Training Archive: kupackman

In the 7 days ending 2008-04-06:

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Physical Therapy

3:50:00

Volleyball

2:00:00

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Saturday Apr 5
	Note

	today is going to be a very interesting day. work until 2:50pm drive home watch UCLA-Memphis shower/shave watch first half of KU-UNC drive to work watch second half of KU-UNC on my work computer drive 1.3 miles to Museum of Flight for Hops & Props '08 drink beer until 10pm there are some potential issues. Hops & Props is from 7-10pm. The KU game won't tip off until 5:47pm at the earliest. Meaning that the game won't end before 8:00pm. But if either game runs long, there just might not be much beer drinking time at all. watching KU basketball > $50 beer drinking event (bought my ticket months ago) And no, the game will not be shown at the event. I'll either be drinking in celebration... or drinking in sorrow.

	C • nervous... 12
Thursday Apr 3
	Physical Therapy 2:00:00 [2]

	Same old, same old. The showdown was very close, actually, and I wish I would have been able to give it a better effort. Andy beat me 1233 to 1205. I wasn't feeling so hot today with allergies (?), which made my sinuses and throat irritated while breathing hard. I got a 1204 today, 1 foot short of my previous best. I was at a 1225-1250 pace for the first 4 minutes... probably should have pushed harder early when my breathing was still good. Minutes 7-8:30 were really rough... I had to stop for a few seconds a couple of times, I managed to get it together and pull down a pretty decent final minute, though. Normally, when I'm done, my legs feel like jell-o. But today, they were fine, but I was breathing heavy. I felt like I had more left in the tank at the end. I probably could have thrown in an extra 50 feet over the first 6 minutes without much trouble, and finished in the 1235-1250 range. This was my last session of the prescribed 6 weeks. The PT said that he write a note to the doctor (who I see next week) about my progress. I might keep going back once a week or so (my insurance covers up to three months) if the doctor and PT think it's worthwhile. Personally, I don't need the exercise drills. I can do a bunch of those on my own. However, the best parts of PT are the massages, ultrasound, and electro-stimulation... things I can't do myself. We'll see how it goes.
Wednesday Apr 2
	Note

	I'm kinda bummed out about my ankle today.

	C • Sorry to hear that 2
	Note

	I love AP for things like this... The big showdown on the Infinite Ladder of Death is tomorrow, and I went through my log to dig up my progress, along with my competition: date ___ me ________ andy 3/31: 1205 feet ____ ?? 3/27: 1138 feet ____ 1159 feet 3/24: 1096 feet ____ 1032 feet 3/19: 1063 feet ____ 0935 feet 3/17: 1015 feet ____ 0963 feet 3/10: 0800 feet ____ ?? I've now spent one hour on this thing, climbing 6317 feet. If only there were a ladder that went from Paradise Visitor Center to the top of Rainier, I could summit in less than 90 minutes.
Tuesday Apr 1
	Volleyball 2:00:00 [2]

	Spring League volleyball started tonight, so I decided to give it a go. I wore braces on both ankles, and away I went. It was a bit stiff at first, but it worked out really well. In fact, my right shoulder is more sore than my ankle seems to be! We lost all 6 games. There are only 4 teams in the league this season, 2 of them super good, and the other is a usual cellar-dweller... but, they restocked with two really good hitters, so we'll have to work hard to win games this season. We'll get better. We have a new girl, and she's pretty solid on passing/setting, and our newbie guy isn't a huge liability... he just can't attack well yet. We've all been at that stage. I was really rusty with my spikes. I only got a few really good ones in. Most of them went into the net. I was getting solid contact on them, so it seems like my timing was off with the jumps. It also felt like I was missing about 3" off my vertical leaping. I don't know how much of that is true, but it just seems like I can't jump very high right now. Blocking was ok... I was really nervous to block because that's what I was doing when I got the injury. I had a few decent blocks, but none that were the fun stuff 'em variety because I think I was too far back from the net or perhaps I wasn't jumping as high to roof them back. Didn't do a lot of sets, but I did a fair amount of passing, and I wasn't too bad at that. The best part of my game was definitely the serving. I decided to do my jump serve motion, without jumping, and I got every single one of my serves in! I had really good placement, too. I think I may stick with this service motion, since I was consistent. Not as much power, but so much more consistent.
Monday Mar 31
	Physical Therapy 1:50:00 [1]

	Same old, same old. I upped my PR again, this time to 1205. The big showdown is Thursday. Right before I left, Andy came in (his session is tomorrow). Andy came in only to do the VersaClimber! And he started doing it with a 25-pound pack! He's training specifically for Thursday!! 1205 was tough, but I can probably bang out one more PR. My next goal is that 1235 that once seemed impossible just a few weeks ago. It's all about pacing, I think.

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