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TnT's Workout Blog

"Are you guys runners? You look like runners.
They are my favorite kind of people."
 - Christy Shimp
@ Thu 31/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Paloheinä
Distance 10K
Time 58:56
Comments Ave 129, max 144, +19C, cloudy. Not as humid as yesterday. Easy-pace run.
@ Wed 30/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 8K
Time 47:07
Comments Ave 144, +19C, cloudy and humid. Rain flushed our earlier running attempt. Tomi left for work and as the skies cleared a bit, I went for a routine run. I made two 3K loops in 17:20 and 17:00.
@ Tue 29/05/2007
Exercise Strength
Time 60:00
Comments I used light weights since I've not attended this session at least for several weeks. There is no air-conditioning so any heavier weights would have been a suicide.
@ Sun 27/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Paloheinä
Distance 10K
Time 54:24
Comments Ave 138, +19C, sunny. They say that Summer has officially started when the daily average temperature does not fall below +10 degrees celsius. It is Summer now! While Tomi was finishing the camer-ready copy of the conference paper, I took advantage of the nice weather and went for an early afternoon run. Soon, it will be too warm to run in the middle of the day.
@ Sat 26/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Yasso 800 (Pirkkola track)
Distance 5 x 800m
Time 19:41 (gross 32:15)
Comments Ave 142, max 159, +15c, cloudy and raining. Back to speed training program, and well did it go. It'd be interesting to find out how the Cooper test goes --- let's see in a few weeks. Last time, some years ago in Bloomington, we ran 2660 meters on an indoor track.
@ Fri 25/05/2007
Exercise Swimming
Course Outdoor pool
Comments Tomi took another shot on the newly started outdoor swimming season, and went for an early morning swim. And then to breakfast.
@ Thu 24/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 8K
Time 47:22
Comments Ave 142, max 155, +14C, cloudy. Now we are talking! Totally different kind of a run than yesterday. I ran two 3K laps in 17:40 and 17 minutes. It felt good and easy.
@ Wed 23/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 5K
Time 28:06
Comments Ave 139, max 150, +18C, sunny. Wonderful weather but did not feel like running. New attempt tomorrow.
@ Mon 21/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Paloheinä
Distance 10K
Time 57:38
Comments Ave 134, max 148, +19C, sunny, mild wind. An easy recovery jog.
@ Sun 20/05/2007
Exercise Bicycling
Course Hvitträsk - Kirkkonummi
Distance 71K
Time 4:34:00
Comments +17C, sunny, windy. Took a tour in the countryside. Actually, it took more than hour to get out of the fully developed area, and still it was not quite peaceful. We really enjoyed riding the country roads instead of combined recreational trails that are crowded by bicyclists, roller skaters and dog-walkers.

We visited Hvitträsk, once a home and studio of some of the most famous Finnish architects, among them Eliel Saarinen. Saarinen is most notably known, not only of Helsinki's main railway station, but also First Christian church in Columbus, Indiana. And Columbus is famous for its unique architecture by world-class architects, among them also Eliel's brother Erkki.
@ Fri 18/05/2007
Exercise Swimming
Distance 2K
Comments Tomi celebrated the opening of the outdoor swimming season by being an hour early at the pool. So, he had to do some extra laps while waiting for his friend to arrive. The result: hurting shoulders.
@ Thu 17/05/2007
Exercise Bicycling
Course Luukki
Distance 35.74K
Time 2:16:44
Comments Mostly sunny, +15C, windy. We stopped for a coffee and ice cream at the Cafe of Luukkaa outdoor recreation area. There were a lot of campers, and why wouldn't there be --- it is a holiday and the weather is just great.

There was some old Ford gathering going on. I wonder if my brother took part in it even if his own Ford is not in a shape to be driven longer distances.
@ Tue 15/05/2007
Exercise Recovery run
Route Pirkkola
Distance 8K
Time 52:00
Comments +14C, cloudy, the sun almost came out. I tried to keep the heart rate between 120 and 130, but in the uphills it shot up to 140. I also noticed that despite the lower hear rate, running at a slower pace is harder than running at a faster pace, the distance being equal. Words of wisdom: it's the time that matters. Running steep uphills slow is also hard for calf muscles.

Tomi played soccer outdoors for the first time (45 mins). Light and fun! he says.
@ Mon 14/05/2007
Exercise Pilates
Time 60:00
Comments A lot of new movements. Funny how just standing up and holding the arms in the air and moving them slowly can be challenging. Great recovery exercise for the Saturday's race.
@ Sat 12/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Helsinki City Run
Distance 21.1K
Time Tei 1:56:56 (gross 1:58:48), Tomi 1:58:24 (gross 2:00:17)
Comments +14C, partly cloudy. Comfortable run that gave an opportunity to race only in the last five kilometers. The starting order was based on the registration order, not the projected finish time. This meant that the narrow trails were overly populated, and there was no way of enjoying the scenery. Besides, I had to make every effort not to step on anyone's feet, or to avoid anyone stepping on mine. After the first two kilometers we were 40 seconds behind the plan. Fortunately, we were able to catch on later.

At the 15K mark we heard a loud applause from the crowds; Finns beat Russians in the ice hockey world championships semifinal game and will face Canada in the finals tomorrow.

The race was well organized, but there is something wrong with the race fans. There were quite a few people along the route, but they were not cheering, they were not rooting on us. They were just standing and apathetically staring at the bypassing runners.
@ Wed 09/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 8K
Time 48:44
Comments Ave 140, +14C. sunny. We ran two 3K loops: the first half at the projected half marathon pace or little faster, and jogged the other half to get the heart rate down. Quite comfortable.
@ Mon 07/05/2007
Comments Another futile attempt to run on the track. F*ng schoolkids! Just kidding, it is great they get some exercise and have a chance to be outdoors in this gorgeous day. It's above 15 degrees of celsius and sunny. Hopefully, tomorrow morning the track is unoccupied.
@ Sun 06/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 4-5K
Time ~30:00
Comments Bummer! The track was occupied again --- this time a running practise was taking place. We did a few ~300-meter sprints on the regular trail. No numbers available; I forgot the heart rate monitor at home, or actually I had the transmitter but not the watch. It is relatively warm, +10C, but the gusty wind is back.

On the right you can see some spring foliage sprouting in this neighborhood. The picture is taken from our balcony (which actually is our next renovation project. Stay tuned for details!).
@ Sat 05/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Paloheinä
Distance ~10K
Time 60:00
Comments Ave 133, max 158, +8C, sunny. The plan was to run some intervals on the Pirkkola track, but there was some running race going on. We opted for an easy ten kilometer run instead.
@ Fri 04/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 5K
Time 29:42
Comments Ave 154, +5C, drizzling. I ran one 3K lap in 15:45.
@ Tue 01/05/2007
Exercise Run
Course Pikku-Huopalahti - Laakso - Pirkkola
Distance 14-15K
Time 1:28:54
Comments Ave 135, +7C, sunny, chilly wind. We ran a hilly section of the next weekend's mini marathon route. I just wonder how 6000 runners will fit in the narrow trails. It'll likely be very slow run.