Training Archive: PGIn the 7 days ending 2008-03-22:
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Saturday Mar 22 | ||
| run/hike 28:32 [2]1.62 mi (17:37 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Parked at the foot of South Sugarloaf, hiked up the trail twice, jogged down the road the first time, the trail the second time. The road was icy in places, I almost went went flying once.
8:14 up, 7:19 down the road, 8:47 up, 4:12 down the trail. | ||
Friday Mar 21 | ||
| nautilus 40:00 [1] | |
| road running 30:52 [3]3.53 mi (8:44 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Up to the Poet Seat tower, where it was very, very windy, and back. | ||
Thursday Mar 20 | ||
| part trail, part road 34:11 [3] | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Ventured up on the ridge, where it was pretty crappy, quite a bit of ice intermixed with slush and just a little bit of bare ground, so after 15 minutes of that I headed back to the roads for the rest of the way. Old and slow.
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| nautilus 5:00 [3] | |
| A little bit for the hamstrings and then another test on the way to the goal by 4/15 of 200 on the bench press without hurting myself. A couple of intermediate goals, the first (a Charlie?) which I believe I did today (4x170), the next (a Valerie?) not yet attempted. We shall see.
Also another in the March series of golf classes, 30 minutes of exercises, 10 minutes of advice from the local pro followed by whacking the plastic balls into the netting or a while. Good fun, even though my knee seemed a little bothered, not a good sign. And I think it was someone else who put the hole in the ceiling. | ||
Wednesday Mar 19 | ||
| nautilus 55:00 [1] | |
| 5x160. | ||
| C • Even though I know you have... 3 | ||
| Note | |
| It is generally not a good idea to draw too many conclusions from anecdotal evidence, but such evidence is still sometimes interesting for light it casts upon some issues of the day.
Had a couple today, married, no kids, in their late 30s, she's a silversmith, he was working for a small company that decorates cell phone towers so they look like pine trees. I say, Was working, because last January, 14 months ago, he started getting really terrible headaches while on a job in New Jersey, and finally he went to a hospital and they did a scan and before long they were operating on him to remove a brain tumor. The road back has not been easy, neither personally or financially. He's better, but not well, his balance and motor skills still off, tried to go back to work but couldn't, couldn't get workers comp because it wasn't related to an injury on the job. He's applied for SSDI (social security disability), which it seems like he will surely get, $1,150 a month, but there is such a backlog in the system that it will be later this year before he gets a ruling. You read about such things, the SSDI backlogs, and it doesn't really mean much until you connect it with real people. And in this case, the delay means that they are just barely holding on to their house, and running up credit card debt to live on. And when we get the bottom line on the tax refunds coming their way, the immediate comment is, that's two mortgage payments, and then we do some more work on figuring his medical expenses and we end up at three mortgage payments, which will get them through June. When he finally gets SSDI, it will be retroactive and he may get a lump sum of 20K, though 5K of that will go to the lawyer. At least the house will be safe. As long as the judge gets around to his case before too much more time goes by. For all the stories about people losing houses, or walking away from houses, it hasn't happened much around here. Never had the boom, so you never get the bust. Haven't yet had a client come in saying they filed for bankruptcy. But just this one case reminds you that for all the stories about the economic dislocations that have been happening, it's only when you see them happen to a real person, no fault of their one, just bad medical luck in this case, it reminds you to count your blessings. Every day. Maybe that's why I was taking 11 minutes per rep.... | ||
| C • Worker's Comp 5 | ||
Tuesday Mar 18 | ||
| road running 27:56 [3]3.36 mi (8:18 / mi) | |
| Another plod, but aches were tolerable. | ||
| nautilus 30 [1] | |
| Due to the recent inflationary pressures on the G, I had to go back to the bench press machine. 7x150, seemed easy, the first few at least. That should keep me above the G, at least for a little while.
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| C • level 3? 3 | ||
Monday Mar 17 | ||
| road running 25:17 [3]3.11 mi (8:07 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Working way too hard for the pace. Knee no worse. Still doing my icing and exercises, plus as a result of today's PT visit I now have a strip of tape running up the back of my leg to add just enough tension to keep me from overextending my left knee, which I apparently do and which apparently puts more stress on my hamstring. Under the theory of "you can't teach an old dog new trciks," I have my doubts that this will do any good, but I'll play along.
Meanwhile, my eating continues at an awesome pace. | ||
| C • The G? 12 | ||
Sunday Mar 16 | ||
| nautilus 45:00 [1] | |
| Another good session, including 9xG bench press. Rested a moment, then did 10x100. Rested a moment, set the pin at 160, raised it about 3 inches and no more. Tried at 150, raised it again about 3 inches, clearly not going any farther up. What's the phrase, a man's got to know his limitations?
As I was typing this in, I must have had a smile on my face, because Gail asked what was amusing me. I responded something to the effect -- I'm often amused when I'm tying stuff in my AP log -- and then added, It seems like I'm easily amused by myself. Not such a bad thing! | ||
| road running 18:27 [3]2.22 mi (8:18 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Then out for a short run, same as Thursday. Knee was maybe a little better. Time to start running a little more, as I just sent in entries to the Pig and the Rochester meet. Right now I'd be hard pressed to do any O' faster than a walk. | ||
| C • walking 1 | ||