I finished another half marathon yesterday. My goal was to complete it in under 2 hours. My last half was 2:14, so 2:00 was a ton of improvement. I hit the last mile at like 1:53. That didn't leave me much time so I sucked it up and damn near came to a full-out sprint for that last mile. I crossed the finish line at 1:59:11. Goal attained!
Now on to the long-standing goal of getting in shape. Cathy and I are going to try to hit hard starting this week. Wish us luck.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
12 Miles done, no problem for the half
Did 12 miles on Sunday. Expect that I was coughing my lungs out the whole time because I'm still sick, it was a pretty decent run. I figure if I can turn 12 miles in 2 hours while hacking up a lung, I should be able to finish the half marathon in about the same amount of time. So, I'm shooting for 2 hours on the nose. That would shave 14 mins off my last half. I'll have to hold a 9:09 pace. Which, with walk breaks at water stops, needs to be more like a 9 flat. That shouldn't be a problem, but we'll see. Unfortunately with this race being so early in the summer, I haven't had a chance to acclimate to the heat. If it's all of a sudden in the 80's, it may slow me down quite a bit. Of course the race is quite early in the morning, so hopefully it will be fine. I like to run at 50-60 degrees.
On the lifting front, I'm almost back to 100%. My elbow is still a little sore, but it's not bad. I've started my once a week heavy lift. Not to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm way stronger than I thought I was. I normally was curling 20's. So for my heavy day I started with 25's, no problem. On to 30's, no problem. On to 35's, there I was feeling it. 35's? That's almost double what I was curling on my light days. I had no idea I could curl 35's. So now yesterday I went back to my light day, and 20 all of a sudden felt really light. I can already see how this 1 heavy day a week is going to increase my overall lifting weight. I still can't bench to save my butt, but I'm working on it.
On the lifting front, I'm almost back to 100%. My elbow is still a little sore, but it's not bad. I've started my once a week heavy lift. Not to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm way stronger than I thought I was. I normally was curling 20's. So for my heavy day I started with 25's, no problem. On to 30's, no problem. On to 35's, there I was feeling it. 35's? That's almost double what I was curling on my light days. I had no idea I could curl 35's. So now yesterday I went back to my light day, and 20 all of a sudden felt really light. I can already see how this 1 heavy day a week is going to increase my overall lifting weight. I still can't bench to save my butt, but I'm working on it.
Friday, May 1, 2009
April Results
Well... the bad news is I ended the month at 186 average. The good news is my daily weight today was 184.
My grade ends up being:
Lunch: 45% F
Dinner: 35% F
Exercise: 67% D
Total: 49% F
Hoorah! F!
May has to be better.
My grade ends up being:
Lunch: 45% F
Dinner: 35% F
Exercise: 67% D
Total: 49% F
Hoorah! F!
May has to be better.
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