Hello. This post was actually posted on Thursday night. But, it says Friday. It is because I didn't change the time zone when I came here to Hawaii.
I have been running. It has been good.
About a week ago I did my first tempo run in a while. Warmed up 2, tempo 3, cool down 3. It was hot out. It was in the afternoon. The tempo run went better than expected! Finished about 40 seconds faster than my goal time!
Did the same workout this week. Finished the tempo run 19 seconds faster than last week! Perhaps this is a sign of good things to come?
Ran some hills on Monday. Actually, it was one big hill. After about a mile, turned right on Aiea Heights road and ran for about 22 minutes. Could have gone another half mile to the park...where the incline keeps going and going. A big hill, it was! I guess some people refer them as mountains...but I think the highest peak is maybe 2,000 feet. Is that a mountain?
It was a week ago exactly when I had a nut binge. I bought some more today and ate quite a bit again. My stomach is sort of blech right now. When will I learn moderation?
PT is going good. Throwing down workouts like they are nothing. Did the same workout Monday and Wednesday. 2 big sets of abs. Ben, you know which one I am talking about. For you, Abby, here is the monster ab workout. You could cut the numbers in half, but try to do 2 sets, with a minute of rest between:
40 regular situps
40 crunches
40 reverse crunches
40 left side
40 right side
40 leg levers
50 flutter kicks
40 half-situps
That is 330 in one set! Just don't think of how many you are doing.
Now, do it again.
My hip flexors were really sore on Tuesday, but when I did the workout again on Wednesday they felt okay.
Getting excited for another PFT in about ten days! The run, I think it will go awesomely! I'm thinking I can improve by 30-40 seconds...
Anton brought home Frosties from Wendy's. Boy, are they good! They soothe the stomach. They soothe the intestines.
I am not worried about the amount of sugar in the Frosty. It is good, and it is the only thing that is appetizing right now. I ate some ice cream earlier. The stomach needs cooling, sweet stuff.
Nuts = bad.
But I am going to eat more tomorrow...
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Okay, you've given me something to do! The Ab thing, I think I'll try it. Except... what are reverse crunches? What is a half situp as opposed to a crunch? I'll just make something up for those sets until further instruction.
Mmmm.... frosty... now I want one. Between Ben's noodles and your frosties, I'm getting hungry from reading. I'll skip the nut overdose, though.
Wait...eat more nuts or more frosty?
If the nuts make your stomach bleh then I would recommend not eating them as much.
Reverse crunches: on back, legs up 90 degrees to the ground, bend at the knees, prepare as though going to do a crunch, but only move the legs down and up. Maintain the 90 degrees at the knees and bring the feet down to the floor (without touching). Put hands under butt for more support.
Hopefully this helps. If not, ask the man.
Sweet job with the PT and PFT!
Do you have any new short term or long term goals?
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