What ever it takes!

I'm not sure how my running is going to be for the next 2 weeks so I wanted to make sure I got a decent run in this morning.  Pushed pretty hard and Riverton Paul said I was limping. Felt OK, but my HR is still about 8 - 10 bpm over what it was 3 weeks ago at the same pace.

Sitting at the Airport now waiting to sit on an airplane for 22 hours, in couch.  Fun Fun.  

Distance	Time	Avg Pace		Avg HR	Max HR
1	7:32	7:32		160
2	14:25	6:53		149
3	21:05	6:40		153
4	27:40	6:35		156
5	34:11	6:31		157
6	40:37	6:26		158
7	47:17	6:40		156
8	53:44	6:27		159
9	59:47	6:03		164
10	1:07:46	6:59		148
11	1:14:49	6:53		153
12	1:21:24	6:35		155
Total	1:21:24	6:47		155

 

Somehow missed a whole day, woke up this morning in Bejing China and completely missed Tuesday all together.  Today (the 6th) is my 38th Birthday, I have been in China for my last 3 birthdays working, kind of lame.

My leg was hurting pretty bad from sitting on the plane for 22 hours and only got about 5 hours of poor sleep last night so I just did the elliptical trainer in the hotel gym this morning for 45 minutes.  I wanted to try and run outside this trip but the air quality is really terrible, my eyes and lungs are burning just walking outside from the car to the hotel so I'm not sure if it's even a good idea to try and run outside.  I really don't like this place, wish they could pick a different city other than Bejing.

Getting runs in is going to be difficult, the hotel Gym doesn't open until 6:00am and we have to meet for work at 7:30.  I'm going to need to get brave and run outside I suppose.

13.8 KM in 1 hour = 8.6 = 6:58/mil avg pace

Yesterday it rained here in Bejing and for the first time in probably years you could see the sun.  People were out in the streets just staring at the sun wondering what this big ball of light in the sky was.  Turns out when there isn't a blanket of smog covering the entire city it gets light at 5:00am.  Interesting trivia, all of China is on 1 time zone and they don't have daylight savings, so after sporatic jetlaged sleep all night at 5:00am when I noticed light coming through my window I couldn't pass up the chance to go run outside.  My leg is hurting really bad still, and walking around an enormous convention center all day just isn't giving it time to get better.  So I ran out to the Olympic Park and around and back to the hotel, I was really slow 4 miles in 32 minutes 8:00/mil pace and then I went to the hotel gym and did 30 minutes on the stationary bike.

 I am trying to relax a bit more today so I can get some better outside mileage in tomorrow morning,  I guess we'll see.

I am trying to take advantage of being injured and out of training mode, and being in China with horrible food to try and loose some weight.  I would love to drop 10 - 15 lbs for when I am able to pick up my training again.

Well, the sun has once again been engulfed by smog, crazy how polluted the air can get here in one day.  I woke up at 4:30 for a 5:00 run and it was pitch black where yesterday it was completely light.  My eyes and throat were burning and my leg was still hurting,  I ran 3.2 miles alone circled back to the hotel and met one of my co-workers and ran another 3.3 with him.  He has really improved since he started running last summer,  I remember in San Jose last year he couldn't run 1/4 mile non-stop, now he is up to 3-5 per day.  Good job Danny.  We circled the Birds Nest and Olympic Village and back to the hotel.  I decided I was done running and went to the hotel gym for 45 minutes on the Elliptical.

6.5 in 50:00, 7:43 avg pace.