Training Log Archive: j-man

The Plan has been unleashed. Time to dust off the flak jacket, beat the plowshares into swords, and follow our liege Tom into battle.

This is why I like the FT much more than the WSJ. The FT's fluff pieces are just so much better crafted. And more interesting. I mean, what is this?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123092600898649649...

Anyway, in case you were wondering, this it what it costs to accomodate working out in two states:

$6,500 per year on her personal trainers.
Her Minnesota gym membership costs $1,440 per year
Chelsea Piers costs $2,040 per year.
Fitness classes at The Firm add up to approximately $300 a year
Ms. Gilbert estimates that equipment and gear runs her about $1,500 a year.

That's $11,780? I should really get a new job. OMG.

27,411 meters.

Started out easy, intending to just get through the 2 hours. Followed the plan, keeping it under 20 spm and in the high 2 teens for splits. First hour was about 13,000.

During the first hour I developed several blisters which then popped before the 60 minute mark. At 60 I wrapped the fingers and put on the gloves and kept going. My hands suck.

I also decided to allow the spms to go up and so the splits came down. Post analysis showed that splits improved in every 20 minutes slice.

By the last 30, I was working pretty hard, and the last 15 was really a battle, but I pulled pretty hard.

Last time I did this was only 26,150 meters. http://www.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_20/per...

This was a marked improvement.

Cooldown.

Event: QOC: Manassas
 

Level 6 hills. Easy.

Pretty hard session. Did 7 x (standing) Arnolds, curls, lat raises, push-ups, lunges, abs.

I did feel the ab problem, but it had improved over a week before. I did a total of 280 crunches, but they were a bit detuned.

I could not do all the exercises I wanted and cut the circuit short at 20 minutes. It is amazing how debilitating a core issue can be.

Finished off the session with exhaustion leg sets and one bench press.

A very unintended rest day. With Dasha's family in town, the day was not my own. And then, after gaining freedom at 10PM, I was beguiled by the infernal game Kolya installed on my computer, which I finally purged at 2:30AM, hopefully for good.

The damage was done. My personality is good for some things, such as assiduously doing certain things, but it also makes me especially susceptible to some other snares.

2008 Retrospective:

Total logged training hours
2008: 287
2007: 324
2006: 321

Because I went on a logging hiatus from middle of May through beginning of August (due to injury frustration and a reaction to annoying comments), my 2008 hours are understated. I think 2008 was actually my highest volume total in a while. However, for a variety of reasons, it was not the highest quality year by a long stretch. I will try to be more resilient when confronted by frustration again, at least with respect to logging, because I regret not having this info.

tbc...

This was technically on the 3rd, but since it was before I went to sleep, I am counting it.

The Dasha lemma (tension, contradiction?)--Easter eggs vs. racers and control presentation. The slower you go the greater the inclination to be challenged by hard/devious controls?

Level 6 hills. Brought up the speed throughout. Good run.

1000 calories.

2 x biceps and lunges.

Easy level 6 hills.

Level 6 hills.

Level 7 hills.