to do a flat-run at 6.0mph (or maybe 6.2, but maybe I'll save that for Wednesday or something so as to have a baseline)
One thing I've been noticing in recent Alpine Pass rounds is that it's difficult for me to think about much -- to do much high-level cognitive processing -- while running at this speed/intensity, which I find interesting.
I'd also started noticing the last few Interval Programs, and it remains true in Alpine Pass, that the first mile or so does actually feel harder than the rest (and once I've hit my 20min halfway point I feel much more capable of finishing, even though I'd read something (Christy Z., I swear, but then I couldn't find it on her blog) about the first mile always being the hardest, which I'd balked at because so often I feel like starting out is fairly easy and it's when I'm getting to the end that it's really hard to not just quit early.
***
[gym] April 18-22
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.22mi
4.00mi @ 37:53
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
I watched Top Chef: Las Vegas ["Meat Natalie"]
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
***
[gym] April 25-29
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.22mi
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
ANTM S7 opener
Tyra's arms are BUFF -- is the first thing I noticed about her.
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi (9.22 min/mi)
watched the first ~20min of Ali on Bravo and then some of the royal wedding coverage (saw the kiss/es live) and then back to a bit of Ali
***
[gym] May 2-6
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (.0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
ANTM: end of "Makeover Madness" and first half of "Dreckitude!" [the Internet tells me this is Cycle 14, eps 1+2]
[~8-9hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
Millionaire Matchmaker -- the very end of an episode then most of "Jimmy D & Mateo -- 3.6)
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
Tired.
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
watched first half of Top Chef Masters ("Diners to Donors" -- "hey, at least they're organic!" Mykel Hawke and Ruth England of Man, Woman, Wild & the DIY 10-course tasting night w/ no water) and other stuff during the commercial breaks, including ~3/4 point of Charmed ("Prince Charmed")
***
[gym] May 9-13
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.28mi
Tabatha: Plush salon
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~32min weight room
Rly tired.
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
Total: 4.30mi
ANTM Cycle 9 opener "The Girls Go Cruisin'" (with some Charmed "Spin City" [absent!Leo's adult son Chris gets bitten by a spider demon while Piper's pregnant with Chris] during commercial breaks)
ANTM: the woman who's a nerd and is kinda hunched over ... because she spends lots of time hunched over a computer?! my first thought was of Prof.MikeW. commenting that I have such good posture -- spending lots of time on a computer doesn't necessitate having bad posture (and in fact one should, in that situation, be purposely cultivating good posture -- as one should in any situation)
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~9.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
Millionaire Matchmaker: very end of "Trevor & Tricia" (Indiana man & woman who turns out to not actually be bisexual) and then first 40min of "Jason & David" ["Gummi Bear" & 50yo runner] (with end of Angel "The Prodigal" and some Charmed "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World" during commercial breaks)
Total: 4.30mi
***
[May 16-20: staycation]
Monday: ~3hr rock wall climbing lesson (w/ 2 other students)
Thursday: ~3+ hrs walking
***
[gym] May 23-27
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
tv: very end of Angel "Dear Boy" ("See? No matter how good a boy you are, God doesn't want you! But I still do."); first ~half of Charmed "Ordinary Witches"
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29? (more?)min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
[I had lots of trouble falling asleep last night, and I started to do my usual treadmill routine Top Chef: Las Vegas -- "Meat Natalie" -- was one I'd seen recently.]
Manual elliptical
[one without moving arms] 20min = 1.58mi
[one with moving arms] 10min = .77mi
[2.35mi Total]
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
Woke up early (pre-alarm) and felt better than I had the previous day. (Yay for minimal humidity!)
[~5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
tv: second half of A Few Good Men
***
[gym] May 31 - June 3
[Monday = holiday]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 10min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
After 10min (1.06mi) I paused it, and decided I didn't want to start again. This was probably in part because there weren't any available treadmills that had tv jacks I could plug into that worked okay (apparently there is just the one?).
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~27min weight room
I didn't feel as tired/slow as I have some days, but admittedly I was still taking frequent water breaks.
[Thursday = staycation day]
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 20min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 2.11mi
***
[gym] June 6-19
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 20min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
Total: 1.95mi
I really wasn't feeling it. (Even with listening to some of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills -- with Kelsey Grammar's wife) Maybe I'll do the stair machine next time.
[~5.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
10min = 1.00mi
30min = 3.02mi
(Watched most of Charmed "repo Manor")
[Thursday & Friday = at Annual Conference]
***
[gym] June 13-17
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym]
10.01min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0-6.0speed) = 0.90mi
10.02min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) = 0.98mi
tv: TNT: very end of Angel "Waiting in the Wings" and first half of Charmed "The Jung and the Restless", alternated with BRAVO Flipping Out (half-hour ep) "It's Not Me, It's You"
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
10min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 4.5-6.0speed) = 0.86mi
30min treadmill, Incline Program (0.0/3.0incline, 5.0speed) = 2.49mi
tv: end of Angel "Forgiving"; beginning of Charmed series opener "Something Wicca This Way Comes" (which I've seen part of at the gym before), interspersed with CNN and Work of Art: The Next Great Artist "Natural Talents"
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~34min weight room
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 4.0speed)
I started with a light jog. After about ten minutes I felt more into it, but I was hesitant to up the speed lest I overdo it and need/want to stop.
Total: 2.71mi
tv: end of Angel "Benediction" (ugh sadface); surfing: Today show, Charmed "Dream Sorcerer" (which I think I may have seen part of before?), Rachel Zoe Project "Zoe vs. Zoe" [and then the next week I saw in the metro a pic of Zoe+Rodger and their baby Skylar; I was surprised that (a) they hadn't divorced, (b) they actually went through with having a baby]
***
[gym] June 20-24
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi?
tv: end of Angel "Deep Down", some of Charmed "The Fourth Sister" (which I'd already seen at the gym!) and morning shows but mostly Platinum Hit "Wheels Up"
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Near the end I considered upping it
Maybe Friday I'll do 5.1 (I am reminding myself I don't need to go up in .5 increments).
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~35min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
I was feeling tired, so I didn't opt for higher than 5
Flipping Out ("Hazard: Jeff at Work" -- I think), GMA, a little Made ("Model Challenge")
***
[gym] June 27 - July 1
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.1speed)
total = 3.43mi
tv: Platinum Hit ("Rap Heroes") [after which was Ali, which I saw the first ~hour of at the gym a while back] and some of GMA's interview with Bristol Palin
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.2speed)
total = 3.49mi
Flipping Out "Pajamas and Other Games"
[~6hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~30min weight room
[Friday = holiday]
***
[gym] July 5-7
[Monday = holiday]
[~5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.5speed) Total = 4.63mi
v. end of the Steve Martin movie L.A. Story & first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover ("Ten Salon: Long Beach, CA" -- series opener apparently; who knew?) interspersed w/ some GMA
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) Total = 4.02mi
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover ("Hairlab: Woodland Hills, CA")
I didn't find Mazi's flirting etc. inherently unprofessional.
