Cold day to run. 36 degrees, wind chill 24, flurries, light drizzle. First "snow" that I have seen this year. Fortunately the running pants came yesterday. Fools messed up and sent me navy instead of black.
Ran a total of six miles in the country, on trail, and around the park. Face was cold a bit; glad that I am growing the beard out again for winter. I will look like a grizzly in no time, I hope.
Right before the last mile, my left calf got sort of tight and I didn't like it. I stopped to stretch a bit. Will do a PT workout later. Right now I would, but I have the hunger so I will eat now and do the workout in the afternoon.
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Was going to do the same superset as I did on Tuesday, but decided to do a 1-10 pyramid with 1x pullups, 2x pushups, 3x abs...threw in 25 bodybuilder pushups, 40 neck, 70 flutter kicks, 70 leg levers, 30-25-20-15-10-5 dips, 2x90 arm haulers.
It was cold cold outside. 34 degrees, with a windchill of 24. I did the pyramid in shorts, though. And when I did the bodybuilders, I ripped off the shirt to see what it felt like. What it felt like was cold. My handsies got cold from the stone tiles of the patio.
Was going to shoot for 100 flutter kicks, but just couldn't do it. Yes, I basically quit, but I was feeling it in the abs like someone was branding me, and I didn't want to overwork the hip flexors either. Got the two 15 milers this weekend. It would be good to play it safe.
The dips were AWESOME! I love the burn! On each one, I struggled with the last 3 to 5, so each set was pretty much as hard as the last, even though the reps were less. And the arm haulers made the back feel awesome too...now I can feel it...the muscles want to lay down and have a good night's sleep.
Totals:
330 + 70 + 70 = 470 abs
220 + 25 = 245 push
110 pull
105 dips
180 arm haulers*
40 neck
A nice, good day of PT!
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I found out this afternoon that Anton sprained his ankle. That is too bad! Poor little Anton, has to hobble around for a couple days (or maybe he won't; maybe he will just tough it out...I wouldn't be surprised!).
Well, set-backs are inevitable...all we can do is start over again...but it is during that next time when we want to achieve our goals even more! So even a "bad" thing may actually have some "good," because it can "breed" motivation in the culture dish we call our lives.
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I hope someone else writes in their blogs soon :(
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Thank you for the motivational clause at the end. It's completely true. The days I have off this coming week, I plan to rest the ankle, but work the fuck out of everything else. I'm gonna kill PT stuff, and do what I can to help accelerate the healing process.
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