|
Age: 24 Height: 5'1" Weight: 116 Occupation: Perpetual forever student Background, over the course of the past 7 years: Didn't really find my love for active activities until my last year of high school. Started off running to lose weight (7 years ago) Ran 3 miles a few days a week (7 years ago) Discovered I liked lifting (5 years ago) Did n00b lifting for awhile with sad pink dumbbells (5 years ago) Graduated to the black ones (4 years ago) Started picking up barbells (1 year ago) LOVED THAT (STILL DO) Joined crossfit (5 months ago) Got inspired by all the strong ladies at crossfit Decided to lift weights on my own to get stronger (2 months ago) Get stronger (tomorrow) ...somewhere in there I signed up for a half marathon with a bunch of my friends on 4/21, and while I don't love running, I'm going to train as well for it as possible. Some photos because that's half the fun of these things, right? Unflexed:    Flexed   Toxx by April 30, 2013  Bench Press 100lbs Deadlift 200lbs Run half marathon in 2:07 or less (roughly <9:45 pace) on 4/21 General non-toxx goals: Weigh 115lbs. Current numbers for 1rm Squat: Deadlift: Bench: 85lbs Overhead press: 75lbs with the worst form ever Power clean: Pullup: 1 Weighted +20lbs, or 11 unweighted. 5k: 25:58 recently, 25:32 years ago Plan: Jan - Feb Lift heavy often 2-4 days of running/week Plan: Feb-April Lift lighter, less often 3-5 days of running/week I'm going to roughly follow hal higdon's novice 2 plan for the running, and maybe work in some sprints if my shin splint-prone legs can take it! Lifting is my first priority, but since a lot of my friends are doing this half marathon, I thought I'd sign up and have some fun! Weight and mileage trend Week ending on || Weight (lbs) || Body fat % || Mileage January 20, 2013 || 115.0 || 20.9 || 11 miles January 27, 2013 || 115.8 || 21 || 14 miles February 3, 2013 || 114.6 || 20.9 || 20 miles February 10, 2013 || 115.8 || 20.9 || 23 miles digitiminimi fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 23:57 |
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:07 |
|
|
|
| # ? May 24, 2013 14:30 |
|
|
Welcome to the log cabin. You've got a great start on your muscles and it looks like you've figured out a solid plan. Looking forward to reading more of this log.
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:13 |
|
CRAWWWWLLLING INNNNN MY SKINNNNNNN
|
Well, you know what you're doing, you got this. Welcome!
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:28 |
|
|
Hello dearest twin! I am so excited you started a log and it's gunna rock  Dat is a crazy bench toxx and pullup vid you got there :P
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:38 |
|
|
Whoa, look at those quads already. If these are your beginning pictures, I can't wait to see the end result. Welcome to the log cabin, strong lady!
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:50 |
|
|
Thank you for the warm welcome!!! 
digitiminimi fucked around with this message at Jan 14, 2013 around 05:59 |
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:54 |
|
|
Strong and gonna get stronger, this will be a good log!
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 05:55 |
|
|
Can't wait to see you destroy your goals. Impressed already. Adorable quad-flexing toe curl in that pic too.
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 15:09 |
|
|
The Girl With The Pearl Earring (And Bell's Palsy)
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 16:26 |
|
|
You're already doing great, chiming in to say that you'll smash your toxxes for sure!
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 21:02 |
|
|
Sup perpetual student buddy  You are super strong holy crap!!
