Total Miles for the Week: 23
02/08/10 Ran 5 miles on the Forest Meadow loop. My legs felt pretty tired from the workout yesterday and my back being out-ish. I feel like I ran strong enogh, mostly. It was sketchy. Also, Joe Strummer is not good runnin' music. He's a punk rock fucking warlord but really bad for running.
02/09/10 Worked out at the park. It was supposed to be dips/sit-ups/push-ups/reverse crunches to 100. What a cluster fuck. I started off with 9 real, hanging from the bar dips and then proceeded to knock out 41 sit-ups. The thinking was I would try doing each set to failure until a 100 except when I got to the push-ups I knew I was in trouble. I did knock out 40 RC's and 40 dips but on the sit-ups I realized my back was wrecked and only managed two more sets of ten and I had no real push-ups left in my arms so I had to switch to dips and reverse crunches which I ned up doing to 200, give or take. Oh yeah, I hadn't fixed the iPod playlist issue yet so everything was wan and mumbly.
02/11/10 I either ran the fastest 6 miles of my life or a very strong 5. Either way, I feel better being lighter. Gotta hang on to this tiger's tail.
02/13/10 Ean 13 miles with Doug, Mirishka, Steph and Steve. I managed to stay injury free until the last mile when I stepped into a two foot deep puddle and face planted. To my created, I popped back up and kept going. Steve sidled up to me and was like, how are your legs and I was like, they're okay. And he was like, okay then pick up the pace Bud. My knees were on fire, everything was soaking wet and it was 30 degrees, eventually everything went numb. Thank god for that. It was a great run.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Thrill in the Hills 1/2 Marathon
This is my next race. I'm not sure how to write about it.
It's funny, to me, how I never thought this would be something I'd want to do or worse that its just one more step closer to what I really want to do which is to run my first ultramarathon which is just one more step to something worse that I want, something I can't even say out loud or even allow myself to think.
I'm still trying to sort out how many more long runs I have before the race. Get my weight down (151 by Feb. 27th). Trying to stay injury free that long. That's kind of fucked up. I mean, do I get injured that much?
It's funny, to me, how I never thought this would be something I'd want to do or worse that its just one more step closer to what I really want to do which is to run my first ultramarathon which is just one more step to something worse that I want, something I can't even say out loud or even allow myself to think.
I'm still trying to sort out how many more long runs I have before the race. Get my weight down (151 by Feb. 27th). Trying to stay injury free that long. That's kind of fucked up. I mean, do I get injured that much?
Running Tip #4
They call it training for a reason. You can stop if you need to stop and correct something. Let's say your shoes untied or you're lost or, for instance, your iPod Shuffle dies and you need to figure out if the batteries ran out of juice or the headphones just came loose like they did that one time on Jacksonville Beach. Stop running and figure it out. It's easy peasy. What you don't want to do is be 25 feet in front of two well know Tahassee runners and roll your ankle because you're trying to get your Shuffle to work while you're still running. Its dangerous and you look like a jackass.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Running Log: February 1 - 7
Total Miles for the Week: 24
02/01/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2. I'm going to do this every morning until next Monday to see if it boosts fat loss. I have my doubts but we'll see.
Ran 6 plus miles at the Greenway. I think I'm a 10k runner. Not sure about longer distances but I've run the second half of the Greenway (3 miles) faster than the first half and way stronger. One thought is coming back from the interstae is just faster. I'm going to start from the interstate next time, the other direction, and see.
02/02/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2. It was harder the second day and my back hurts more than usual. I got real hungery, kind of dizzy in fact. I had taken some Ibrofen though. Anyhow, I had a Nutragrain bar and promptly fell asleep. Something is happening.
Worked out in the park. I did not feel worked out, just tired. Not so great, not a keeper:
20 Push-ups
25m Bear Crawl
20 Reverse Crunch
25m Lunge
x 5
50m Farmer's Carry
x4
100m Shouldered SB (backload not up/down)
x 2
02/03/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2.
Ran 8 miles at Forest Meadows - Faster than I thought but not fast enough to brag about it. A real slough fest though. Took two piss stops and had to back-track. I decided on the second lake loop I'd go in the other direction, the whole turning left instead of right thing was just confusing. Note to self: next time I need 8 miles, do the reverse "new" loop first, finish on the loop you know and trust. It'll seem faster since you can predict how its going to roll out. I had some minor calf ache.