I found interesting Tabatha's pushback against Julie Ann's "okay," all "there is no 'right thing' to say -- I just want the truth" vs. Tabatha being really resistant to Mazi's refusal to change.
I had to look away during all the "disgusting" bits 'cause I kept wanting to throw up -- even though it was just dust and stuff.
[Friday = took day off for my birthday]
***
[gym] July 11-15
[~8?hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.35mi
[I went to bed at like 8:30 but didn't fall asleep until like 10.]
The 6.5mph was definitely a step up from the 6.0 and preceding I'd been doing the previous couple of weeks, and I considered whether it would be better for me to have done 6.2 instead, but I got through it without significant difficulty.
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Chicago Male: Chicago, Ill.)
I didn't have a problem with Chicago Male catering only to men -- though Tabatha makes a solid point that male =/= short hair (I think I get my hair cut in about 30 minutes, but ), and I definitely agree that the stylists need to know how to do women's hair even if men's hair is gonna be their specialty. (At Tabatha's "I'm a member of your community," I was like, "Right, Tabatha's a dyke.")
[~8?hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[I had trouble falling asleep AGAIN the previous night.]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] treadmill, Manual Program
3min @ 6.5mph = 0.32mi
3min @ 6.0mph = 0.29mi
break
30min @ 5.0mph = 3.51mi
[Tabatha's Salon Takeoverwas "Avanti: Boston MA" again, so I surfed morning shows]
[~8.5?hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~33min weight room
I was def. still tired.
[~9hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.35mi
6.5mph was still challenging, but doable.
ANTM ("The Early Bird Gets a Makeover") [more from me on that here] and GMA (He's 51, she's 16) and The Today Show ("How Facebook saved my son's life ")
***
[gym] July 18-22
[~8?hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.36mi
The first few minutes felt difficult and I considered stopping. Ditto the last ten minutes or so. Breaking it into 10-minute chunks mentally (e.g., "I'm halfway to halfway") definitely helped.
tv: some of ANTM ("The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is Killing Herself" 1.5), GMA (boys in pink and summer gadgets including "no! no! hair"), Today (breasts), CNN, ESPN
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 6.5mph = 1.08mi
30min @ 6.0mph = 3.00mi
tv included Real Housewives of New York City ("Fashion and Fighting"; I recognized the woman from the adds for Bethenny Ever After); largely I surfed other morning shows (incl. MTV -- Britney's live performance of "I'm A Slave 4 U" with the snake) apparently I like RHWO Atlanta better?
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
tv: ANTM "The Girl Who Is Co-Dependent" (3.02) and a little bit of Awkward ("Pilot") and the opening song ("All That You Are" from Transformers) of the Goo Goo Dolls' GMA concert
***
[gym] July 25-29
[~6.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Ten), so I surfed morning programs.
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~35min weight room [in retrospect {i.e., Thursday}, possibly I did math wrong?]
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Hairlab), so I surfed morning programs.
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~28min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.5speed) 3.68mi
tv: ANTM: very end of final episode of [Cycle 12]; first ~40min of opener of Cycle 12 ("What Happens in Vegas")
***
[gym] August 1-5
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 5.5 = 0.91mi
20min @ 5.0 = 1.67mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Plush), so I surfed morning programs. I was not inspired by the debt ceiling coverage.
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep -- an insomnia, I had some] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Mia Bella: San Bruno, CA) [Season 3 opener]
I was (pleasantly) surprised at Tabatha saying it's fine that you're crying, go take a break to freshen up -- since usually she's all, "I hate people who cry!"
"this is sleepytime Tabatha -- do people think I wear black in my sleep?!"
also:
Today: sugar babies
Early Show: new Spiderman -- I tuned in partway through, but there seemed minimal emphasis on the race issue
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
tv: Top Chef: All Stars -- v. end of "Lock Down" and first ~35min of "For the Gulf"
***
[gym] Aug. 30 - Sept. 2
[Monday = away on vacation]
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 3.0 for ~45sec, then 4.0speed) 2.70mi
light jog, but still tired by ~15min in
left my earbuds at home -- both episodes of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Martino Cartier at Giovanni and Pileggi: Sewell, NJ & Images Salon: Oyster Bay, NY) were new to me
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 4.0speed) 2.71mi
caught the end of a Tabatha episode I hadn't seen before (West End: Provincetown, MA) but next was one I'd seen before (Avanti: Boston, MA) so I watched CNN and morning shows
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~35min weight room
There was much resting.
***
[gym] Sept. 6-9-
[Monday = holiday; ~30min bike ride]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
Felt fairly easy. I tired a bit around 30min, but even that was fairly fine. I an taking this as corroboration that I got ~enough sleep this weekend.
Rachel Zoe Project: v. end of "The Golden Globes" and then "Hustling for Haiti"
also some Today and GMA -- Chaz Bono on DWTS and women's bath products that men use
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~32min weight room
I didn't think I rested THAT much.
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) 3.688mi
I was tired (like physically from the jogging) by 10min and seriously considered stopping at 20min but pushed through.
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~28min weight room
And that's with a rest period.
***
[Saturday: 2 ~40min bicycle rides -- to and from swimming lessons
Sunday: 2 ~10min bicycle rides -- to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 12-16
bicycled to and from work [~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tired by ~10min, like in my chest. was glad for tv to distract me
Home Improvement "Totally Tool Time" with Drew Carey and Harry Groener -- the latter of whom I recognized from The West Wing *shame*
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~28min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tired by ~10min, like in my legs. was v. glad I could distract myself w/ morning tv -- even tho most of it wasn't v. engaging
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work [~5.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 19-23
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: last ~15min of "Orbit, Salon: Chicago, Ill." and the first ~25min of "Allure: Miami, Fla."
also a little bit of Robin Roberts w/ Demi Lovato re: "Skyscraper"
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~34min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: "Earth Moon Sun: Western Springs, Ill."