|
| # ? Jan 14, 2013 23:14 |
|
|
Thanks everyone for the positive feedback! Buzkashi posted:The Girl With The Pearl Earring (And Bell's Palsy) I was hoping I could crop that thing out of all of my photos but looks like it found its way in. It was actually an art project from high school. My rendition of Girl with a pearl earring painted on a papier mache penguin canvas fashioned from a soda bottle. Don't laugh; I was 16! Here are some better shots of it for the curious:   Marshmallow Mayhem posted:Can't wait to see you destroy your goals. Impressed already. Adorable quad-flexing toe curl in that pic too. Just keeping my weight on my heels; you know how it is! Very observant and thank you 
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 03:26 |
|
|
First, I'd like to thank my strong and speedy friend/twin-from-behind Swyys for convincing me to start logging, and gifting me my account! 1/13/13 Sunday 5.32 miles in 52:22 minutes, according to running buddy's garmin watch. I usually run with Running Buddy once or twice a week, and I'm lucky enough that she's a classmate (so I get to steal her for runs for 3.5 more years), has nearly the exact same pace as I do, is training for the same half marathon as I am, and lives half a mile away. The conversations just make the miles fly by! 1/14/13 Monday Squat 5x115lbs 5x115 5x115 3x105 3x105 3x105 I felt like I wasn't going deep enough (barely reaching parallel) with the 5x115, so I did some deep squats with 3x105, trying to go as low as possible. Bench 5x80lbs 5x80 5x80 1x85 1x90 FAILED! While I've lifted 90 before, it didn't quite have enough range of motion in retrospect, so I thought I'd give it another try with complete ROM. Nooooooope. That barbell was not having it. This is one of the times I wish I could have a gymbuddy. Ended up starting to do the Roll of Shame to get out of it, when a trainer comes over and takes it off my stomach. Definitely a day to go home with my tail between my legs. Deadlift 5x150 5x150 Metcon 20-15-10-5 reps of: Kettlebell Swing 36lbs Box jump 18" Toes to bars (mostly kipped) 9:55 I think I need to renew my focus on form for awhile. Squatting deep. Keeping spine neutral. Not cheating reps, etc, even if it means backing off the weight for a bit. I think my poor form was especially apparent today because I was simply tired. Much-needed rest day tomorrow to catch up on schoolwork that's up to my eyeballs!
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 03:52 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:I think I need to renew my focus on form for awhile. Squatting deep. Keeping spine neutral. Not cheating reps, etc, even if it means backing off the weight for a bit. I think my poor form was especially apparent today because I was simply tired. Much-needed rest day tomorrow to catch up on schoolwork that's up to my eyeballs! Always a good idea. Are you squatting low bar or high bar, and how is your foot placement (wide or narrow)? If you think you really need work box squats are awesome to periodically relearn how to squat. Being tired always throws off my form too -- not so much that the muscles can't handle it, I think it's just in the head. I'm not making the mental checklists I need to be, and thinking about where my butt and chest and the bar are in space at all times.
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 05:55 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:First, I'd like to thank my strong and speedy friend/twin-from-behind Swyys for convincing me to start logging, and gifting me my account!  You should submit to the running threadAlso I feel ya on the bench fail. Totally happened to me a month ago... the shame is so overwhelming  I have horrible squat form too-- am going to try box squats soon and am super excited to have it Solve All My Problems (right?)
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 06:01 |
|
|
Hi, strong ladybro! Excited to follow your TFLC journey!
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 06:04 |
|
|
sink posted:Are you squatting low bar or high bar, and how is your foot placement (wide or narrow)? Pretty sure I do high bar--it's what feels most comfortable, and my feet are shoulder-width, or a little bit wider (but definitely not WIIIIIIIIIIDE). Is that okay?? I find it hard to widen my stance, because I'm a little knock-kneed so my knees and toes naturally point inwards a little. swyys posted:Dude I didn't know you were running such long distances that's so hardcore Haha, I go on like 2 runs every week, 4-6 miles each. Probably should start running more days soon because April is creeping up! Can we benchpress spot each other if we ever figure out how we're going to work out together?!?! Voodoo Doll posted:Hi, strong ladybro! Excited to follow your TFLC journey! Thanks! Excited to follow yours too!
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 17:31 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:Pretty sure I do high bar--it's what feels most comfortable, and my feet are shoulder-width, or a little bit wider (but definitely not WIIIIIIIIIIDE). Is that okay?? This sounds fine to me, but I only just now feel like I'm squatting properly, a year and a half after starting to learn. About the knock-knees, you might try a stretch I do just before my squats. Place your feet a little wider than your usual squat form, squat down as far as you can, push your elbows into your knees, press your hands together (either flat palms or fists) and use that force to gently press your knees outward. Am I making sense?
