Tracking my miles since November 17, 2007

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Canterbury XC 5k at Shaker Village

Great course! Great cool day! looked like rain but didnt happen during the race. Usually this kind of weather gives me a great race but not today. Loved the course! All off road, hilly, all different terrain, mud, but even with a nice warm-up, I had some breathing issues the whole race. I started with a 4 count exhale, 1 count exhale, determined to see how well I could run a race with my breathing under control. I realized after 1-2 miles that I needed to do 4-2 for a race. I felt better but then up the last hill, I mustve picked it up some, thinking it was near the end, when a bit attack hit, dry heaving over and over, gasping desperately for breath inbetween heaves, I had to stop then walk a bit. it went away and i went back to running but came in 22nd in my age group with a final time of 29 minutes! I do not know why I had this asthma attack! It was not hot, it probably was humid, I warmed up, I was dressed properly in shorts and a tank and it was maybe 55 degrees. I did my buteyko breathing. I havent taken any asthma meds in a long time, almost a year. Here was the days allergy forcast/pollen count:

Predominant Pollen: Oak, Birch and Ash.
Outlook
Concentration of pollen grains in the air for Tuesday will be unchanged in the high range. Constant and seasonally normal weather conditions tend to stabilize pollen concentrations in the outdoor air.
Today
Concentration of pollen grains in the air for Monday will be increasing in the high range. Since the weather has a major influence on pollen dispersal, this increase is due in part to drier air.The increase Monday could spell trouble for allergy sufferers.
Allergy Fact
The greatest danger to allergy sufferers in the garden is not pollen from ornamental plants, it is mold that can grow on the surface of the dirt. When soil is disturbed by digging or weeding, mold spores are released into the air. To avoid undue exposure to mold, gardeners sensitive to mold should not dig just after it rains, when mold is at its peak.

The mold thing is interesting, the race was just after rain, and the ground was all mowed and mixed up by all the runners. Maybe I really do have an allergy?

The whole race my body was not in any pain, not even from doing Crank the kanc the day before, but my breathing was labored from the start. hard to breathe. Frustrating.
Posted by Luckeee at 9:20 PM

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Having fun at the Black Fly Tri!

Food log, week of April 19. Now I have to be good

  • friday peanut butter and raspberries on ezekiel toast. 6 goji berries, 2 cliff bars, figs, kefir, pear, 1/2 salad with turkey, cheese and eggs, coffee, 1KK 1800 calories
  • thursday, 1 cup crispix, figs, kefir, coffee, seafood salad, red pepper, cheese, lettuce, pineapple, crab meat, cheese, cliff bar 1600 calories
  • wednesday, (132) coffee, 1 cup crispix cereal, 3 scrambed eggs with cheese, mushrooms and spring lettuce, kefir, protein milk, apricot cliff bar, 1/2 salad with turkey, cheese and egg, figs, sugar snap peas, crabmeat, cheese 2000 calories
  • tuesday coffee, 1 cup crispix cereal, 3 scrambled eggs with cheese and mushrooms, kefir, protein milk, 1/2 salad with turkey, cheese and egg, cliff bar, banana, crab meat, cheese 1800 calories
  • monday 3 scrambled eggs with cheese, coffee, snack, protein milk, banana, lunch, salad with turkey, cheese and egg, gefilte fish horseradish, coffee, apricot cliff bar 1800 calories
  • sunday, breakfast 2 cups coffee, protein milk, snack peanut toffee buzz cliff bar, figs, lunch, pear, banana, dinner, coffee, gefilte fish, horsradish, cheese, kefir, go lean crunch snack apricot cliff bar, raspberries approximately 1600 calories
  • Saturday (134) inspired by Suzan so here goes: breakfast peanut toffee buzz cliff bar, 2 cups coffee, snack figs, banana, lunch pear, apricot cliff bar, snack, gefilte fish and horseradish, dinner, plain spring mix salad, steak, cheese, seafood flakes green beans approximately 1600 calories

food..week of April 26

  • thursday, scrambled eggs, cheese mushrooms, kefir, coffee, crispix, 1/2 salad with cheese, turkey and eggs, hammer energy bar
  • wednesday 1 piece peanut butter on ezekiel toast, scrambled eggs, cheese, mushrooms, kefir, coffee, granola, pear, roast chicken, peas, red pepper, 1/4 cup golden grahams, homeade power bar, 1800 calories
  • tueday, scrambled eggs, mushrooms, cheese, kefir, coffee, california and salmon maki sushi, a bit of miso soup, homeade power bar, tuna fish 1800 calories
  • monday eggs, cheese, coffee, 1/2 salad with turkey, cheese, eggs, granola snack, kefir, KK, whole wheat spaghetti, tomato sauce, mixed veggies, shrimp, steak, dark chocolate covered apricot 2200 calories
  • sunday coffee KK, eggs, cheese, kefir, protein milk, can of spinach with vinegar 2200 cals
  • saturday scrambled eggs, mushrooms, cheese, KK, coffee, fig, banana, pear, steak, salad, onions, kefir, craisins 2400 calories

Turkey Trot Turkeys

Turkey Trot Turkeys
The spirit of Saturday's Turkey Trot in downtown Wolfeboro was not lost on these four runners, who got decked out in their Thanksgiving garb for the 16th annual race, which benefits the Wolfeboro Lions Club's fuel assistance fund. Left to right, Lisa Davy of Laconia, Jennifer Marts of Sandwich, Jacklyn Calley of Laconia and John Eisner of Meredith won prizes for their great running gear. See race results in the sports section. (Photo by Joshua Spaulding)http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/nh/Nov17_16thAn_set1.shtml

Crazy...as moose

Crazy...as moose
Costumes strike...and win! coolrunning.com/results/07/nh/Apr22_MuddyM_set1.shtml

This was FUN!!!!

This was FUN!!!!

And dirty!

And dirty!
Look at that dirt!

week of January 5

  • Total Mileage, 4.2 miles, thanks John!
  • friday, tired, went to bed early
  • thursday, some wool spinning, some knitting
  • wednesday can't find a good knitting project, I need a project! and more apple chips!
  • tuesday, bingo. lost.
  • monday, finished the blue sweater, which is apt, as I feel blue, did a bunch of killer sudokus
  • sunday, too depressed to get out of bed, finished Rhett Butler, cried, maybe I will work out tomorrow
  • Saturday 1.25 hour spin class, 27 miles, 4.2 mile run