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
bicycled to and from work [~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: v. end of "Candolyn's Salon: Los Angeles, CA" (which, hey, I'd seen the earlier part of that), first ~35min of "Concerto: Valencia, CA" (tho I missed the staff meeting for Nancy Upton on GMA)
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 26-30
[bicycled to and from work]
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
Patti Stengel (Millionaire Matchmaker) on CNN Money. Then remainder of Message in a Bottle (which I think I saw some of on a Peter Pan Bus)
I considered stopping ~20min but didn't. ~30min it felt ~easy
[bicycled to and from work]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[bicycled to and from work]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01
I watched Rocco's Dinner Party: last ~35min of "Runway Ready" [episode 8] and then beginning of "Perfect Pairings" [episode 9]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~33min weight room
[bicycled to and from work]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02?mi
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Oct. 3-6
bicycled to work, from work to Jam'n Java in Arlington, and then home; also walked along Spy Pond a bunch
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
lacking anything better on tv, watched The Rachel Zoe Project: last ~10min of "Front Row at New York Fashion Week" & first ~30min of "Star Studded Oscar Week"
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01
ANTM: end of "Fortress of Fierceness" -- I was sad/surprised that Courtney was booted -- and first ~35min of "Make Me Tall" -- it took ~30min (tho I missed some to watch some CNN) before we got to "cheat your proportions" but that still upsets me (see my comments from the first episode of this season); I was really pleased that Jay Manuel (at least the way it was edited) didn't even blink, just said, "Talk to me about Jesus"
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
CNN = Steve Jobs; TODAY = Michael Jackson's doctor trial
[Friday = out of town]
***
[gym] Oct. 11-14
[Monday = holiday]
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tv: some Million Dollar Decorators: v. end of "London Calling" and then some of "The Suite Life"
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5rs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: ANTM: "The Girl Who Hates Her Hair"
what was up with Tyra's hair (and dress) at judges' panel?
I disliked the crits of "masculine"
CNN: Louboutin -- nude shoe to elongate
Early Show: manly ads (e.g. Diet Dr. Pepper -- both anchors were like, "It's funny" and I was like, "No it's not")
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~29min weight room
***
[gym] Oct. 17 -21
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons]
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
physically tired, but well distracted by yv
tv: Tabatha: v. end of "Vendome: Houston, TX", followed by some of "West End: Provincetown, MA" (I was surprised by Tabatha's seemingly unfamiliar response to the term "kinky") interspersed with morning shows
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
physically tired... first 20min were difficult (I kept seriously considering quitting)
ANTM (14.3 "Let's Dance") I want to like Brenda, but... Also, why tell Brenda people were talking about her?
[~8.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~28min weight room
bicycled to and from work (home via Trader Joe's)
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02
tv: last ~40min of Proof of Life. At first I was like, "do not want," but most everything else was coverage of Gadaffi, and pretty soon I was like, "Is that Meg Ryan?" and then, "Hey, Horatio Cane." (Finding the movie on IMDb, apparently Russell Crowe is (a) the other main dude, and (b) gets higher billing than David Caruso.)
***
[gym] Oct. 21-28
Sunday: bicycled to and from both churches (and walked for ~1hr Sunday afternoon)
bicycled to and from work [with the trip home talking ~1+hr on account of erranding via scenic routes]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed)
tv: the last ~40min of Milk
bicycled to and from work, then bicycled to and from SCBC (from home)
[~95.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
(I had significant difficulty falling asleep.)
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) total: 4.36mi
~30sec pause at 10min
tv: assorted morning shows incl. Mad Fashion "Night of a Thousand Gowns"
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.32mi (I think)
stopped for ~40sec every 10min
last moments of Dracula 2000 -- which now I OMG wanna see
first ~40min of Double Take (I'd initially misread the flash at the bottom as "Orlando Bloom" and so was v. confused that the protags were all black)
***
[gym] Oct 31. - Nov. 4
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.36
~40sec pause at 10, 15, 24, 30min
bicycled to and from work, bicycled to and from lunch in the Yard
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work, went for ~30min walk at lunch
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 6.5 (~40sec stop at 5min and then at 10min) Total ~1.01
30min @ 6.0 (~40sec stop at 10min) Total = 3.01mi
walked for ~hour lunchbreak
[~8.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) Total ~4.01mi
stopped 5min and 25min (at 25, could prob have kept going, but I wanted to try to fix the fan and my earbuds -- no success on either)
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: "Before They Were Stars" & [the one where Kim's psychic tells her she's gonna have a baby boy]
***
[gym] month Nov. 7-8
[Saturday: bicycled to and from J's party -- 2.4mi/ea way
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church and to evening church]
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from HEUMC
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: "Before They Were Stars" (same!) & "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" ) I thought I liked NeNe, but maybe I'm thinking of someone else (the one who was adopted...)
bicycled to and from work, bicycled for ~30min second half of lunchbreak
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~21min weight room
[Wednesday-Friday: away]
***
[gym] Nov. 14-18
[Sunday: bicycled to and from Finale]
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from Trader Joe's on my lunchbreak (~30min)
[~6hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
paused for ~40sec ~12:30
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~15min of "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" and first ~25min of "Surprisingly Rich"
bicycled to and from work; bicycled ~35min on my lunchbreak
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
I felt like I sat on the vertical chest press for ~30min (Did Not Want -- as is my wont with that machine)
bicycled to and from work; bicycled on my lunchbreak
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.00
pause for ~30sec @10min
stop @20min (had only intended to PAUSE)
last ~10-15min of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist ("Ripped from the Headlines"), first ~half of Millionaire Matchmaker ("The Player and the Piano Player")
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~30min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
BRAVO was Bethenney Getting Married? so I channel-surfed
***
[gym] Nov. 21-23
[Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church Wheelworks, bicycled to evening church]
bicycled to and from work
[~6hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
paused for ~30-40sec @ 10min, 20min, 30min
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~10min of "Surprisingly Rich" & first ~half of "Shower the Baby, Muzzle the Boy"
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
stopped at 10min (only meant to pause)
tv: last ~half of Top Chef: Texas "The Heat Is On" & beginning of "Quinceanera"
[Thursday & Friday = closed for holiday]
[Friday: bicycled to {via Powder House Rotary} and from {via Boloco, Medford} Renaissance; bicycled to and from Harvard Yard -- T'd out to Norwood and then decided to bail
Saturday: bicycled to and from HBS {overtime}
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church; bicycled to evening church]
***
[gym] Nov. 28 - Dec. 2
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~15min of "Shower the Baby, Muzzle the Boy" & first ~half of "Jewels Be Dangled"
What was up with the, "As a man, if you have a problem with me, you should go through my husband?"