02/05/10 Worked out at the park. 100 Push-ups, 120 Sit-ups, 120 Dips, 140 Reverse Crunches, seven sets plus three sets on the Inverted Row bar (20, 10 and 10 each ending with a 90 degree isometric hold). A nice day in the park.
02/06/10 Ran 10 miles at Forest Meadow, front and back. I didn't run fast but I felt strong the whole time. Decent. Ran a pick up in the last mile and 95% the last half, did the hooping thing the last 400 with a little Mike Jennings "Come on!" thrown in for motivation. Came up on a totally geared out walker as I nearly puked at the finish line. He seemed nervous watching me. The doubled over "Motherfucks!" couldn't have helped.
02/07/10 Did the Outside magazines workout in the park. 100 Glute Thrusters, 70 Squat to Press, 50 Hindu Push-ups, 50 Rows and 50 Reverse Crunches (unassisted). Nice. And a keeper. Next day: No soreness to speak of and I'm going to try adding weight to the Glute Thrusters. Everything else was hard. GT's could have done those all day long.
02/01/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2. I'm going to do this every morning until next Monday to see if it boosts fat loss. I have my doubts but we'll see.
Ran 6 plus miles at the Greenway. I think I'm a 10k runner. Not sure about longer distances but I've run the second half of the Greenway (3 miles) faster than the first half and way stronger. One thought is coming back from the interstae is just faster. I'm going to start from the interstate next time, the other direction, and see.
02/02/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2. It was harder the second day and my back hurts more than usual. I got real hungery, kind of dizzy in fact. I had taken some Ibrofen though. Anyhow, I had a Nutragrain bar and promptly fell asleep. Something is happening.
Worked out in the park. I did not feel worked out, just tired. Not so great, not a keeper:
20 Push-ups
25m Bear Crawl
20 Reverse Crunch
25m Lunge
x 5
50m Farmer's Carry
x4
100m Shouldered SB (backload not up/down)
x 2
02/03/10 2 Minute Metabolic Drill per Men's Health: 15 seconds of 1/2 Jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and mountain climbers x 2.
Ran 8 miles at Forest Meadows - Faster than I thought but not fast enough to brag about it. A real slough fest though. Took two piss stops and had to back-track. I decided on the second lake loop I'd go in the other direction, the whole turning left instead of right thing was just confusing. Note to self: next time I need 8 miles, do the reverse "new" loop first, finish on the loop you know and trust. It'll seem faster since you can predict how its going to roll out. I had some minor calf ache.
02/05/10 Worked out at the park. 100 Push-ups, 120 Sit-ups, 120 Dips, 140 Reverse Crunches, seven sets plus three sets on the Inverted Row bar (20, 10 and 10 each ending with a 90 degree isometric hold). A nice day in the park.
02/06/10 Ran 10 miles at Forest Meadow, front and back. I didn't run fast but I felt strong the whole time. Decent. Ran a pick up in the last mile and 95% the last half, did the hooping thing the last 400 with a little Mike Jennings "Come on!" thrown in for motivation. Came up on a totally geared out walker as I nearly puked at the finish line. He seemed nervous watching me. The doubled over "Motherfucks!" couldn't have helped.
02/07/10 Did the Outside magazines workout in the park. 100 Glute Thrusters, 70 Squat to Press, 50 Hindu Push-ups, 50 Rows and 50 Reverse Crunches (unassisted). Nice. And a keeper. Next day: No soreness to speak of and I'm going to try adding weight to the Glute Thrusters. Everything else was hard. GT's could have done those all day long.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Running Log: January 25 - January 31
Total Miles for the Week: 21
01/25 Ran 7 plus, 5 miles on back side of Forest Meadow straight down to the 1 mile mark on the front side and then back to my car. It was tough. I wasn't recovered enough from the 13 miler on Saturday. Need to rethink how I'm scheduling these bitches. Last few miles felt strong. And there was some pain in both my legs (ankle and calf) from never warming up. My legs felt weary. And I need to start rethinking my playlist. Its starting to feel stale.
01/26 Worked out in the park:
150m SB Bear Hug
Drop-set Workout
20 Push-ups (20, 20, 20, 15, 10, 10, 10, 15)
10 Lunges (10 second hold) (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5)
10 Inverted Rows (10 X 7)
10 Kick-outs (5 second hold) (10 x 7)
20 Lateral Squats (20 x 7)
150m Suitcase Carry
Its the same idea as a weight based drop set, once you fail at a set, the next set is halved until you get to zero and then it actually is dropped. The numbers in parenthesis are the numbers for each set.
