A nice break

I didn't exercise at all this weekend. I had my nieces up for a visit. I was active since we went bowling, hoofed around a mall, and went geocaching. I didn't do any dedicated exercise though. It was a much needed break. I'll hit it this week, but I'm not going nuts since I leave for my training on Saturday. I really don't need to be sore and worn out going into the training. I'll need my body working as well as it can.

Bummed

MAN! So I wake up the morning of the 5k I'm signed up to run with a friend who specifically asked me to run it with them. I live about an hour and a half away from the run, so 3 hours round trip. The forecast for the area where the run was said 100% chance of thunderstorms during the run hours. That usually means the run is cancelled. They'll usually still run in rain, but not in a t-storm due to the lightning and hail risk. So the race organization page said NOTHING! Nothing at all. Nothing about the race being cancelled, nothing about the race still being on. So I got to choose to risk driving 3 hours to find out it's cancelled, or risk missing the race. I chose to risk missing the race. Guess what....

Everybody from the town that I knew went. No rain. The race went on as scheduled, and one of them even placed in her division. I am PISSED! I mean, we all know damn well that if I had driven the hour and a half to get there, it surely would have rained and been cancelled, so they all thanked me for not coming :)

Sucks! And no lesson learned because you know if I bank on it not being cancelled and drive next time, it'll be cancelled and I'll have wasted 3 hours worth of gas. I think the moral of the story is to try my best to run closeby races where I can afford to go check if it's still on.

BOOOOO!!!

8:55

8:55 to complete the time trial for the first week. The pushups were killer. I was down to doing 2 or 3 before needing another break when I got into the 40's. Jumping jacks are cake, I could do those all day. I am surely sore as all get out. I suppose that's a good thing.

Not looking forward to tonight...

Tonight is my first mid-week Belly Off. Mid-week means I get to do the timed test; my first one. The timed test is how this program measures progress beyond weight loss. After all, the goal is not just to lose weight, but also to become stronger. So, the timed test is a crap-load of reps of different exercises, done as fast as you can while keeping proper form. You time yourself, and try to better the time each week. Here's the test:

50 Jumping Jacks
50 Prisoner Squats
50 Mountain Climbers
50 Crunches
50 Pushups

Doesn't that sound like FUN?!?! I'm estimating it will take me 4.3 hours the first time LOL!

I'll report back tomorrow. You know, as with all trackable stats, I'm going to put up a chart on the blog. Stay tuned!

SORE!

Good Lord... I did Day 1 of the new "Belly Off" plan. WOW! I can't believe how incredibly sore I am after doing a series of lifts that only used my own body weight! I couldn't even complete one of the supersets. I was supposed to do 10 Bulgarian Squats on each leg, and then 12 T-pushups. A Bulgarian sqaut is where you put one foot on a bench behind you, and then do one legged sqauts. 10 each side. Then a T-pushup is where you do a regular pushup, but at the top of the push you turn your body to the right and point your hand straight up in the air so you look like a sideways "T". One pushup T'd to the right, then one pushup T'd to the left, that counts as 1 rep. 12 reps. OMG! Here I'll just type it out so you can see how crap this superset is:
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Right Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
Bulgarian Squat Left Leg
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left
T-Pushup Right
T-Pushup Left

Ok that's one Superset. Take a minute break inbetween doing THREE of those supersets. Then grab a gulp of water because you have 2 more supersets of different exercises that you will be doing 3 sets each of.

Rob is SORE! But man, if it continues like this I have no doubt I'll see results.

Stay tuned.

P.S. 5K trail race this Saturday!

First night of speed work

WOW! That's some tough stuff. I did half mile out and backs. I ran the half mile out at 10MPH, and the back at 6MPH. Man...if you've never run at a 6 min/mi pace, that is FAST when you're as short as I am. At least it's fast for me.

Incedentally, I weighed in at 186.6 this morning. The 10-day average is a blessing and a curse. It sucks up the strange days where I'm 2 pounds heavy due to food in the system, but since my trend is losing weight, the 10-day average is always higher than my daily weight :( So I was 186.6 today, but my 10-day average is 187.9. It's all good though.

I'm starting my "Belly-Off" workout plan on Monday. It's an 8 week plan that should help a lot with my squishy torso. I've got dynamite legs (obviously, with all this running) and pretty decent arms. My chest, abs, sides, and back, however, are all pretty squishy. This Belly-Off plan has lots and lots of core stuff. We'll see how it goes. It has an eating plan associated that I will be following as well.

Say it with me now "170 for the reunion".... "170 for the reunion". I have 2 months left and 16 pounds to go.