2015 Exercise Log/Challenge

[Crankin]

I rested today. Good thing it was a scheduled rest day; last night I did not feel like cooking, so DH and I went to a local café where I had a healthy dinner of a cup of butternut squash/apple soup and grilled tuna with lentils. I woke up with a weird rash on my chest, which went away, but then I noticed hives around my eyes and my stomach started acting up. The hives were gone in a bit, took a Claritin and went to work. Today is the day I go to a high school to see clients, so it's a longer drive and I barely made there to get to the bathroom.
Food reaction, for sure. I am sure it is the lentils. They are in the same family as peanuts and I have a mild/moderate (not catastrophic) peanut allergy. There are times I can eat them, but I think i just had too much, despite the fact the portion size looked normal, not huge. Got home around 3 and I just want to get in my pajamas now!
I will back at boot camp tomorrow, though, and then on Saturday DH and I are going to try an Insanity class that my boot camp instructor teaches at a Boys and Girls Club. It's a bit of a drive, but on Saturday it will be OK. It was nice when I got home today, over 40, but with the fading sunlight and the way I feel, I couldn't do even a 10 mile ride. Yesterday, my weight was really down, about 106.5, and I did a very hard step/sculpt class. Today is was up a pound, but so far, it's not getting to quite the danger zone as last year.

[Catrin]

That 10,000 meter row last night was a mistake, I should have kept it to 5-6K. I've competition training on Tue and Thur evenings, and I knew I was taking a risk by rowing so long last night. I am fine, I just entered into my competition training tonight with fatigued shoulders and THAT doesn't bode well for an intense kettlebell sport training session. I had to back off on the weight and just focus on technique while taking longer breaks than normal. Live and learn, just trying to figure out how to fit in two long rows a week without compromising myself. Perhaps the answer is 1 long row and 1 medium, I will try that next week.

Crankin, I hope you can figure that out. Sometimes our food allergies can change/worsen with age...but you know your body's warning system.

[Blueberry]

I deleted my row. It was stressing me out. I hadn't remembered to log here - I track on Garmin, which gets transferred to Training Peaks. That's enough tracking for me (at least with finals).

I'll definitely check in and chat (more after finals), but this just wasn't gonna help me this year - totally on me....thanks for doing the chart, Catrin - and for starting this thread. I'll be chattier when finals are over at the end of next week.

[Crankin]

I guess it's just you and I, Catrin?
I find this helpful. It doesn't change what i do, it just helps me to see how much I really do, so I can be realistic.
So, no boot camp this morning. I think my illness is more than allergies, but it may be allergy based, combined with the very intense work out I did Wednesday, which caused my immune related things to go into overdrive. I am wearing my glasses to work today, which always means I feel crappy!
I will be home by 1:30, and then based on how I feel, will either take a brisk walk or a short ride. Still want to get to that Insanity class tomorrow.

[Catrin]

Less stress is good Blueberry For me it helps occasionally to have a public training log in some form, and this time of the year I find it especially helpful. I keep a different type of log elsewhere, but it focuses on different things and on only one activity. Knowing it is public, should anyone decide to look at it, helps this time of the year.

Crankin, I can't think of a better logging partner, and I agree that it helps to keep things realistic during the winter. If anyone else wants to join in at any point in the next three months they are more than welcome

[Crankin]

My other log is just a Bicycling Magazine training journal. In paper . I log rides/mileage and my weight, as well as any other cross training activity. No one sees it except me, although DH could look at it, I suppose, as it's not hidden.

[Crankin]

So, I woke up feeling better, but still having the effects of allergies/chronic achiness. It's not pain, and it only comes when I am in this never ending cycle of whatever. But, once I got up, I knew I could do some kind of exercise. Thinking I didn't want to ruin my 35th anniversary celebratory dinner tonight, I ditched the Insanity class and DH and I went for a 3 mile walk on the road. It varied between misty and light rain, so not so pleasant, but I felt like I had to get outside, rather than just work in my home gym, which I am going to do now. Had my North Face soft shell on the top, warm core, but my Ibex ski tights got a little too wet on the thighs and they are still red from the cold/wet. It's 33.6 degrees out, and while it doesn't really feel that cold, it does feel miserably damp. OK, going upstairs to do some core work and then off to buy some holiday gifts.
I added in a half hour of recovery yoga before I went out for dinner.

[Catrin]

I took yesterday off and hit my usual kettlebell competition training session this morning. It was much better than Thursday, THAT one was a bit ugly. Coach said he can see beginning signs of fatigue in me and one of my training partners. He is going to take a different approach in our training that will still allow us to progress and prepare and still do conditioning work. He made both of us promise that we will be honest when he asks us how we are feeling - not that we would lie about it - but when you driven to reach a goal it is easy to unconsciously ignore signals from the body. I know myself too well to say I wouldn't do that. It helps that our Coach is prone to that as well and he recognizes it in others.

I've a huge 7.5 pound pastured ham thawing - just realized the "use by" date was 12/06 - don't want to risk freezer burn by leaving it there for another month. It wasn't cheap! Doing some laundry and hope to spend some quality time this afternoon with a good book. Perhaps a glass of hot buttered rum this evening as a treat Tomorrow is rowing, but that is another day!