Rocking and Rolling

It's been a week (well, almost) since I had my revelation-type thing and training's gone well.

I told you all about my run on Monday and since then ...

- I swam on Tuesday. 1000m total (100m warmup; 900m continuous) AND tested out awesome new goggles - AquaSphere Kayennes. $25 and worth every penny.

- Took Wednesday off. Walked around a bit, splashed in the neighborhood pool a bit ... and had date afternoon. Worth it.

- Cycled and lifted on Thursday. Got back on the C-470 trail in seriously like the first time in almost a year and still hate it. Hilly and windy, it KILLS your speed times. However, I'm slowly starting to get the hang of that whole "make the bike do the work" in regards to shifting, so that's good. Brandon and I also managed to put in a quick, small upper body lifting session that night. I was worried about it since I ate something that didn't agree with me and I ended up skipping sushi, one of my FAVORITE meals, in favor of trying to puke up whatever didn't agree with me. Once I did, though, I DID feel better.*

- Ran and played softball on Friday. Friday's run was a 1.92 mile loop that took me up that same damn trail hill I mostly ran up on Monday. Friday I actually made it up the hill and the whole loop took 19:18 for a 10:03.12/mi. The softball game (on a team through work), however, went crappily and I totally SUCKED and took a ball of the inside of my foot so I'm nice and bruised now. Ow.

- Took yesterday off. Was only going to do a light lifting day anyway, but really, sometimes sleep is more important.

Which brings us to today. I did the same 1.92 mile loop as Friday, but I went the other way ... which took me down the trail and up Lone Tree parkway. Which makes me think that long, gradual hills are worse than short, steep ones, as I did the same distance in 19:37 for a 10:13.02/mi. A whole 10 seconds slower per mile thanks to that other stupid-ass hill.

I'm skipping dinner with the family tonight in order to eat some fruits and veggies and have a very plant-based meal as I feel my diet's been lacking in those lately and then SWIMMING!!!!! tonight before I have to sleep and go back to work again for the sixth day in a row (of a ten day stretch).



* Okay, so I'm sure reading about vomit isn't pleasant, but at least it's not poop. :-p

Spring Softball: Over

Well, no more softball for me (well, at least until summer league starts up). Wingdingers lost today, 10-9, in a close one to the Masterbatters. I didn't do much except have my first (and only) good hit of the season as well as tagged some guy out at third. Other than that, I kinda MNSed all over. Seriously, I shouldn't be playing third. Oh well.

Thinking I might take a day off tomorrow, but we'll see ...

casual workouts, but still working out

Drove T back to Denver and now I'm staying here for awhile too. Yay! Yesterday we walked around her neighborhood looking for a park to do some batting practice and fielding. Unfortunately, all the soccer moms and cougars had their little children out, so we ended up at Sweetwater park, where we ran into her brother and Miller. We played there for a bit, just doing some light BP and fielding.

Today we just got some throwing in prior to her softball game.

Tomorrow = run and whatnot.

Balls x Two

So this is really two days worth of blogging here ...

Yesterday, after being cooped up in a car for about six hours (had to drive back home with the boy), we decided we wanted to be a little active so we walked around the neighborhood in search of a place to do a little throwing and a little batting practice. Thanks to the nice day and the multitude of neighborhood children, this was harder than expected. So, instead of being able to do our thing at a park close to home, we ended back at our old standby, Sweetwater Park.

At the park, we ran into my brother and his dog, so we played with them for a little while, got in some light BP and then walked on home.

Today, we were going to run, but that didn't end up happening. So, we just threw around a bit before my softball game where superfan Brandon ended up being our third base coach. Go Brandon! We lost (as usual), I had one hit (barely) and basically sucked in the field (stupid third).

So, two days of nice, light activity and hopefully some good running and maybe some lifting tomorrow ...

5K #1 of the Season + Softball

I just decided I'd blog once today despite working out twice. This morning, Brandon and I did the Cherry Creek Sneak which is supposedly the nation's largest five mile race. However, we're just starting up the running thing this summer (him starting; me re-starting) so we did the 5K run/walk.

I didn't have my best time; in fact, I may have had my worst or close to it (36:35), but I attribute it to a couple of factors:
- I need new shoes. I've had mine for too long and there's no support in places I need it (underneath the crappy bunions of DOOOOOM, for one).
- Brandon started off with his sweatshirt (since it was butt-ass cold out to start), but as we neared my car (parked off the side of the race route just before mile two), he decided to ditch it ... forgetting he probably still needed his bib. Since we were running it together (and i wanted to ditch my hat), I veered off the course with him. This detour probably cost us a good two minutes, so whatever.
- We did a crappy job of warming up (due to the weird parking situation) and stretching - though I do consider this a lesser factor.

