The Goodfellas: On The Comeback Trail: August 2007

Friday, August 31, 2007

Weekly Review: 8.13.07 to 8.19.07 & 8.20.07 to 8.26.07

I missed the mark on both goals for the week of 8.13 to 8.19. However, I did get out on the road for two runs (one of which was in D.C. while I was down there), so I was happy with that.

Because I fell short the previous week, I recycled those goals for the week of 8.20.07. I hit both goals and I got in my best week of training to date. Of particular note, was my workout on 8.23. I compared the results to my workout from 8.2 and noticed that in the same amount of time, I covered another 4 tenths of a mile in distance with a slightly lower average heart rate. I took that as an encouraging sign of my increasing fitness. I also dropped down below 200 pounds for the first time, which was a nice mental barrier to break through. The hike on Sugarloaf was also encouraging (more on that in the trip report).

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Weekly Plan: 8.13.07 to 8.19.07

Goals for the week are:

- 3 hours of training during the week over 5 sessions (4 35 minute sessions, 1 40 minute session)
- Workout in morning before work
- I'm undecided on exactly what to plan on for the weekend. I'll be away for the weekend and I'm not going to be able to ride my bike or hike. I'm going to try to get in a 40 to 60 minute run
-Get weight under 200lbs

Unrelated to training, I'd also like get up trip reports on Brace Mountain and Mt. Washington before the end of the week.

Weekly Review: 7.30.07 to 8.5.07 & 8.6.07 to 8.12.07

AW called me out after he posted his Colorado trip report for my lack of recent posts...so here are the belated weekly reviews.

For the week of 7.30.07 to 8.5.07 I fell a bit short of my goals. I did very well monitoring my food intake and counting my calories. I used Fitda y, which is a great resource, to record and count everything. I also got in a great long work out over the weekend when I climbed Mt. Washington (trip report to be posted later). However, I only got in 3 35 minute workouts and I managed to only do 1 of them in the morning, before work.

TRAINING LOG

Since I only met half my goals for the week of 7.30.07 to 8.5.07, I kept the same goals for the week of 8.6.07 to 8.12.07. Unfortunately, I was not much more succesful in keeping them. I continued to monitor my caloric intake with Fitday and I also got in a nice bike ride on the Harlem Valley Rail Trail and part of Route 22. However, none of the workouts were in the morning, and I again fell short with only 3 workouts during the week.

TRAINING LOG