Kick-outs: I should have got faster between sides or held longer or moved to the modified knees to elbows version
Except for Push-ups and Lunges: I need to increase the set size
01/28 I either ran 7 of the fastest miles I've ever run or 6. I mean, I feel way stronger. I'm pretty sure there were like twenty fuve whole contigious minutes yesterday where I felt no pain. It still doesn't make me faster like that. I'm pretty sure I took a short cut somewhere. It was a good run. I started off miserably slow and and found my breath at the 3 mile turnaround which really got me thinking I'm a distance runner and I felt wicked strong on the second three, stronger than I ever feel on 10's or 12's which gets me thinking 10k is my magic distance. Is there such a thing?
01/30 Ran 8 miles with Steph and Steve out at Bradley's. It was Steph's last run as a sinle lady. It was cool. It was hard but I fel trong and I ran hard. The last to miles were low 9 whioch in Mikey land is okay.
01/25 Ran 7 plus, 5 miles on back side of Forest Meadow straight down to the 1 mile mark on the front side and then back to my car. It was tough. I wasn't recovered enough from the 13 miler on Saturday. Need to rethink how I'm scheduling these bitches. Last few miles felt strong. And there was some pain in both my legs (ankle and calf) from never warming up. My legs felt weary. And I need to start rethinking my playlist. Its starting to feel stale.
01/26 Worked out in the park:
150m SB Bear Hug
Drop-set Workout
20 Push-ups (20, 20, 20, 15, 10, 10, 10, 15)
10 Lunges (10 second hold) (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5)
10 Inverted Rows (10 X 7)
10 Kick-outs (5 second hold) (10 x 7)
20 Lateral Squats (20 x 7)
150m Suitcase Carry
Its the same idea as a weight based drop set, once you fail at a set, the next set is halved until you get to zero and then it actually is dropped. The numbers in parenthesis are the numbers for each set.
Kick-outs: I should have got faster between sides or held longer or moved to the modified knees to elbows version
Except for Push-ups and Lunges: I need to increase the set size
01/28 I either ran 7 of the fastest miles I've ever run or 6. I mean, I feel way stronger. I'm pretty sure there were like twenty fuve whole contigious minutes yesterday where I felt no pain. It still doesn't make me faster like that. I'm pretty sure I took a short cut somewhere. It was a good run. I started off miserably slow and and found my breath at the 3 mile turnaround which really got me thinking I'm a distance runner and I felt wicked strong on the second three, stronger than I ever feel on 10's or 12's which gets me thinking 10k is my magic distance. Is there such a thing?
01/30 Ran 8 miles with Steph and Steve out at Bradley's. It was Steph's last run as a sinle lady. It was cool. It was hard but I fel trong and I ran hard. The last to miles were low 9 whioch in Mikey land is okay.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Running Tip #3
Let's say you have a favorite playlist for your iPod Shuffle and the night before your run, you load on a bunch of songs but instead of loading them into the playlist and then onto the shuffle, you go right to the Shuffle.
And the next morning you synch the Shuffle to the playlist. This will effectively remove the songs from the Shuffle. Just a heads up on that.
And the next morning you synch the Shuffle to the playlist. This will effectively remove the songs from the Shuffle. Just a heads up on that.
Motivational Quote #13
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi
This speaks to me. I have so much guilt and shame. They're like muscles that I can't seem to stop working on. I know that's contradictory but its like this: I have to let go of what I think I ought to be doing and do what the moment asks for. I should listen to my body, my mind. Am I tired, am I cheating? I need to do things right or not do them at all. And even that's confusing. Its like if I castigate myself ofr failing or doing wrong, if I punish my body than no one can say I didn't do my best. Its like I have to try and in failing be my own father to saw the work I'm as tough as my Dad. I gotta get beyond this. Nothing good can come from this.
This speaks to me. I have so much guilt and shame. They're like muscles that I can't seem to stop working on. I know that's contradictory but its like this: I have to let go of what I think I ought to be doing and do what the moment asks for. I should listen to my body, my mind. Am I tired, am I cheating? I need to do things right or not do them at all. And even that's confusing. Its like if I castigate myself ofr failing or doing wrong, if I punish my body than no one can say I didn't do my best. Its like I have to try and in failing be my own father to saw the work I'm as tough as my Dad. I gotta get beyond this. Nothing good can come from this.
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