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 17:37 |
|
|
Voodoo Doll posted:This sounds fine to me, but I only just now feel like I'm squatting properly, a year and a half after starting to learn. About the knock-knees, you might try a stretch I do just before my squats. Place your feet a little wider than your usual squat form, squat down as far as you can, push your elbows into your knees, press your hands together (either flat palms or fists) and use that force to gently press your knees outward. Am I making sense? Yes, that helps a lot and makes perfect sense! Thank you for the tip. I will try it next time.
|
| # ? Jan 15, 2013 19:09 |
|
|
How did you get started 7 years ago? My gf and I both gained weight in HK last month (too much good food) but she still thinks she's going to magically become muscular by lifting a pink weight and it drives me up the wall.
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 00:13 |
|
|
Mandalay posted:How did you get started 7 years ago? My gf and I both gained weight in HK last month (too much good food) but she still thinks she's going to magically become muscular by lifting a pink weight and it drives me up the wall. I know right, HK has great pizza and cheesesteaks!! Simply the best food in the orient. Box squats can are great for getting better depth and improving backwards-butt-movement over frontwards-knee-movement. I also liked the feedback of knowing I was hitting depth each time. My gym doesn't have boxes now ( ) but I periodically break out a dumbbell and make sure my butt is bumpin it.You could try out front squats occasionally as well. Front squats are a self correcting exercise and people are usually able to naturally hit a lower depth with better form. I literally have no idea if it's typical at all or if I'm a weirdy-weirdo, but I switched to mainly front squats (And actually a lot of front box squats) for a month or so back when I was unable to even hit parallel with back squats, and when I went back to big-time back squats my depth and form was much improved. Also stacked on a bit more weight. Keep it up though!!!!
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 00:56 |
|
|
1/16/13 Barbell Squat: 95 lb x 5 reps 105 lb x 5 reps 115 lb x 5 reps 115 lb x 5 reps 115 lb x 5 reps OHP: 65 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 3 reps 60 lb x 5 reps 60 lb x 5 reps Power Clean: 80 lb x 3 reps 80 lb x 3 reps 80 lb x 3 reps 80 lb x 3 reps 85 lb x 3 reps 90 lb x 1 reps Yay! Failed 85x3 on Dec 16 and failed 90x1 on Jan 7 My clean form is not good, and I always get the biggest mental block when I try a PR. Chin-Up: 3 reps 2 reps || weighted || + 5 lb 2 reps || weighted || 7.5 lb 2 reps || weighted || 10 lb 2 reps || weighted || 12.5 lb 1 reps || weighted || 15 lb 1 reps || weighted || 17.5 lb 3 reps 3 reps 3 reps 3 reps 3 reps 2 reps (30 total) First time i've done these! I just put plates in a drawstring bag and slung that over my chest. One thing I'm *really* trying to do is keep my strict pullups strict. I kicked and swung my way through kipping pullups at crossfit and now the swinging urge is always there, but from now on, I'm not going to count chin/pullup reps if I use my legs if I'm trying to do them strict. Kipping is still okay in metcons though. TWO MORE DAYS and a three day weekend!
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 03:58 |
|
|
Mandalay posted:How did you get started 7 years ago? My gf and I both gained weight in HK last month (too much good food) but she still thinks she's going to magically become muscular by lifting a pink weight and it drives me up the wall. I got started 7 years ago doing cardio only, to lose weight. I was actually probably 10lbs lighter than I am now and definitely didn't need to lose weight, but you know how it is for 16-year-olds. I started messing around in the weight room doing random dumbbell exercises ~5 years ago for aesthetic reasons, because I read that cardio doesn't result in body recomposition, and I wanted to be more lean. Only when I joined crossfit and met lots of strong lifting ladies did I realize that was freaking awesome, and actually decided to quit crossfit because doing crossfit was not the most efficient way for me to get stronger! You should tell your wife if lifting a pink weight would make her muscular, her genetics would be the envy of all of us ladies on TFLC! :P Magna Kaser posted:Box squats can are great for getting better depth and improving backwards-butt-movement over frontwards-knee-movement. I also liked the feedback of knowing I was hitting depth each time. My gym doesn't have boxes now ( Thanks! I will sometimes warm up with box squats, but I hesitate to use them with high weight because my way of failing the squat is dumping it on the floor (I don't squat in a rack). Front squats is definitely something I should work on -- I almost never do them, and it would probably help me a LOT with my cleans. And abs. Thanks for the encouragement!