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] (~22?) ~32?min weight room
bicycled to work and from work to FCS
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist ("Street Dealers") and first ~half of The Millionaire Matchmaker: Reunion Part 1
[~5.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
bicycled to work, bicycled from work to Davis Square Dental and back again, biked from work to Harvard Square
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~10min of "My Ego Is Bigger Than Your Ego" and first ~half of "Throwing Shade"
way to back up to previous seasons. So Nene maybe *is* the (adopted) person I thought I liked.
***
[gym] December 5-9
[Saturday: bicycled from Harvard Square to home
Sunday: bicycled to morning church, to work, to Trader Joe's, to Charles River Reservation and to evening church (~50min), to home]
bicycled to work, to Medford Library, to home (via High Street at the rotary instead of Winthrop, then Harvard Ave. to Mass Ave, then Alewife Brook Parkway then Powder house Blvd, then Curtis Street, Professors Row, College Ave -- ~35min)
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi?
tv: v. end of The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Dateapause"), first ~40min of Chef Roblé & Co. ("Upper East Side Carnival Party")
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
sat on the vertical chest press for a long time between sets
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
paused ~40sec @ 10min
tv: The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Cooking and Queening")
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
bicycled to work
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02
***
[Saturday: bicycled from work to home, to Mr. Crepe, to home
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church and to morning church]
[gym] Dec. 12-
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
tv: last ~10min of The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Jason & David"); next ep was "Jimmy D & Mateo," which I've seen, so I surfed morning shows
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
last ~15min of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2.8 "Sell Out")
first ~half of Chef Roblé & Co. "Kandi Burruss Gets Intimate" (so actually the storyline of the kosher, vegan, Thai 3-course seated dinner -- and then hey look what I saw on my GoogleReader http://jewschool.com/2011/12/13/27532/whitehothairnews/ )
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi?
BRAVO last ~45min of Frost/Nixon, pieces of MTV Parental Control and CNN
***
Saturday: bicycled from work to home
Sunday: bicycled to morning church to Shaw's to home, then to evening church
[gym] Dec. 19-23
bicycled to and from work
[~5.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from SCBC
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~34min weight room
I didn't think I rested ALL that much -- but I guess the minutes and half-minutes add up
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi
tv: The Millionaire Matchmaker (last ~10min of "The Boys Are Back in Town" and first ~35min of "The Plastic Surgeon & the Pole Dancer")
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[Friday = day off]
***
vacation
Tues: bicycled ~17.25mi
Wed. bicycled to and from The Christian Community
Thurs: bicycled to Harvard Square
Fri: bicycled home from Harvard Square
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 30min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] January 10-14
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[Wednesday = snow day]
[~rs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~23min weight room
***
[gym] January 18 - 21
[Monday = holiday]
]hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~9hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Variety Program (max: 5.0incline, 5.0speed)[friend on facebook]
Ugh, the students are back on campus and invading my gym. How long do New Year's resolutions last? I want my elliptical back!!
January 20, 2011 at 9:02am\
[me] This morning there was only ONE available treadmill of the kind where you can plug in your headphones and listen to the TVs (though it faces a window, so I ended up opting not to listen to any of the tv channels anyway). Classes on our campus don't even start until Monday.
January 20, 2011 at 11:11am
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~23min weight room
***
[gym] Jan. 24-28
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Jan. 31 - Feb. 4
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program (0-3.0incline, 5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~9hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Forest Walk Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Feb. 7-11
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Trailblazer Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] month Feb. 14-18
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
[~hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
I was gonna do the incline program, with a max of 6.5, but the machine was broken (all buttons non-responsive). So I did the "Random Hill" program on the adjacent machine. I bumped the max up to 8.0 because it was starting out SO SLOW. When it did get up to 8.0 I felt a little like I could fly off the machine. It adjusted speeds every 1:40, though, so it was doable. At 11:40 it started back up again, though, and I hit the Stop button. I thought about just bumping the max down to 6.5, but I didn't.
I went and told the front desk the treadmill was broken.
Then I came back upstairs and did a 15min set. At 3:33, I bumped it down to 6.5, but at 5:00 I stopped.
[~hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program
alternating 0 and 3.0 incline. 5.0mph speed.
***
[gym] Feb. 22-25
[Monday = holiday]
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 35min treadmill, "Performance" Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
as neared 35 and felt okay, and remembered as I always do late that I won't hit 3mi, I upped the time to 40min and then the speed to 6.0 for the last 4:30min
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~26min weight room
I did 2 sets of 10 reps (instead of 2 sets of 8 reps) for everything.
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
"Variety" Program
40min, paused at 12:30min -- 6.0incline -- total: 1.16mi
28min @ 5.0incline -- at 12:30, just after starting 5.0incline, paused it -- total 2.31mi
I think I'm going to use the "Incline" program next week, but at 5.5mph; 5.0 feels boring, but apparently 6.0 is too high to be sustainable. (Yes, I know I could move up one-tenth of a mile at a time, but )
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~25min weight room
They replaced the "rowing" machine with a Nautilus "mid row" machine, which my arms are a bit short for, so being underslept I opted to skip that one
***
[gym] Feb 28 - Mar. 4
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed) 3.66mi
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
I was feeling under-rested, so I opted for something "usual" -- though it didn't feel as easy as I had sort of expected it to be.
starts at 3.2, less than a minute later: 4.0, then 4.8, then 6.4
Total: 3.31, 3.41 after 2min cooldown
AvgSpeed: 5.5
AvgIncline: 1.8
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed) 3.66mi
5min CoolDown at 4.4mph. :/
***
[gym] Mar. 7 - 11
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym]
40 7min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
21min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.0speed)
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (0/3.0incline, 5.5speed)
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 20min reclining bike, Variety/Random Program (~80rpm, ~103 heart rate)
I did about a minute on the treadmill and decided that wasn't gonna work so opted for bike on account of it being lower impact. About 2 minutes on a regular bike and I didn't think I'd be comfortable enough. I was gonna do 40 minutes, but I was tired and decided to stop at 20.
***
[gym] Mar. 14-17
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Variety Program (5.0speed)
When I started, I really thought I was gonna stop after 20min b/c I was tired (I had also plugged in a lower than recently speed on purpose).
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
They took out one machine. I tried one of the other leg machines and didn't like it much.
