Training Log Archive: maprunner

Patricia Gorman Jones 1927-2020



My mom died today. It had been expected since she went into hospice last week. But it's still rough. It was non-COVID related but her last months were lonely and isolated due to COVID restrictions. Plus she had been moved from hospital to rehab to hospital to assisted living to hospice. Fortunately, my three sibs who live in the Bay Area were able to get in to see her in person this week.

To honor mom, I went for a hike at the Lawrence Nature Center. I also explored some new (to me) streets in Lawrence. And I spent some time reading today. It would have been ideal if I did these things in some far-off exotic land. But mom had only been to Lawrence 3 times, so maybe it would have been exotic enough for her!

She gave us all the love of outdoors, travel, reading and words. She was very witty and could do the NY Times Sunday crossword in pen. She was not a good cook and embarrassed us all as kids by singing any where and any time (most especially in supermarket aisles). She was funny and loved to make others laugh.

C • Your Mom 9

I had a crappy, frustrating meeting at the end of the work day so I was in a foul mood. I did not want to go out on a rainy, windy 8C day. But I did.

Made it through my 45 minute run with 10X pickups. I finally got smart and used my watch to keep my pickups honest and consistent (slow down in the beginning, push harder at the end). I felt pretty good and was able to keep moving the whole time. Saw Mike out there too, which was a nice bonus. I also made it home without getting wet, which was another nice bonus.

Still found it a bit boring, though, to go all over the fields (I was trying to minimize time heading into the east headwind). I usually like being alone with my thoughts, but I may have to start listening to podcasts or something on these runs.

C • some workout days are blah 2

Tonight's set sounds like something possum would do at Nine Round:

complete 1 round resting as little as possible
1A: jumping jack x 100
1B: body weight squat x 75
1C: Incline push-up x 50
1D: walking Lunges x 50 (25@leg)
1E: Body weight Dips x 50

C • work out 2

Today is my funk day.

Today's instructions:
3 rounds each, 2 min rest
1A: Bulgarian Split Squat x 10 (Body weight)
1B: DB RDL x 10 (20s)
1C: walking lunge x 10 each leg (body weight)
2A: DB Bent Over Row x 20 (15s)
2B: 1 Arm DB Bench Press x 15 each arm (15s)
2C: TRX Row Neutral Grip x 12
Needed some assists on the third rep of the arm dumbbell exercises

Walked around some Lawrence neighborhoods with Sandy. It was great to see her and catch up. I’m only counting the time when my HR was in zone 2 or 3.