Week 3 Saturday

May 13, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• Biked to lab
• Ran for two sets; 2.5 miles (20 laps) each on HCFH track.
• Stretched & Lifted Weight for ~ 1 hour

Stat:
Started 7p
The first 20 laps; 2.5 miles 19 mins
The second 20 laps; 2.5 miles 18 mins
A walking lap between the sets and two cooling down laps.

Course condition: Good

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 2/3
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
I decide to run in HCFH even though it is couldy and a bit chilly but not raining. There are a few people running or playing bastket ball there. These good two sets of 20 lap running cheer me up a lot. I am a little down today, possibly due to the weather and work. A part of my project will take longer than I thought because of a computational requirement. That is ok. After the run I do some stretches and lift weights. I am going back home to clean and tidy up my place. :)

I am still thinking of running through the rain (maybe tomorrow, huh?)

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Week 3 Friday

May 12, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• Biked to lab
• Stretched & Lifted Weight for ~ 1 hour

Stat:
Started 11p

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 4
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
A rest day does help me to recover again. At gym, I find out that Soo-ji, my neighbor, is in trainning for a half marathon in October. It is nice to hear this. We plan to do a weekend long run together.
I have not run outside for two days because of the weather. Rain has been forecasted for most of this week and the next. :( I might try to run in the rain, though mercury level is plummeting as well.

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Week 3 Thursday

May 11, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• Biked to Lab
• Ran for a mile on the track in HCFH
• Squash for three games

Stat:
~ 1 mile

Course condition: ok

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 2
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 6
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
A day has been grommy because of rains. Rains are forecasted for the whole weekend. It will not be that fun. Today is a bit too weird. I got into the gym and felt itchy on my eyes and could not see that well. It may be an allergy. Hmmmmmmm.... Anyway, I also felt tired quicker than usual, probably due to lots of work.

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Week 3 Wednesday

May 10, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• A morning run (the first in the last two-three weeks) from home to Lakefront Path.
• Biked to lab
  

Stat:
started 8a
5 miles, 43:00 mins (8:36/mile)

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 5

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
It is a very nice run this morning. I thought that I would go to gym, stretching and lifting weight a bit, but I could not get myself there because of work. Maybe wake up tomorrow for a morning run.

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Week 3 Tuesday

May 9, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• No exercise today (but biked to lab as usual)
  
• Dined with P' Tee, P' Lek and Seen Meng

Stat: n/a
Rest Day

Course condition: n/a

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 4
• Mentally 3
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? n/a
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
Is this a special Tuesday? Sadly no squash tonight. After a long meeting day (3 meetings push my lunch to dinner), I go out to do some shopping and dine at Aroy Thai with P' Tee, P' Lek and Seen Meng. Various discussions over the dinner table. Right after dinner I come to do some work before heading home for sleep. I hope that I can wake up early tomorrow to do a morning exercise. I have not picked a training program to follow yet. :(

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Week 3 Monday

May 8, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• Biked to Lab
• A slow run with Wayne

Stat:
Started 7p
~4.5 miles, 40:00 mins (08:53/mile)

Course condition: great temperature for running. No wind but cloudy.

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 6
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
It is a nice and easy run today along the lakefront path. Though we start from Cobb Gate, we stop at my apartment building. In the evening Lingling, Wayne, Kevin, Josh, Dave and I went to the lab to celebrate Lingling's Proposal defense as well as Dave's and my Birthday. Dave is the fifth person (including me) whom I know with the birthday on May 8th.

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Week 2 Highlights

Highlights/accomplishments for the week:
The weekend activities are the highlights of this week. The enjoyments are my rewards to my last week accomplishments. This week seems to be a light week due to sickness. I manage to get over this every quickly. I believe that it is an allergy rather than a cold. However, a possibility of a cold cannot be ruled out.

Actions for next week:
I feel that I should manage my schedule better than this. I should decide what schedule should be followed. Another thing is hydration watch. Sickness may be a cause of this incosistency for dehydration watch.

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Week 2 Sunday

May 7, 2006
Activities/Actions:

• Ran (shorter) Lakefront Path
• Took the kids to Library and play at Children's Garden

Stat:
Started at 8p
~4 miles, 30:00 mins (07:30/mile)

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 4
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 6
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
A warmer day than yesterday can sum up for a perfect weather today. Though I have to cook and do house cleaning, I sneak out to take the kids to library and let them play at Children's Garden. Lovely walk with the kids. Eric and Kimmy enjoy rolling down hill, the monkey bar and the earths (metal earth, water earth, culture earth, etc..) in the garden a lot. I sit and watch them play happily as kids can do. Along a dirt path to spiral playground, there are plaques with names of cities located on the same latitude and longitude as Chicago.

After come back, I cannot resist to stay in and do cooking. I go out for a short run, which is very nice. Nice nice run! Well, somehow, it makes me think that all that time outside, I do not sneeze or cough at all, but just I get into the room, they are coming. Maybe I am allergic to indoor? or my room is too dirty? I believe it is the former.

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