[~hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
40min treadmill, Interval Program (5.5speed)
5min FitTest on reclining bike
10min elliptical (w/ 5min cooldown)
10min StairMaster
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
[Friday = away]
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
***
[gym] Mar. 23-25
[Monday + Tuesday = away]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (5.0 speed)
The first couple minutes, I worked my way up (4.0mph, 4.5, 5.0)
total: 3.31mi
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 27min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 5.0incline, 4.0/5.0speed)
About 6min30sec I upped it from 4.0 to 5.0 max speed
***
[gym] Mar. 28-31
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Interval Program (max: 5.0incline, 5.0speed)
3.30mi
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 35min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
3.32mi
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[Friday = away]
***
[gym] April 4-8
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Interval Program (5.5speed)
3.65mi
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 42min treadmill, Program (5.5speed) Total: 3.84mi [apparently this is 6km?]
With a few minutes left on my 40min, I upped the total time to 42min -- because I am a masochist sometimes?
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed) Total: 3.86mi
At the highest incline, the speed was 5.6 -- so, faster than I've been doing in recent weeks. It was hard, but I definitely felt like my body could do it (unlike other treadmill sessions where I've felt like my body's going to quit). At 34:15, it started slowing down in increments ... so that for the last minute or so I was jogging 3.2mph (the 2-minute official Cooldown was 3.9). When I was doing stretches of 6.2mph and 6.5mph, I reminded myself that (unlike the constant speed Interval program) the program would ease down near the end, but easing down with so much time left and easing down so far, I felt cheated out of the last fifth of my workout. (I considered manually upping the speed, esp. since I was looking forward to breaking 4mi, but I was also curious as to how low a speed it would go down to.)
Vert Dist = 288?
Avg Spd = 5.7
***
[gym] April 11-15
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 35min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed) Total: 4.05mi
At the ~34:15 decline, I started bumping it back up -- mostly to 6.5, but sometimes to 6.3 or 6.6. or 6.2 for a moment, since . The last minute or so, I was at 6.2 because the max speed is 12.5.
Vert Dist = 293?
Avg Spd = 5.9
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 60 40:07min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed)
To avoid the slowdown issue I had on Monday, I opted to plug in a 60min program and just stop at 40min.
When we hit the second peak ~37min, it started to decrease the speed, and at first I was going to just go with it, but it didn't feel right, so I punched it up
As soon as it hit 4.0mi distance I stopped it. As I was stopping, it occurred to me that I could have kept going a bit, but given how long it took me to catch my breath once I'd stopped, I didn't feel too bad about the decision.
Vert Dist = 316
Avg Spd = 6.0
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 60 40min treadmill, Alpine Pass Program (max: 4.0incline, 6.5speed)
At the second peak I upped to 7.0/6.7mph and then 7.2/6.2mph
Total Distance: 4.03mi
Vert Dist: 321?
Avg Spd: 6.0
Being better-slept definitely made it easier.
I think on Monday I'm going to do a flat-run at 6.0mph (or maybe 6.2, but maybe I'll save that for Wednesday or something so as to have a baseline)
One thing I've been noticing in recent Alpine Pass rounds is that it's difficult for me to think about much -- to do much high-level cognitive processing -- while running at this speed/intensity, which I find interesting.
I'd also started noticing the last few Interval Programs, and it remains true in Alpine Pass, that the first mile or so does actually feel harder than the rest (and once I've hit my 20min halfway point I feel much more capable of finishing, even though I'd read something (Christy Z., I swear, but then I couldn't find it on her blog) about the first mile always being the hardest, which I'd balked at because so often I feel like starting out is fairly easy and it's when I'm getting to the end that it's really hard to not just quit early.
***
[gym] April 18-22
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.22mi
4.00mi @ 37:53
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
I watched Top Chef: Las Vegas ["Meat Natalie"]
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~22min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
***
[gym] April 25-29
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.22mi
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.3speed)
Total: 4.21mi
ANTM S7 opener
Tyra's arms are BUFF -- is the first thing I noticed about her.
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi (9.22 min/mi)
watched the first ~20min of Ali on Bravo and then some of the royal wedding coverage (saw the kiss/es live) and then back to a bit of Ali
***
[gym] May 2-6
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (.0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
ANTM: end of "Makeover Madness" and first half of "Dreckitude!" [the Internet tells me this is Cycle 14, eps 1+2]
[~8-9hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
Millionaire Matchmaker -- the very end of an episode then most of "Jimmy D & Mateo -- 3.6)
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
Tired.
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
watched first half of Top Chef Masters ("Diners to Donors" -- "hey, at least they're organic!" Mykel Hawke and Ruth England of Man, Woman, Wild & the DIY 10-course tasting night w/ no water) and other stuff during the commercial breaks, including ~3/4 point of Charmed ("Prince Charmed")
***
[gym] May 9-13
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.28mi
Tabatha: Plush salon
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~32min weight room
Rly tired.
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
Total: 4.30mi
ANTM Cycle 9 opener "The Girls Go Cruisin'" (with some Charmed "Spin City" [absent!Leo's adult son Chris gets bitten by a spider demon while Piper's pregnant with Chris] during commercial breaks)
ANTM: the woman who's a nerd and is kinda hunched over ... because she spends lots of time hunched over a computer?! my first thought was of Prof.MikeW. commenting that I have such good posture -- spending lots of time on a computer doesn't necessitate having bad posture (and in fact one should, in that situation, be purposely cultivating good posture -- as one should in any situation)
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~9.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
Millionaire Matchmaker: very end of "Trevor & Tricia" (Indiana man & woman who turns out to not actually be bisexual) and then first 40min of "Jason & David" ["Gummi Bear" & 50yo runner] (with end of Angel "The Prodigal" and some Charmed "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World" during commercial breaks)
Total: 4.30mi
***
[May 16-20: staycation]
Monday: ~3hr rock wall climbing lesson (w/ 2 other students)
Thursday: ~3+ hrs walking
***
[gym] May 23-27
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
tv: very end of Angel "Dear Boy" ("See? No matter how good a boy you are, God doesn't want you! But I still do."); first ~half of Charmed "Ordinary Witches"
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29? (more?)min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
[I had lots of trouble falling asleep last night, and I started to do my usual treadmill routine Top Chef: Las Vegas -- "Meat Natalie" -- was one I'd seen recently.]
Manual elliptical
[one without moving arms] 20min = 1.58mi
[one with moving arms] 10min = .77mi
[2.35mi Total]
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
Woke up early (pre-alarm) and felt better than I had the previous day. (Yay for minimal humidity!)
[~5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 4.30mi
tv: second half of A Few Good Men
***
[gym] May 31 - June 3
[Monday = holiday]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 10min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
After 10min (1.06mi) I paused it, and decided I didn't want to start again. This was probably in part because there weren't any available treadmills that had tv jacks I could plug into that worked okay (apparently there is just the one?).
