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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
@ Wed 30/04/2008
Exercise BodyPump
Comments Yet another instructor. Her headset ran out of battery, so she really had to be screaming to us. Given that it is the eve of the May Day, one of our major holidays and reasons to celebrate, she was very cheerful.
@ Tue 29/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 7.02K
Time 43:35
Comments Ave 140, max 154, +18C, sunny. First run in shorts and T. After the run in this lovely weather it did not take me long to get Tomi excited about soccer --- the outdoor season opens today. He hopped on the bike and off he rode.
@ Mon 28/04/2008
Exercise Stretching
Time 60:00
Comments This is tougher than a half marathon.
@ Sun 27/04/2008
Exercise Walk
Route Munkkiniemi - Kuusisaari - Pikku-Huopalahti
Distance 15K
Time 4:00:00
Comments +14C, sunny. No run today, but a marathon walk. We walked to The Didrichsen Museum of Art and Culture to see an exhibition on Henry Moore's sculpture and its interaction with architecture. One of his works in located in Columbus Indiana, in front of Cleo Rogers Memorial Library. On our way back we had coffee and quiche at an idyllic cafe in Villa Angelica, located next to our presisent's recidence.
@ Sat 26/04/2008
Exercise Irish dance
Time 2:00:00
Comments Finally we put together both show dances. Gee, these were two tough classes. And we learned a new step to the advanced jig, and actually three more steps to the intermediate reel. I still cannot get the Blackbird quite right. Fortunately, we do have some more weeks.
@ Fri 25/04/2008
Exercise BodyPump
Time 60:00
Comments Yee, I have not had a chance to do push-ups for 24 hours! This was the first time the instructor commented on the crazy idea of putting planks after shoulder workout and push-ups.
@ Thu 24/04/2008
Exercise Core 30
Comments I skipped the interval exercise in order to rest my legs: I have slight symptoms of shin splints in my left leg. For some reason there were far fewer than usual participants in the core session this week, as well as the preceding interval session.
@ Wed 23/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Yasso 800 (Pirkkola track)
Distance 9.62K
Time 57:08
Comments Ave 134, max 151, +10C, sunny. Another beautiful day. It is two months until the marathon race in Turku, so we started the Yasso interval training. We ran four laps in 4:30 (the total time above includes warm-up and cool-down), and were happy we were not hit by a ball. Schoolkids were playing baseball in the infield, and since they were playing the Finnish version of the game, they were actually hitting the ball.
@ Tue 22/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola - Maunula - Etelä-Haaga
Distance ~10K
Time 57:18
Comments Ave 141, +9C, sunny. This is the first time we run together for a long time. The weather is perfect and there appears to be some green in the trees.
@ Sun 20/04/2008
Exercise Bicycling
Route Lähderanta - Karakallio - Rastaspuisto - Lintuvaara
Distance 23.73K
Time ~2K
Comments We've been looking forward to the ride on our new bikes for two weeks now. The weather forecast said it will be nice and warm today. It was cold as in Russian hell ... not exactly but much chillier than we expected. We had to turn back home before the halfway of the planned route. Anyway, the bikes worked fine. Tei had some novice problems with the shifts, since she used to have gripshifts in her GT.
@ Sat 19/04/2008
Exercise Irish dance
Time 2:00:00
Comments The advance class followed pretty much the same lines as last week. And so did the intermediate. I could not get my head and feet work together in Blackbird, and I was on the wrong feet all the time.
@ Fri 18/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 7.5K
Time 44:19
Comments Ave 143, +7C, cloudy. The heart rate is still above normal after the flu, and my feet feel heavy because of yesterday's workout. Tomi went swimming early in the morning.
@ Thu 17/04/2008
Exercise Interval 30 & Core 30
Comments Oh boy, what a workout! The sweat keeps running and running.
Exercise Run
Course Lassila - Kumpula
Distance 13.8K
Time 1:20:00
Comments Tomi ran from home to the core session at Kumpula, and back. It was really nice weather, +10 degrees celsius and sunny.
@ Wed 16/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Pirkkola
Distance 6K
Time 32:26
Comments Ave 146, +5C, cloudy. Slow and short run. The first steep hill almost killed, but the rest was piece of cake. My pedometer's battery has died out during the two-week break in running.
@ Tue 15/04/2008
Exercise BodyPump
Time 60:00
Comments First time in more than two weeks. Everything is getting back to normal. I am considering running tomorrow.
@ Sat 12/04/2008
Exercise Irish dance
Time 2:00:00
Comments Nothing new but the instructor: Nadia is back in action. We did mostly technique and rehearsed the first step to the soft shoe reel. We also have another step to the hard shoe jig.
@ Thu 10/04/2008
Exercise Core 30
Time 30:00
Comments Back in action. Slowly.
@ Fri 04/04/2008
Exercise Run
Course Treadmill
Time 30:00
Comments Tomi ran in 6min/km pace. Tei is sick at home. Unfortunately that means she has to skip the dance class tomorrow.