February 2012
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29/02/2012
- 1,5 hours stationary bike (39 km, level 6)
- 1 hour elliptical
- pop pilates inner thigh insanity (10 min) x 3
i’m ditching weights and any form of ab workouts today. planking for 60 minutes yesterday really killed me! lol i had a really hard time getting off my bed this morning.
3rd day of uni kicked my arse. i think my wednesdays will be really tough this semester. like today, i had biochem lecture at 10-11am which left me “asdfgjhkl helpp”. hopefully this is just because my brain is still jet-lagged from summer break, but yeah the subject is reallyyy detailed and lots of textbook readings need to be done (same with chemistry reactions and synthesis, oh wait...
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28/02/2012
- 1,5 hours stationary bike (39 km, level 6)
- 30 min elliptical
- around 25 min of foam rolling
- 20 x 3 min plank. lol that was fun, planking for 60 min in a day is definitely in the bucket list of things i must do before i die :p i did 4 sets before going to uni, 3 sets during break between lectures, then 13 sets after i got back from the gym. i wouldn’t be doing something like...
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Anonymous asked: Whose telling you to quit the running squad??
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why i'm so pissed today
i might have to quit the running squad. which means no cross country and no track. and probably no road racing as well.
i know i’m still a newbie but running IS my life since last year.
seriously even if i really have to quit the squad… i can stop running because of valid reasons like getting injured, but i won’t stop being a runner. it’s not that simple.
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27/02/2012
melissa_nn earned 2974 points for:
Cycling (stationary):
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my 2nd year at uni begins tomorrow and i’m exciteeed. yay for another fresh start! :D i have less workload on campus this semester. only 14.5 hours, which is totally awesome for a science student! i had 21 last semester.. doesn’t mean it’s gonna be easier though, i know i’m gonna have to do a lot of studying on my own :/ these are the subjects i’m taking this...
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26/02/2012
- ran 11 km in 56:28. so i went for the run this morning, ready to turn around and head back to the gym immediately if my knees start hurting badly again like on thursday, buttt it actually went a lot better than expected! i even managed to run in negative splits (!!!) this is my first one since i got injured :D i’m not sure if i really didn’t feel any knee pain, or if i just...
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roadto--health asked: you're on my fave blogs page :)
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25/02/2012
- 2 hours stationary bike (52 km, level 6)
- 30 min elliptical
- 35 min strength exercises: 400 bicycle crunches, 100 leg lifts, 400 side plank lifts, 4x15 barbell curls (10 kg), 4x15 lateral pull down (25 kg), 4x20 barbell squat (10 kg)
- does carrying 4 huge textbooks from the uni bookshop to my apartment count as workout? lol my biceps were burning….
- pop pilates...
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Anonymous asked: do you feel self conscious when working out at the gym? i know this sounds stupid because you look really amazing! i feel so fat and ugly and yuck compared to the other girls :( also, what do you usually wear to the gym? like tights or shorts, crop tops or tshirts etc?
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24/02/2012
melissa_nn earned 3648 points for:
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long post with some swearing
So i had a god awful run this morning and i’m still really upset with the fact that my knees are still fucking hurting even though it’s definitely not as bad as last month. This whole day, I keep thinking about stuff like “what if i’ll never be able to run like i used to again? what if i’m stuck with these injuries for a really, really long time?” I know I...
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23/02/2012
- ran 11 km in 58:29. HORRIBLE. just plain horrible. i was so happy because everything seems to get better on monday BUT this morning my knee-itb was hurting again so i had to take it slow. also still a bit of pain on my shin, nothing compared to the knee-itb though. this is fcking frustrating, like seriously haven’t i suffered enough??! i just want to run again without any pain why is...
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22/02/2012
melissa_nn earned 3197 points for:
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Lent
I’m Catholic and so is the rest of my family. Usually the only thing that we give up for lent is meat and that’s only for wednesdays and fridays (I think this is the most common thing to do by Catholics in Indonesian). But i’ve decided to do something different this year. So far i’ve been doing quite awful nutrition-wise and i think lent is a good opportunity to fix my...
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21/02/2012
- morning: 1,5 hours stationary bike (39 km, level 6)
- afternoon: 1,5 hours karate <3
suddenly i really miss it so i ditched my original plan for doing elliptical + weights and do a heck lot of hardcore kicking & punching instead ;) my last training session before this was when i went back to indonesia during the winter break last year. and my career in karate was totally over...
me: i want to lose weight
food: no
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brboutrunning asked: Wow! Running 15.6 miles on the treadmill is AMAZING! Do you regularly run about 2 hours on the treadmill or is it just an every once in a while thing? xxx
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somedaywithouttheseframes asked: I'm impressed with how well set up you have your stats and goals! I think I might make another tumblr or add to mine my stats and goals; never thought of keeping them here! Thanks for the idea, and keep on running!
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20/02/2012
- 12 km run in 1:02:13 (5:11 min/km). woopp back to my “easy run” pace! :) that, indeed, felt easy. i still worked up quite a lot of sweat and breathing a bit hard, but definitely not like massively gasping for air all the way. i also didn’t feel any significant pain on my knees and shins this morning. i was planning to just run 10 km this morning, but then decided to...
The five stages of running
An hour before running: I don't wanna run today.
5 minutes before running: I'm pumped! Let's do this!
While running: Can't breathe... Must keep going... Run to the rhythm of my music... Don't die...
5 minutes after running: Everything's awesome! I love running! I could run for the rest of my life!
An hour after running: I. Am going. To die.
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19/02/2012
- morning:
2,5 hours stationary bike (64 km, level 6)
30 min foam rolling for itbs, quads, shins, calves, inner thighs. ouch. ouch. ouch. ouch. and ouch.
- afternoon:
100 burpees (did this in 4x25)
700 sit ups (did this in 300-200-200)
50 squats. couldn’t do much because legs already felt like jelly from the stationary biking & burpees.
- evening:
pop pilates summer slimdown...