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~27min weight room
I didn't feel as tired/slow as I have some days, but admittedly I was still taking frequent water breaks.
[Thursday = staycation day]
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 20min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.4speed)
Total: 2.11mi
***
[gym] June 6-19
[~hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 20min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
Total: 1.95mi
I really wasn't feeling it. (Even with listening to some of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills -- with Kelsey Grammar's wife) Maybe I'll do the stair machine next time.
[~5.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (max: 5.0incline, 6.5speed)
10min = 1.00mi
30min = 3.02mi
(Watched most of Charmed "repo Manor")
[Thursday & Friday = at Annual Conference]
***
[gym] June 13-17
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym]
10.01min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0-6.0speed) = 0.90mi
10.02min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) = 0.98mi
tv: TNT: very end of Angel "Waiting in the Wings" and first half of Charmed "The Jung and the Restless", alternated with BRAVO Flipping Out (half-hour ep) "It's Not Me, It's You"
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym]
10min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 4.5-6.0speed) = 0.86mi
30min treadmill, Incline Program (0.0/3.0incline, 5.0speed) = 2.49mi
tv: end of Angel "Forgiving"; beginning of Charmed series opener "Something Wicca This Way Comes" (which I've seen part of at the gym before), interspersed with CNN and Work of Art: The Next Great Artist "Natural Talents"
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~34min weight room
[~hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 4.0speed)
I started with a light jog. After about ten minutes I felt more into it, but I was hesitant to up the speed lest I overdo it and need/want to stop.
Total: 2.71mi
tv: end of Angel "Benediction" (ugh sadface); surfing: Today show, Charmed "Dream Sorcerer" (which I think I may have seen part of before?), Rachel Zoe Project "Zoe vs. Zoe" [and then the next week I saw in the metro a pic of Zoe+Rodger and their baby Skylar; I was surprised that (a) they hadn't divorced, (b) they actually went through with having a baby]
***
[gym] June 20-24
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi?
tv: end of Angel "Deep Down", some of Charmed "The Fourth Sister" (which I'd already seen at the gym!) and morning shows but mostly Platinum Hit "Wheels Up"
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Near the end I considered upping it
Maybe Friday I'll do 5.1 (I am reminding myself I don't need to go up in .5 increments).
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~35min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
I was feeling tired, so I didn't opt for higher than 5
Flipping Out ("Hazard: Jeff at Work" -- I think), GMA, a little Made ("Model Challenge")
***
[gym] June 27 - July 1
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.1speed)
total = 3.43mi
tv: Platinum Hit ("Rap Heroes") [after which was Ali, which I saw the first ~hour of at the gym a while back] and some of GMA's interview with Bristol Palin
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Program (0incline, 5.2speed)
total = 3.49mi
Flipping Out "Pajamas and Other Games"
[~6hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~30min weight room
[Friday = holiday]
***
[gym] July 5-7
[Monday = holiday]
[~5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.5speed) Total = 4.63mi
v. end of the Steve Martin movie L.A. Story & first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover ("Ten Salon: Long Beach, CA" -- series opener apparently; who knew?) interspersed w/ some GMA
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) Total = 4.02mi
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover ("Hairlab: Woodland Hills, CA")
I didn't find Mazi's flirting etc. inherently unprofessional.
I found interesting Tabatha's pushback against Julie Ann's "okay," all "there is no 'right thing' to say -- I just want the truth" vs. Tabatha being really resistant to Mazi's refusal to change.
I had to look away during all the "disgusting" bits 'cause I kept wanting to throw up -- even though it was just dust and stuff.
[Friday = took day off for my birthday]
***
[gym] July 11-15
[~8?hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.35mi
[I went to bed at like 8:30 but didn't fall asleep until like 10.]
The 6.5mph was definitely a step up from the 6.0 and preceding I'd been doing the previous couple of weeks, and I considered whether it would be better for me to have done 6.2 instead, but I got through it without significant difficulty.
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Chicago Male: Chicago, Ill.)
I didn't have a problem with Chicago Male catering only to men -- though Tabatha makes a solid point that male =/= short hair (I think I get my hair cut in about 30 minutes, but ), and I definitely agree that the stylists need to know how to do women's hair even if men's hair is gonna be their specialty. (At Tabatha's "I'm a member of your community," I was like, "Right, Tabatha's a dyke.")
[~8?hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[I had trouble falling asleep AGAIN the previous night.]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] treadmill, Manual Program
3min @ 6.5mph = 0.32mi
3min @ 6.0mph = 0.29mi
break
30min @ 5.0mph = 3.51mi
[Tabatha's Salon Takeoverwas "Avanti: Boston MA" again, so I surfed morning shows]
[~8.5?hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~33min weight room
I was def. still tired.
[~9hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.35mi
6.5mph was still challenging, but doable.
ANTM ("The Early Bird Gets a Makeover") [more from me on that here] and GMA (He's 51, she's 16) and The Today Show ("How Facebook saved my son's life ")
***
[gym] July 18-22
[~8?hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.36mi
The first few minutes felt difficult and I considered stopping. Ditto the last ten minutes or so. Breaking it into 10-minute chunks mentally (e.g., "I'm halfway to halfway") definitely helped.
tv: some of ANTM ("The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is Killing Herself" 1.5), GMA (boys in pink and summer gadgets including "no! no! hair"), Today (breasts), CNN, ESPN
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 6.5mph = 1.08mi
30min @ 6.0mph = 3.00mi
tv included Real Housewives of New York City ("Fashion and Fighting"; I recognized the woman from the adds for Bethenny Ever After); largely I surfed other morning shows (incl. MTV -- Britney's live performance of "I'm A Slave 4 U" with the snake) apparently I like RHWO Atlanta better?
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
tv: ANTM "The Girl Who Is Co-Dependent" (3.02) and a little bit of Awkward ("Pilot") and the opening song ("All That You Are" from Transformers) of the Goo Goo Dolls' GMA concert
***
[gym] July 25-29
[~6.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Ten), so I surfed morning programs.
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~35min weight room [in retrospect {i.e., Thursday}, possibly I did math wrong?]
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) Total = 3.35mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Hairlab), so I surfed morning programs.
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~28min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.5speed) 3.68mi
tv: ANTM: very end of final episode of [Cycle 12]; first ~40min of opener of Cycle 12 ("What Happens in Vegas")
***
[gym] August 1-5
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 5.5 = 0.91mi
20min @ 5.0 = 1.67mi
Tabatha was an episode I'd seen before (Plush), so I surfed morning programs. I was not inspired by the debt ceiling coverage.
