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July 28, 2008
Milk-Mongers
I've come to the conclusion that O and I are milk-mongers.
Yesterday we had a milk emergency. I finished the last of the milk with Sunday morning's breakfast and although grocery shopping was planned for today (Monday) I knew it wasn't going to be good to try to make it through the whole rest of the day on Sunday AND Monday morning without milk. So after church we stopped by the market and bought a gallon.
This evening I grabbed the milk to pour (another) bowl of cereal and to my surprise that gallon that we bought about 16 hours ago is almost gone! Who drinks a gallon of milk in 16 hours when about half of that time was spent sleeping?!?!
I think Roxy learned how to open the refrigerator while I was at work today.
I hope?
Let's just say I'm not too worried about my calcium intake! :)
Anyway, today I did a little swimming and a little riding. This morning was our first without our YMCA pool so we tried out a different YMCA north of us. It was pretty nice and they actually had 2 pools! One was cooler and for lap swimming while the other was warmer and for stuff like aqua-exercise. Anyway - very nice but over 30 minutes away in just one direction. That means an hour of driving for only 40 minutes of swimming this morning! Not the best but you do what you have to do and it's only for 5 weeks! I keep reminding myself that some people have to drive 30 minutes to a pool ALL the time! :) On Wednesday I'm going to use the Pitt pool after work which is really nice and I'll already be down there.
After work I had a nice easy ride. A little too easy in fact. I've always been one of those people that was always worried about the TOP of the HR ranges during all my workouts. As in I was always slowing down to stay within my ranges. Never, ever did I have to worry about not having a high enough average! But the switch is finally happening for me. My aerobic base is finally catching up with my anerobic system. It took me 18 months of training like this (with MarkAllenOnline), a lot of patience and at times a lot of frustration but I think I'm finally getting there!
I've always really wished I could be one of those aerobic machines that could run 7 minute pace with a HR in the 130s or 140s. But I don't think I ever really thought that through too much because as I'm finally getting to that point I only now realize that means I have to ride and run a heck of a lot faster than before to get my HR where it needs to be and that's a tiring prospect! What. The. Heck?!?! :) Of course it's very exciting for me and I know my main focus needs to be on remaining healthy and the improvements will continue to come. It's at times like this that I just want to hug my coaches and thank them over and over again...and apologize for all those nasty names I called them when I had to run 8:45 pace to keep my HR under 155. :)
Anyway, time for a shower! And maybe some more milk... :) Have a great night everyone!
Posted by beth at July 28, 2008 7:01 PM
Comments
...30 minutes later and no shower because you're still on the computer, you internet junkie!!!!
Posted by: O at July 28, 2008 7:28 PM
i have to either commute 45 mins to get to a small pool or 1 hour to get to a fun pool w/ hairballs.. i hear you on the time effort!
Posted by: esther at July 28, 2008 8:50 PM
I am so glad you have felt my pain with HR training! I think on all my easy days I am running like 10:00 pace. I am glad to hear there is a light at the end of the tunnel :)
Have a great week of training/tapering!!
Posted by: barb at July 29, 2008 11:44 AM
Those are crazy amounts of milk!!! I don't go through that much with three kids.. but you must make up for the diet pepsi intake ;)
So glad the HR stuff is coming around. I've been training with it for 6 mos and still have to kill myself to get my HR up to the proper level! I guess I am lazy by nature. It's nice to hear that in time, it comes more easily.
I wish I was going to be at Steelhead. I will be in Chicago.. following Elf & hub around.. come find us? Good luck at the race, we'll be tracking you and cheering!
Posted by: rachel at July 29, 2008 12:45 PM
Good luck at Steelhead, Beth. Hope you and Oscar have a great trip. I'll be checking in here for a race report and over on his site for a baseball game report!
-Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at July 29, 2008 4:23 PM
That is a lot of milk! I always worry that I am getting too much dairy, but I split it up between the milk, yogart, cheese, and ice cream. Most days I get at least 5 and sometimes 8 servings of dairy. It sure is good though.
Posted by: maija at July 29, 2008 6:18 PM
mmmmm.... milk, does a body good! Hope you feel fueled and ready to race Steelhead! I so want to do that race, one day! Go hard Beth... think of cereal at the finish line, maybe even milk in your water bottles (never mind that, gross!)
Posted by: breewee at July 29, 2008 6:21 PM
good luck at Steelhead.... you are a child of the King.... and He is very proud of you...
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at July 30, 2008 10:16 AM
I LOVE milk too ;-) KICK SOME SERIOUS BUTT at Steelhead.....
XO,
E
Posted by: E Swanson at July 30, 2008 2:38 PM