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( Today's workout. )
Yeah, sorry about not telling you exactly *what* I've been doing. I just figured everyone would be able to read my mind and already know. I've been going on the treadmill, off and on last week, but I'm going to try and step up to see if I can't make it every day this week. I'll more than likely be biking to Mountain View today, though, so I might need to skip tomorrow and/or Wednesday depending on how much that might take out of me.
I'm still trying to work out a good routine for it; no incline for now and I'm not really trying to sustain speeds over 6 right now, either. Today I started at about 3.0 and increased .5 every 30 seconds until I got up to 5.5, hung there until about 10 minutes in. Then I ramped up to 6 for 10 full minutes, and hung back to 5.0 again from 20 minutes on. I try to time my cool down for 28 minutes in (the treadmill has a little 2 minute cool down button), but I was so close to 2.5 miles I decided to hit that instead. I did, and I felt enormously better. Go me!
My ultimate goal is to be able to run 4 miles every day. If I'm to actually manage that in 30 minutes, it'd mean I'd have to be able to sustain 8 or 9 mph for a good long while. That prospect is pretty daunting; I'm not sure what's a good speed for jogging or anything, so I'll have to do a bit of research about that.
I decided a little while ago that running/jogging is the exercise for me. I get a really great high doing it, and it's the simplest exercise you can do. More than anything, I really like the idea of having a 'runner's build'. If I get this job at Bookbuyer's, I'll likely be doing a lot of biking as well. If I manage to swing a job at SJSU, I'll see how close it is to home; maybe that's a bikable distance as well.
This weekend was, in a word, awesome. Watched a grand total of 8 movies from Friday - Sunday. I really had no idea Tube was so serious about movie watching. :D I don't know if I could do that *every* weekend, but I'm definitely not averse to having movie marathons on a frequent basis. :)
Went to a party on Saturday night, met a lot of CA folks for the first time. I never expected it to be as much fun as it was! Met Dingo(!!) and his pal Greg for the first time, and that was awesome. Saw Rayce, as well, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kibou, whom I haven't spoken to in about 2 years...literally. It was *really* good to see her. :)
Now that Monday's come around, it's back to the daily grind...so to speak. I've been waiting for a friend to come up with a resume she promised me about six weeks back. I'm pretty disappointed that it's taking this long, especially since waiting made me miss out on one Uni job I was very well-suited for, but I don't blame her at all. She's a really hard-working woman with a new marriage and a new baby(!!) into her 40s. Given all that she's going through right now, a *lot* of slack is in order. ;)
I have a two-page resume that I made, and it'll work pretty well for now. Now, all I need to do is write up a few cover letters for specific jobs that I'd like, and the application process can begin in earnest. How exciting! ;) Wish me luck.
Yeah, sorry about not telling you exactly *what* I've been doing. I just figured everyone would be able to read my mind and already know. I've been going on the treadmill, off and on last week, but I'm going to try and step up to see if I can't make it every day this week. I'll more than likely be biking to Mountain View today, though, so I might need to skip tomorrow and/or Wednesday depending on how much that might take out of me.
I'm still trying to work out a good routine for it; no incline for now and I'm not really trying to sustain speeds over 6 right now, either. Today I started at about 3.0 and increased .5 every 30 seconds until I got up to 5.5, hung there until about 10 minutes in. Then I ramped up to 6 for 10 full minutes, and hung back to 5.0 again from 20 minutes on. I try to time my cool down for 28 minutes in (the treadmill has a little 2 minute cool down button), but I was so close to 2.5 miles I decided to hit that instead. I did, and I felt enormously better. Go me!
My ultimate goal is to be able to run 4 miles every day. If I'm to actually manage that in 30 minutes, it'd mean I'd have to be able to sustain 8 or 9 mph for a good long while. That prospect is pretty daunting; I'm not sure what's a good speed for jogging or anything, so I'll have to do a bit of research about that.
I decided a little while ago that running/jogging is the exercise for me. I get a really great high doing it, and it's the simplest exercise you can do. More than anything, I really like the idea of having a 'runner's build'. If I get this job at Bookbuyer's, I'll likely be doing a lot of biking as well. If I manage to swing a job at SJSU, I'll see how close it is to home; maybe that's a bikable distance as well.
This weekend was, in a word, awesome. Watched a grand total of 8 movies from Friday - Sunday. I really had no idea Tube was so serious about movie watching. :D I don't know if I could do that *every* weekend, but I'm definitely not averse to having movie marathons on a frequent basis. :)
Went to a party on Saturday night, met a lot of CA folks for the first time. I never expected it to be as much fun as it was! Met Dingo(!!) and his pal Greg for the first time, and that was awesome. Saw Rayce, as well, and
kibou, whom I haven't spoken to in about 2 years...literally. It was *really* good to see her. :)Now that Monday's come around, it's back to the daily grind...so to speak. I've been waiting for a friend to come up with a resume she promised me about six weeks back. I'm pretty disappointed that it's taking this long, especially since waiting made me miss out on one Uni job I was very well-suited for, but I don't blame her at all. She's a really hard-working woman with a new marriage and a new baby(!!) into her 40s. Given all that she's going through right now, a *lot* of slack is in order. ;)
I have a two-page resume that I made, and it'll work pretty well for now. Now, all I need to do is write up a few cover letters for specific jobs that I'd like, and the application process can begin in earnest. How exciting! ;) Wish me luck.