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep -- an insomnia, I had some] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: first ~40min of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Mia Bella: San Bruno, CA) [Season 3 opener]
I was (pleasantly) surprised at Tabatha saying it's fine that you're crying, go take a break to freshen up -- since usually she's all, "I hate people who cry!"
"this is sleepytime Tabatha -- do people think I wear black in my sleep?!"
also:
Today: sugar babies
Early Show: new Spiderman -- I tuned in partway through, but there seemed minimal emphasis on the race issue
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
tv: Top Chef: All Stars -- v. end of "Lock Down" and first ~35min of "For the Gulf"
***
[gym] Aug. 30 - Sept. 2
[Monday = away on vacation]
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 3.0 for ~45sec, then 4.0speed) 2.70mi
light jog, but still tired by ~15min in
left my earbuds at home -- both episodes of Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Martino Cartier at Giovanni and Pileggi: Sewell, NJ & Images Salon: Oyster Bay, NY) were new to me
[~5.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 4.0speed) 2.71mi
caught the end of a Tabatha episode I hadn't seen before (West End: Provincetown, MA) but next was one I'd seen before (Avanti: Boston, MA) so I watched CNN and morning shows
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~35min weight room
There was much resting.
***
[gym] Sept. 6-9-
[Monday = holiday; ~30min bike ride]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed)
Felt fairly easy. I tired a bit around 30min, but even that was fairly fine. I an taking this as corroboration that I got ~enough sleep this weekend.
Rachel Zoe Project: v. end of "The Golden Globes" and then "Hustling for Haiti"
also some Today and GMA -- Chaz Bono on DWTS and women's bath products that men use
[~6hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~32min weight room
I didn't think I rested THAT much.
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 5.0speed) 3.688mi
I was tired (like physically from the jogging) by 10min and seriously considered stopping at 20min but pushed through.
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~28min weight room
And that's with a rest period.
***
[Saturday: 2 ~40min bicycle rides -- to and from swimming lessons
Sunday: 2 ~10min bicycle rides -- to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 12-16
bicycled to and from work [~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tired by ~10min, like in my chest. was glad for tv to distract me
Home Improvement "Totally Tool Time" with Drew Carey and Harry Groener -- the latter of whom I recognized from The West Wing *shame*
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~28min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tired by ~10min, like in my legs. was v. glad I could distract myself w/ morning tv -- even tho most of it wasn't v. engaging
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work [~5.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 19-23
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: last ~15min of "Orbit, Salon: Chicago, Ill." and the first ~25min of "Allure: Miami, Fla."
also a little bit of Robin Roberts w/ Demi Lovato re: "Skyscraper"
[~6hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~34min weight room
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: "Earth Moon Sun: Western Springs, Ill."
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
bicycled to and from work [~8hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
Tabatha's Salon Takeover: v. end of "Candolyn's Salon: Los Angeles, CA" (which, hey, I'd seen the earlier part of that), first ~35min of "Concerto: Valencia, CA" (tho I missed the staff meeting for Nancy Upton on GMA)
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Sept. 26-30
[bicycled to and from work]
[~9hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
Patti Stengel (Millionaire Matchmaker) on CNN Money. Then remainder of Message in a Bottle (which I think I saw some of on a Peter Pan Bus)
I considered stopping ~20min but didn't. ~30min it felt ~easy
[bicycled to and from work]
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~31min weight room
[bicycled to and from work]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01
I watched Rocco's Dinner Party: last ~35min of "Runway Ready" [episode 8] and then beginning of "Perfect Pairings" [episode 9]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~33min weight room
[bicycled to and from work]
[~5.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02?mi
***
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons
Sun: bicycled to and from morning church]
[gym] Oct. 3-6
bicycled to work, from work to Jam'n Java in Arlington, and then home; also walked along Spy Pond a bunch
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
lacking anything better on tv, watched The Rachel Zoe Project: last ~10min of "Front Row at New York Fashion Week" & first ~30min of "Star Studded Oscar Week"
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01
ANTM: end of "Fortress of Fierceness" -- I was sad/surprised that Courtney was booted -- and first ~35min of "Make Me Tall" -- it took ~30min (tho I missed some to watch some CNN) before we got to "cheat your proportions" but that still upsets me (see my comments from the first episode of this season); I was really pleased that Jay Manuel (at least the way it was edited) didn't even blink, just said, "Talk to me about Jesus"
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
CNN = Steve Jobs; TODAY = Michael Jackson's doctor trial
[Friday = out of town]
***
[gym] Oct. 11-14
[Monday = holiday]
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tv: some Million Dollar Decorators: v. end of "London Calling" and then some of "The Suite Life"
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5rs sleep] Wednesday [gym] ~30min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep Thursday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: ANTM: "The Girl Who Hates Her Hair"
what was up with Tyra's hair (and dress) at judges' panel?
I disliked the crits of "masculine"
CNN: Louboutin -- nude shoe to elongate
Early Show: manly ads (e.g. Diet Dr. Pepper -- both anchors were like, "It's funny" and I was like, "No it's not")
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] ~29min weight room
***
[gym] Oct. 17 -21
[Sat: bicycled to and from swimming lessons]
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
physically tired, but well distracted by yv
tv: Tabatha: v. end of "Vendome: Houston, TX", followed by some of "West End: Provincetown, MA" (I was surprised by Tabatha's seemingly unfamiliar response to the term "kinky") interspersed with morning shows
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
physically tired... first 20min were difficult (I kept seriously considering quitting)
ANTM (14.3 "Let's Dance") I want to like Brenda, but... Also, why tell Brenda people were talking about her?
[~8.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~28min weight room
bicycled to and from work (home via Trader Joe's)
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02
tv: last ~40min of Proof of Life. At first I was like, "do not want," but most everything else was coverage of Gadaffi, and pretty soon I was like, "Is that Meg Ryan?" and then, "Hey, Horatio Cane." (Finding the movie on IMDb, apparently Russell Crowe is (a) the other main dude, and (b) gets higher billing than David Caruso.)
***
[gym] Oct. 21-28
Sunday: bicycled to and from both churches (and walked for ~1hr Sunday afternoon)
bicycled to and from work [with the trip home talking ~1+hr on account of erranding via scenic routes]
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed)
tv: the last ~40min of Milk
bicycled to and from work, then bicycled to and from SCBC (from home)
[~95.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
(I had significant difficulty falling asleep.)
