Douglas Paul Wade » Training

Today’s Run (and walk)

douglaspaulwade — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:06:45 +0000

I mentioned in an early post, that I want to learn to run. One of my Resolutions is to participate in the LA Marathon in March. I plan to run 1/5 and walk 4/5.

I have been using a modified running schedule from coolrunnings.com to train. I have done almost of my “running” at the Antelope Valley College’s track. Today I did a walking warm-up of one lap. Turned on the GPS (his time I used my Garmin Forerunner 305, uploaded the results to Motionbased) and did the following work. Total of 4.36 miles. You can see my heartrate.

Also see a chart of my times for each lap.

Lap (#)	Time (m:s)	Distance (mi )	M Spd (mph)	HR (bpm)		Energy (Cal)
Lap (#)	Time (m:s)	Distance (mi )	M Spd (mph)	Avg	Max	Energy (Cal)
1 run	2:31	0.26	6.9	130	150	16
2 walk	4:17	0.26	6.5	112	149	32
3 run	2:11	0.25	8.3	144	160	17
4 run	2:14	0.25	7.4	160	163	17
5 walk	4:31	0.26	6.5	120	163	29
6 run	2:16	0.26	7.8	143	157	17
7 run	2:21	0.26	7.6	159	164	26
8 walk	4:45	0.26	6.7	120	163	29
9 run	2:21	0.25	7.4	143	158	35
10 run	2:24	0.25	6.9	160	162	29
11 walk	4:57	0.26	6.0	120	160	26
12 run	2:28	0.25	7.4	141	156	15
13 run	2:27	0.26	6.7	159	163	23
14 walk	4:44	0.26	6.5	122	162	35
15 run	2:19	0.25	7.2	146	158	19
16 run	2:00	0.26	8.7	168	176	25
17 walk	4:56	0.26	8.3	126	175	25

Wellness Challenge (results)

douglaspaulwade — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:42:30 +0000

This last week brings an end to the Wellness Challenge at work. It ran ten weeks and was a really good thing to help with goals. The results are in walking miles. Most of my distance is walking and hiking. There is some bike miles, they are converted at 3 bike miles equals one walking mile. Here is my results:

	Mileage
Week of:	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
July 9 to July 15	1.5	4.0	4.0	3.5	2.0	11.0	6.0	32.0
July 16 to July 22	6.0	4.0	7.0	7.0	1.0	17.0	6.0	48.0
July 23 to July 29	6.5	7.0	6.0	10.5	2.0	0.0	6.0	38.0
July 30 to August 5	2.0	10.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	13.0	0.0	37.0
August 6 to August 12	2.0	5.0	2.0	6.0	1.0	22.0	0.0	38.0
August 13 to August 19	3.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	24.0
August 20 to August 26	7.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	31.0
August 27 to September 2	7.0	2.0	7.0	4.0	25.5	0.0	6.0	51.5
September 3 to Sept 9	10.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	38.0
September 10 to Sept 16	9.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	17.0	41.0
					Grand Total			378.5
Week Day Totals	54.0	49.0	49.0	55.0	60.5	63.0	48.0	378.5

Blood Pressure

douglaspaulwade — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:28:59 +0000

I have not posted my blood pressure in a while. I have been taking and journaling it. So, today I decided to post it. It is close to one of my resolutions, which is to have my pressure be at or under 120/80 and a pulse at or under 50. Today it was 119/79 with a pulse of 52. I have a small graph of my progress.

New Road Bike

douglaspaulwade — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:17:31 +0000

I have been wanting to have a road bike. I was talking to my friend Michael Sbihli, who just happen to be selling his older one. He wanted to purchase some very high end components, but his lovely wife Lauren is due with their first baby very soon and they are down to one income. This is a nice bike (look at the picture). It is a GT Fury and is a bit old, but one fine bike. It has flames painted on it, so it must be fast (grin).

I had my first ride this last Friday. I rode to work in the morning, it is about 10.5 mile. We have bike lockers at work, so I can lock up my bike, walk in to the lockerroom and showered, got dressed and complete my day then rode home. The ride home was better then the coming to work, (I think I am not good at exercise in the morning).

My speed is about four miles faster than my mountain bike. If may be due to me wanting to ride faster. See my results at my account with MotionBased .

Blood Pressure

douglaspaulwade — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:45:25 +0000

Today is blood pressure Thursday. Below is a chart of my pressure. It is a good reading, but not as good as last week.

Blood Pressure

douglaspaulwade — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:15:19 +0000

This is the first week that my blood pressure has the systolic and diastolic numbers as normal or lower. I went over to the nursing area this week to have it checked. This is a nice thing to have at work. I was pleasantly surprised with reading of 119 over 71 with a pulse of 57. These numbers are good for me. I am hoping for even better numbers in the months to come.

Blood Pressure

Ride around Fox Field

douglaspaulwade — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:14:16 +0000

Today being memorial day, I wanted to ride in the morning, before the wind. It has been windy every day 24/7, so at least I hoped for minimum wind. The wind was only 18 MPH, at the SW. I rode 14.66 miles in 1:13. I felt good on the ride. See the results at motionbased.

Weight Loss

douglaspaulwade — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:53:55 +0000

Once a week I measure my weight. My goal is to lose two pounds a week from sensible eating and more activity. I did a lot of activity this last week, two six mile hikes, and started the stair stepper, bleacher climbing and greater distance then the five mile daily walks. My youngest daughter Hannah celebrated her 12 birthday, and at her party, we had pizza. I eat on Saturday 3 slices (500 Calories each), and two on Sunday (leftovers). I believe my results would have been better if I did not have the pizza.