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 04:09 |
|
|
Rocking those cleans and chinups! How do you feel about snatches? Seconding the box squat advocacy. You're not going to want to do them with a lot of weight anyway. I typically do about 70 percent of my working weight.
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 04:51 |
|
|
sink posted:Rocking those cleans and chinups! How do you feel about snatches? Thanks! I've done snatches before, but I hesitate to them because my form just feels off! The last time I did them was a good 4 months ago though, so maybe it's time to watch some instructional videos and try them again. :P By box squat, do you mean sitting down onto a box, pausing, and then getting up, or squatting to box depth and then getting up without putting any weight on the box? I do the latter in my warmup, but have never done the former.
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 05:27 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:By box squat, do you mean sitting down onto a box, pausing, and then getting up, or squatting to box depth and then getting up without putting any weight on the box? I do the latter in my warmup, but have never done the former. I meant with a pause (which is not something you really want to do with a lot of weight). Starting from a dead stop really helps you think about your glute activation.
|
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 16:57 |
|
|
Thursday, January 17, 2013 Treadmill running 1% incline, 4 miles in 39 minutes mile 1: 10min mile 2: 9:50 mile 3: 9:40 mile 4: 9:31 Felt hard. I think I've gotten slower  Also did some light power cleans to work on fast elbows! Verdict: Elbows are freaking slow. Friday January 18, 2013 skwatz 105lbs x 5 115x5 115x5 115x5 Then tried box squats as Sink and Magna Kaser have suggested. I see what you mean by gluteal engagement... getting up is harder than i thought. 65 x 5 65 x 5 bench press 75x5 75x5 75x5 I watched some videos on bench press form, and learned that my hands weren't wide enough, restricting my range of motion at the bottom. Good to know that I'm doing them the right way now. Definitely can't bench as much as I thought though! deadlift 150x5 Practiced singles and doubles on 95lbs and 135lbs for form. Bar dips 5, 4, 3 chest to floor pushups 5, 5, 5 Wanted to keep the volume low-ish today because running buddy and I are planning a 6 or 7 mile run tomorrow. Yay, it's the freakin weekend baby.
|
| # ? Jan 19, 2013 05:40 |
|
|
Saturday, 11/19/13 6.09 miles in 60 minutes With running buddy! Woke up 30 minutes prior, shoved a banana and two eggs down my gullet, downed a mug of coffee, and set out. After the first two miles I wasn't sure I was going to make it to 6 miles--I was still groggy and sleepy, the coffee, eggs, and banana kept sloshing around, making me feel nauseous. But by 4 miles in, I felt better. It's nice to be done with my workout before noon! Time to go eat and watch ALL the college basketballs!