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) total: 4.36mi
~30sec pause at 10min
tv: assorted morning shows incl. Mad Fashion "Night of a Thousand Gowns"
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.5speed) 4.32mi (I think)
stopped for ~40sec every 10min
last moments of Dracula 2000 -- which now I OMG wanna see
first ~40min of Double Take (I'd initially misread the flash at the bottom as "Orlando Bloom" and so was v. confused that the protags were all black)
***
[gym] Oct 31. - Nov. 4
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.36
~40sec pause at 10, 15, 24, 30min
bicycled to and from work, bicycled to and from lunch in the Yard
[~8hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work, went for ~30min walk at lunch
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline)
10min @ 6.5 (~40sec stop at 5min and then at 10min) Total ~1.01
30min @ 6.0 (~40sec stop at 10min) Total = 3.01mi
walked for ~hour lunchbreak
[~8.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~26min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) Total ~4.01mi
stopped 5min and 25min (at 25, could prob have kept going, but I wanted to try to fix the fan and my earbuds -- no success on either)
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: "Before They Were Stars" & [the one where Kim's psychic tells her she's gonna have a baby boy]
***
[gym] month Nov. 7-8
[Saturday: bicycled to and from J's party -- 2.4mi/ea way
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church and to evening church]
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from HEUMC
[~7.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: "Before They Were Stars" (same!) & "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" ) I thought I liked NeNe, but maybe I'm thinking of someone else (the one who was adopted...)
bicycled to and from work, bicycled for ~30min second half of lunchbreak
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~21min weight room
[Wednesday-Friday: away]
***
[gym] Nov. 14-18
[Sunday: bicycled to and from Finale]
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from Trader Joe's on my lunchbreak (~30min)
[~6hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
paused for ~40sec ~12:30
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~15min of "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" and first ~25min of "Surprisingly Rich"
bicycled to and from work; bicycled ~35min on my lunchbreak
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~30min weight room
I felt like I sat on the vertical chest press for ~30min (Did Not Want -- as is my wont with that machine)
bicycled to and from work; bicycled on my lunchbreak
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.00
pause for ~30sec @10min
stop @20min (had only intended to PAUSE)
last ~10-15min of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist ("Ripped from the Headlines"), first ~half of Millionaire Matchmaker ("The Player and the Piano Player")
[~8hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~30min weight room
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
BRAVO was Bethenney Getting Married? so I channel-surfed
***
[gym] Nov. 21-23
[Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church Wheelworks, bicycled to evening church]
bicycled to and from work
[~6hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
paused for ~30-40sec @ 10min, 20min, 30min
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~10min of "Surprisingly Rich" & first ~half of "Shower the Baby, Muzzle the Boy"
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~23min weight room
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.01mi
stopped at 10min (only meant to pause)
tv: last ~half of Top Chef: Texas "The Heat Is On" & beginning of "Quinceanera"
[Thursday & Friday = closed for holiday]
[Friday: bicycled to {via Powder House Rotary} and from {via Boloco, Medford} Renaissance; bicycled to and from Harvard Yard -- T'd out to Norwood and then decided to bail
Saturday: bicycled to and from HBS {overtime}
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church; bicycled to evening church]
***
[gym] Nov. 28 - Dec. 2
bicycled to and from work
[~6.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~15min of "Shower the Baby, Muzzle the Boy" & first ~half of "Jewels Be Dangled"
What was up with the, "As a man, if you have a problem with me, you should go through my husband?"
bicycled to and from work
[~7.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] (~22?) ~32?min weight room
bicycled to work and from work to FCS
[~6.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist ("Street Dealers") and first ~half of The Millionaire Matchmaker: Reunion Part 1
[~5.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~27min weight room
bicycled to work, bicycled from work to Davis Square Dental and back again, biked from work to Harvard Square
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
tv: The Real Housewives of Atlanta: last ~10min of "My Ego Is Bigger Than Your Ego" and first ~half of "Throwing Shade"
way to back up to previous seasons. So Nene maybe *is* the (adopted) person I thought I liked.
***
[gym] December 5-9
[Saturday: bicycled from Harvard Square to home
Sunday: bicycled to morning church, to work, to Trader Joe's, to Charles River Reservation and to evening church (~50min), to home]
bicycled to work, to Medford Library, to home (via High Street at the rotary instead of Winthrop, then Harvard Ave. to Mass Ave, then Alewife Brook Parkway then Powder house Blvd, then Curtis Street, Professors Row, College Ave -- ~35min)
[~8.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi?
tv: v. end of The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Dateapause"), first ~40min of Chef Roblé & Co. ("Upper East Side Carnival Party")
bicycled to and from work
[~8.5hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~29min weight room
sat on the vertical chest press for a long time between sets
[~8.5hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02mi
paused ~40sec @ 10min
tv: The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Cooking and Queening")
[~6.5hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~24min weight room
bicycled to work
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.02
***
[Saturday: bicycled from work to home, to Mr. Crepe, to home
Sunday: bicycled to and from morning church and to morning church]
[gym] Dec. 12-
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed)
tv: last ~10min of The Millionaire Matchmaker ("Jason & David"); next ep was "Jimmy D & Mateo," which I've seen, so I surfed morning shows
bicycled to and from work
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~27min weight room
[~7hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.0speed) 4.03mi
last ~15min of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2.8 "Sell Out")
first ~half of Chef Roblé & Co. "Kandi Burruss Gets Intimate" (so actually the storyline of the kosher, vegan, Thai 3-course seated dinner -- and then hey look what I saw on my GoogleReader http://jewschool.com/2011/12/13/27532/whitehothairnews/ )
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~29min weight room
[~6hrs sleep] Friday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi?
BRAVO last ~45min of Frost/Nixon, pieces of MTV Parental Control and CNN
***
Saturday: bicycled from work to home
Sunday: bicycled to morning church to Shaw's to home, then to evening church
[gym] Dec. 19-23
bicycled to and from work
[~5.5hrs sleep] Monday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi
bicycled to and from work; bicycled to and from SCBC
[~7hrs sleep] Tuesday [gym] ~34min weight room
I didn't think I rested ALL that much -- but I guess the minutes and half-minutes add up
bicycled to and from work
[~8hrs sleep] Wednesday [gym] 40min treadmill, Manual Program (0incline, 6.1speed) 4.08mi
tv: The Millionaire Matchmaker (last ~10min of "The Boys Are Back in Town" and first ~35min of "The Plastic Surgeon & the Pole Dancer")
[~7hrs sleep] Thursday [gym] ~25min weight room
[Friday = day off]
***
vacation
Tues: bicycled ~17.25mi
Wed. bicycled to and from The Christian Community
Thurs: bicycled to Harvard Square
Fri: bicycled home from Harvard Square