Training Log Archive: Becks

Just walking today!

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I cheered up a bit now. Still upset about this though:

WAAAAAAAAAAA! I am so so so so so MAD at myself. I got to Centennial Watershed State Forest, got out my Garmin, switched it on, got ready, closed the boot...WHACK! Garmin was on the edge of the boot and it now has a completely cracked LCD screen. Nothing visible on it at all. WAAAAAAAAA! I was so mad I almost drove straight back home again. Had a quick play and it was still beeping, and I know enough about the pitch of noises that I can still use it. But I would have no idea how long I'd been running or anything. So set off along the Aspetuck trail, which is an annoying linear trail, planning to do the whole thing. Nothing to report really, I was slow, it was really humid, I sweated like crazy. Took the roads part of the way back past some enormous mansions, but just got angry because people who live there can afford to replace a garmin without even thinking about it. Boo boo boo. Had to walk a bit near the end, shattered and out of water.

Seems it still uploads, so I guess I have just perfectly modified my Garmin for WRE use.

Anyone have a second hand 305 they would like to sell? What's the new model of favour out there now that's been discontinued? Think I can get the screen fixed? I am so unhappy with myself.

C • Replacement 12

Friday evening Cross Fit. Some funky hip hop tunes and teaching Rob how to skip for the first time ever. WOD was 10 mins with 3 Over head squats very even minute (53lb) and 12 press ups every odd minute. Rest four minutes, then 1 squat clean (53lb) and 2 burpees ever minute. Not too hard and actually loosened me up quite a bit. My cleans from the floor are really improving too. Yey! Then had a loosen up stroll round Lake Wintergreen and ate dinner at our neighbour's restaurant whilst trying to understand Nascar. I am now sleepy and a bit tipsy. A good Friday evening.

C • euphamism 8

Earlyish morning to Sleeping Giant to do a set of 4 x 4s. Way nicer in the shade than the sun, and hamstrings are finally starting to ease up from the heavy weekend of carrying stuff uphill and deadlifts on Monday.

Then to the 9am Cross Fit. Warm up with lots of scapula strengthening stuff plus some foam rolling and a couple of other exercises. The WOD for people with rubbish upper bodies like me was negative chin ups, where you jump up and then lower yourself really slowly, 3 x 4 with 2 mins rest, followed by "Helen," 400m run, 21KBS, 12 pull ups three times. As Charlie as said before, if you're good at running, these ones are pretty easy to destroy people on. Used 20lb for the KB and green band for the pull ups, but had to sub in some ring rows because I am really bad at pull ups and all my muscles were already exhausted from the chin ups. Even our ex army guy was struggling by the end on them, so Dan obviously succeeded at wearing them out (he can usually do 50 in a row no problem). Did 3 pull ups, then 1 pull ups, then was so far ahead thanks to the 3 x 400m that on the last set I slowly worked through a whole 12 pull ups. They were embarrassingly bad. That's why I'm going to Cross Fit though!

C • Helen 1

Whacked, and no surprise! July 4th rest day coming up.

C • Seattle 2

Nothing about that was fun. Nothing at all. Tried to do the 6 x 800, managed 3, but the track was in full sun and I lost a lot of time on that one. So then I decided to finish the session by time in the woods, so did 3 x 3.15. They were better but still not approaching anything like good.

I think I might join the Cross Fit endurance sessions for the next two months. They're running based but generally shorter, and there's lots of drills and things at the start. I think training with people and shorter reps in the heat is a good thing. Then a few weeks of longer ones before NAOC in mid October. Doing short sharp things is better than doing nothing at all and having no fun, right?

3.12 (90)
3.13 (90)
3.19 (80)
730m (80)
680m (70)
690m

Feet's AOWN just reminded me that the field next to the track is full of groundhogs/woodchucks (wikipedia tells me they are the same thing, that explains my previous confusion!) and some of them have babies. So cute! So actually, I did enjoy something about my run today. There was a also a big muscley black guy that looked like a Predator, but he was a lot friendlier than a Predator and there was no sign of Arnie.

Legs felt old today. Walking, especially with a rucksac beats me up way more than running. An East Rock perimeter loop - conditions a little different to last week! I'll leave it up to you to decide whether sunny and 26 degrees is more or less pleasant than awesome thunder storm of doom.

C • Missed you 7

Crossfit! Warm up with 60s row, 8 KB SDLHP, 8 Knees to elbows, 8 ext rotations with 10lb. Then some inch worms and calf/hip flexibility work. Then a simple WOD, 3 x 12 straight leg dead lifts with 83lb, 90 secs rest, then 6 x 30secs sled push with 70lb, with 90secs rest. Sled push was sometimes really tough depending on the bit of the car park, some bits are really rough and it's so hard you want to throw up. I thought when I looked at the WOD that it would be pretty easy, but my upper legs were working very hard by the end. Fun!