|
| # ? Jan 19, 2013 18:43 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:Saturday, 11/19/13 HA! That is an *excellent* run.. that's almost a 60 minute 10K! Which is just kickin. I LOVE the feeling of having food sloshing around (well, not that part) but then feeling it settle and almost disappear by the end of your run. It's almost like you burned it all away and can reset your calorie count for the day
|
| # ? Jan 20, 2013 07:54 |
|
|
swyys posted:I LOVE the feeling of having food sloshing around (well, not that part) but then feeling it settle and almost disappear by the end of your run. It's almost like you burned it all away and can reset your calorie count for the day Hahaha, I can't do that. After I eat I need to rest and digest  Monday, 1/21/2013 Barbell Squat: - 105 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 5 reps Power Clean: - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP): - 65 lb x 4 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps - 60 lb x 4 reps Pull-Up: - 6 reps - 5 reps - 4 reps - 3 reps - 2 reps - 2 reps - 2 reps fito2sa First time using this converter... THIS IS LIFE-CHANGING. Felt soooo weak today during everything. I probably overdid it last week by lifting on 3 days and running on 3 of the last 7 days. I know some of you veterans and gymrats can handle that kind of volume, but I think it's affecting my lifting. My strength gains have stalled ever since I started adding more running in. Even though I had a rest day yesterday, legs just felt soooo heavy today and I seriously struggled through those power cleans, OHPs, and pullups. Also, for whatever reason I just wanted to curl up in a corner and take a nap the whole time, and kept going on yawning sprees. But... in general I think I need to change my workouts around a little. My strength gains have slooowwwwed and I'm not getting any faster running (in fact, I think I've gotten slower), so maybe it's time to concentrate on one thing at a time and workout less than 6 days/week. My school is organizing a 5k in mid-april and probably half my class will be signing up, so it would be awesome to get a good time, AND I still need to achieve my half marathon toxx too! I'm thinking I might skew my workouts to be more conditioning-based, and aim to just maintain my strength, instead of being frustrated that I'm not getting stronger and frustrated that I'm not getting faster because I'm doing too much and half-assing both and being tired everyday. OOOH INTERESTING THING: We got a new scale this weekend. Apparently my old scale is wrong. But first thing in the morning I weigh 115lbs and 20.9% body fat (I'm aware it's not accurate, but for longitudinal tracking it shall suffice!). I think I'm going to weigh myself once a week to track, for funsies.
|
| # ? Jan 22, 2013 02:02 |
|
|
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Whatever made me SO groggy and tired yesterday went away today! Figured since my TOXX are in Bench press and deadlift, I better get on it!Barbell Bench Press: - 65 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - 80 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 3 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - Watched a bunch of videos online to improve my form. Nobody's ever shown me how to bench press, unlike the other lifts, and I only started doing it in November, so apparently a bajillion things were wrong with how I was bench pressing... if we can even call it that! Also worked up the nerve to ask someone to spot me. Barbell Deadlift: - 95 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps - 155 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps Running (treadmill): - 0:40:00 || 4 mi fito2sa A few extraneous things: 1) Sometimes I like to study with my ipad in front of me while running on the treadmill, but it's been REALLY hard to do that this week because we've been learning about the reproductive system and there is no shortage of pictures of genitalia (both healthy and uh, very very diseased). BUT I was really behind in studying today (when am I not?!) so I picked out the treadmill against the wall, hoped for non-nosy running neighbors, and studied away. No shame. I'm kind of nervous my gym's gonna kick me out for this kind of thing. Also, they totally need to make ipads with twice the screen size for this purpose. Amirite swyys? 2)  Strong-powerlifter-looking personal trainer at the gym complimented me on my deadlifts! 3) Need to run more, and as a corollary, lift less. I like lifting way more in general, but the 5k and HM in april are more imminent and concrete goals than "get stronger" at this point, and it's not very often that I get to run with a lot of my friends and classmates for both races whereas I have my whole life to "get stronger". I feel like if I don't adequately train to run my best during both of those races I would regret it as soon as I cross the finish line. So, I might try to start getting in ~4 runs a week and lifting 2x (while still taking 2 rest days/week, so lifting before running some days). Haha, figuring out workout schedule = first world problems to the max.