Regardless, it was a good time and he loved running his first race with me. :) He beat me by about a minute, but it should have been more. Sweetie decided to be AWESOME and run with me the whole way until the final push.

Then, since it's Sunday, it was softball time tonight. Wingdingers got killed by Pretty in Pink who've been mercy-ruling EVERYBODY. Our manager and several players didn't mind that they were toying with us near the end just to keep the time going, but my competitive nature hates that. Boo. Anyway, I got on base a couple times (fielder's choice and what really was an error) and didn't do too badly at third. In fact, I knocked down a ball with my body and will probably have a bruise on my stomach tomorrow to boot.

Anyway, it was a good day for Brandon and I. Yay. :)

playing catch

Today again, nothing too complicated. Theresa and I spent the afternoon walking around Boulder just taking in the sights and stupid people, then we went to a park to work on her softball skills. I pitched to her and helped her learn how to hit (I suck at teaching), and we also spent some time just fielding and whatnot. It was really fun to just be out in the sun and spend some active time together (glimpse into future again?). At the end of it, we did a little bit of jogging, which was nice. Especially since I'm registering for a 5K next weekend. I hope I can do good! Lots of training this week.

I think the key for me to be able to at least maintain the weight I am at right now is just to stay active, and I have a girl who will definitely help me with that!

A Day In the Park

Today was actually a good, productive and active day for Brandon and I. We started off with some unconventionals which we haven't actually done in a while, but a good cup of tea got us going. ;)

We then went up to Boulder - we were going to get treadmill gait analyses done so we can get proper running shoes, but the place was super busy so we scrapped it and just walked around the Pearl Street Mall instead. On our way back down to Denver, we stopped off at Sports Authority and I bought me a bat so I can practice not sucking at hitting softballs.

When we got back into town, we headed to the park, threw a baseball around for a while and then played with the new bat. Given my erratic hitting (which seemingly improved), he had to run a bit shagging balls, but he enjoyed it. I think. ;) We switched off a bit and had ourselves a lot of fun.

After a yummy dinner of salad (i heart sweet tomatoes), we headed to the park for my softball game. Wingdingers lost, 17-5 to Lime Wire. Personally, I played third, had not much come my way and technically went 2-for-3, though once was a fielder's choice and second was an error. The third was an out, but I say that last strike was bogus! BOGUS I SAY!

Anyway, working out will be intriguing this week as I get to drive with my mom cross country for a funeral. RIP Grandma Mary. :(

I Had a Fan!

Since Brandon was in town for softball tonight, he decided he wanted to come watch me play. Even better, he helped me throw and warm-up. I'm not entirely sure, but I think he thought I could throw pretty well. ;)

Anyway, the Wingdingers actually won! Yay! I played right-center and third ... and did completely average at both. I almost got an epic fail at third, but y'know. Only had three at-bats; walked, single, struck out swinging. Srsly, I need to learn how to hit. Grr.

In other news, now that hockey season is over, I need to start cranking out the tri training hardcore ...

Shouldn't Be Cleaning Up

So I really shouldn't be batting clean-up for my softball team. Wingdingers lost something like 15-5 tonight and I was pretty much useless. Went 1-for-3298071 (okay, more like 1-for-5 or 6), with my one hit being a blooper that should have gotten me out. Might have been a fielder's choice; don't remember.

In any case, I suck at hitting. I was never good with the bat when I played fast-pitch back in high school and currently, my slow-pitch hitting sucks too. Boo.

The worst part about tonight, though, wasn't my plate appearances. Oh no, it was my fielding which is normally pretty solid. I played centerfield tonight where, given that I can throw, isn't a bad spot for me. In fact, I liked center a lot back in high school. But tonight ... *sigh* One way over my head, some on the ground that rolled under my glove and one high in the air that I so should have had, but miscommunication with the left fielder meant it dropped. Shitty, shitty game overall for me.

Had I had more food in me, I may have gone to the gym afterward to work out my frustration. As I haven't eaten much today, I decided to go the wiser route (go home and shower). I also could have done option 3 which was go out and drink with everyone, but I'll save my first bar appearance for next week when Brandon's with me. Hopefully I'll play better with him around giving me pointers ...

It's a Wingdinger of a Time

My softball season started tonight (go wingdingers!), so I got a default workout in that way. I learned from sprinting around that I'm ridiculously out of shape, but my throwing still ain't bad. I also managed to hit the ball, so that's a plus.

Nice to know that my running is awful, even though it depresses me so. *sigh* Also, in case you were wondering, we lost, 8-7.