Calling All Hamsters!!! Week #97 Ending 10-31-04

[slynny]

Please do all posting here and let the other thread go!

Mission: The VeggieBoards Hamster Club is a group of fitness/health minded vegans and vegetarians who support each other in their endeavors in fitness, diet, and health. Anyone who chooses can post to this thread. There are no dues or fees, just a desire to share our efforts and support one another.


Come on Hamsters!!! Let's Go!!! :hamster: :hamster: :hamster:

[slynny]

8 mile run today....it was a beautiful day and a beautiful run! :sunny:

[NDvegan85]

6 mile run today... 2 X 1 mile interval (7 minutes) w/in the 1st 3 miles, 1/2 mile jog, 2 miles in 16 min then a 1/2 mile cool down

slynny- Great run! I think that I am going to wait until this summer to do the marathon. There is one in Cleveland at the end of May that I am looking at. It's a little frustrating because I will be ready to run one around Christmas, but there are none close to me then. I will just have to keep running the shorter races to keep myself motivated.

[CaptainSwab]

12 mile run. Next weekend it is 18.

NDvegan, is that one you are talking about the Flying Pig marathon? I soooooooooo want to do that one. I lurve pigs!!!!!! I have heard people over and over again say it is an awesome marathon to do. I have heard that a lot of people set PR's there too.

Slynny, you should come and do one in warmer weather! Come to CA! If I'm not running it, I'll come out with a sign that says, "Go Slynny!" and I'll wait with advil and food. :) The girls at runners world all do that for each other all the time. It is fun meeting people like that at races.

[catswym]

yesterday: 3mi walk and 60min power yoga

today: 3mi walk and 50min aerobics.

[Formerbaboon]

Today: Worked on abs, and 2 mile walk.

[NDvegan85]

10 mile run today

captain- the Flying Pig is in Cincinnati actually- and the weekend before finals (5/1/2005), so I can't really do that one!

[CaptainSwab]

10 mile run today

captain- the Flying Pig is in Cincinnati actually- and the weekend before finals (5/1/2005), so I can't really do that one!

Ah well. :)

Rest day for me today.

[slynny]

Basic training for me today! It's tough doing all those lunges and squats the day after a long run...ouch. But on the other hand the classes are making my legs stronger and I can feel it when I run.

ND, I'm kind of in the same boat, my next marathon is in May, but I think I could be ready for one by Jan. The weather is just to crappy here for marathons from Nov. thru April. There is an off chance that I may be able to do one in Cali...we'll see.

Captain, I will be in San Diego in Jan. The San Diego marathon is the 16th right? I haven't really looked into it to much yet as the idea just occured to me, but I might be able to go early for the race...I think I could be ready by then. I'll look into it a bit more and let you know.

catswym, nice job!

Formerbaboon, Nice to see you! Great workout!

Go Hamsters!!! :vebo: :vebo: :vebo:

[CaptainSwab]

I think they have the Carlsbad marathon in Jan. It is right outside of SD. They also have a half if you aren't ready for the full.

[slynny]

Woohoo, I'll be in Newport Beach specifically, not really sure exactly how close that is to anything. I'll pm ya soon.

[CaptainSwab]

Ooooh. I lived 5 minutes from Newport beach last year. :) Very pretty but too high maitence for me there. I think you'll defintly like the weather. :yes:
SD is about an hour and 15 minutes away from there and Carlsbad is slightly closer than that.

[roqeja]

to catch up
saturday ran 4 miles
sunday lifted weights
monday couldn't run
going to run this afternoon...should i run 3 miles and then four tomorrow (usually my off day) or just pretend i ran yesterday and run 4 today?

[slynny]

Cardio Karate today and a 3 mile run :rockon:


to catch up
saturday ran 4 miles
sunday lifted weights
monday couldn't run
going to run this afternoon...should i run 3 miles and then four tomorrow (usually my off day) or just pretend i ran yesterday and run 4 today?
I think you could do either....it just depends on how you're feeling. If I can't run on a day I usually run I'll often do the run I was supposed to do on an off day to make it up. It usually depends on if I'm training or not, if I'm training I need to get the miles in more so than if I'm not. :D

Go Hamsters!!! :hamster: :hamster:

[Christy]

Kathy Smith - Fat Burning Breakthrough (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006LPC2/qid%3D1098840569/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-5018690-1986326) - aerobics and toning, 50 min

[CaptainSwab]

4 mile run today.

It's weird. I'm feeling sick (my students like to share everything with me including their germs) but I think this is my fastest time on a 4 miler since my last marathon in June.

Fat burning breakthrough tape Christy? Sounds deadly. :D

roqeja, sometimes it doesn't hurt skipping a run or taking a day off. Depending on how many other workouts you've missed lately I would just skip it. It also depends like Slynny said of course whether you are training for anything specific.

Nice 10 NDvegan! You sure are putting in a lot of miles.

Former and catsym :up:

[catswym]

yesterday: 3mi walk and 60min yoga.

today: 3mi walk, 30min yoga, some crunches and arm work.

[Christy]

Not deadly, but difficult. Granted, I've slacked for a couple weeks, and only worked out once last week. Luckily she usually has people with her doing various levels of difficulty so you can adjust based on your energy or fitness level. I'm not too jazzed on using a step, though, especially since she goes all around it and I don't have that much room. I thought I was going to kick my treadmill at one point.

[Christy]

treadmill - 2 miles, 3.5/4 mph, intervals - 32:22 min

Eh, at least I did something.

[NDvegan85]

Yesterday: 5 mile run
Today: 6 mile run- warm up, (8 min fast, 2 min easy) X 2, (4 min fast 1 min easy) X 2, cool down

Thanks captain! I'm getting really into thie running thing... more so than when I ran cross country in high school! The hard part is taking my easy days and avoiding overuse injuries now.

[roqeja]

ick. Haven't run at all this week. Hoping to bicycle today. maybe 30 or 40 minutes. Classwork has taken its toll on running so far. Feeling slightly under the weather but probably from stress.

[Funkified]

crappity crap. i'm back. was on the road for a week so didn't get to do a whole lot of physcial stuff. some, but not my usual...and now i have obscene amounts of homework :(

45 minutes cross trainer
800 crunches
15 minutes stretching


would like to do more, but i still have class and tons of work to do...

[roqeja]

40 minutes elliptical :-D

[NDvegan85]

5 mile run today... I've got a 5K on Sun, so I'm going to take it easy for a couple days here.

[catswym]

yesterday: 3mi walk, arm work, crunches and 30min yoga.

today: 3mi walk, arm work and crunches.