|
| # ? Jan 23, 2013 05:08 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:But... in general I think I need to change my workouts around a little. My strength gains have slooowwwwed and I'm not getting any faster running (in fact, I think I've gotten slower), so maybe it's time to concentrate on one thing at a time and workout less than 6 days/week. My school is organizing a 5k in mid-april and probably half my class will be signing up, so it would be awesome to get a good time, AND I still need to achieve my half marathon toxx too! I'm thinking I might skew my workouts to be more conditioning-based, and aim to just maintain my strength, instead of being frustrated that I'm not getting stronger and frustrated that I'm not getting faster because I'm doing too much and half-assing both and being tired everyday. I am limited on time so I'm responding to this first! And then your most excellent next log tomorrow First of all... how DO body fat % scales work?! Like, they must be fake. They must be! There's no way to measure your BF *harrumph* So, the run/lift thing is really really loving hard to do. My advice: I took to lifting and running from pure running/rowing pretty fast, but this was because running gave me excellent conditioning and I was fortunate enough to have a good base for overall strength from rowing. I assure you that if you focus on running for a while and decrease your lift volume or your workouts per week, you'll be able to pick up strength pretty fast. My twocents!!! I'm eager to see what works for you though
|
| # ? Jan 23, 2013 06:36 |
|
|
swyys posted:First of all... how DO body fat % scales work?! Like, they must be fake. They must be! There's no way to measure your BF *harrumph* Something about sending a current and measuring resistance as a function of body density?!?! You'd know better than me, Ms. Math/appliedmath/engineering major :P My bf% jumped up a whole percent after I drank 2 cups of water, for whatever that's worth Yeah, I DEFINITELY need to start building a running base. i'm starting to get excited to run more, especially when the temperature stops being in the teens and twenties, and seeing if the high mileage alone does indeed make me faster (I'm kinda skeptical though, because in the past when I've run a lot of long slow miles (long for me, anyway) vs less running & lots of HIIT/metcons, my running for <5mi has been better with the metcons and I don't get shin splints. WE SHALL SEE! Thanks for the encouragement!
|
| # ? Jan 24, 2013 18:27 |
|
|
This was yesterday: Wednesday, January 24, 2013 Front Barbell Squat: - 75 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps Chin-Up: - 40 reps - Done in sets of 3 and 4 Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP): - 55 lb x 5 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps Running: - 0:30:00 || 3 mi fito2sa I've decidedly to officially commence building up a running base, meaning consistently running ~3-4 days a week for ~15 miles or so edit: 15 PER WEEK! Not per day! I'd die after half a day. Rest day today! digitiminimi fucked around with this message at Jan 25, 2013 around 00:56 |
| # ? Jan 24, 2013 18:32 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:2) Awesome! 
|
| # ? Jan 24, 2013 18:39 |
|
|
digitiminimi posted:
Holy crap, is that per day?
|
| # ? Jan 24, 2013 22:24 |
|
|
loco88 posted:Holy crap, is that per day? Haha, oops! Edited to specify 15 miles per week! Even that sounds like a lot :P
|
| # ? Jan 25, 2013 00:59 |
|
|
Barbell Squat: - 105 lb x 3 reps - 115 lb x 5 reps - 120 lb x 5 reps - 120 lb x 5 reps - 105 lb x 5 reps - Highlight of my day!! Been stuck on 115x5 for at >2weeks so this was a welcome development. Fresh legs = PRs Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP): - 55 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 4 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps - 60 lb x 5 reps Power Clean: - 75 lb x 3 reps - 85 lb x 3 reps - 85 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps - 80 lb x 3 reps Chin-Up: - 30 reps - In sets of: 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 Dips - Triceps Version: - 5 reps - 5 reps - 5 reps - Definitely not going full ROM on these yet but working on it. Swimming: - 600 m - Splashing around with some friends after class Swimming is fun, but the hassle of getting dressed, being all wet, having chlorine in your hair, other people's hair on the floor and then in your toes, lots of wet clothes and towels, etc. is just annoying. fito2sa I think I've gained some weight this week, which might help explain the strength gains. I'll see on Sunday when I weigh myself! "Long" run tomorrow. Unfortunately running buddy and I wimped out of running outside because the high is not quite out of the twenties, so I'll be doing this on the treadmill with my class notes for half, and What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami for the other half, courtesy of my library's e-loan! We planned 6-7 miles, but I don't know if I can survive all of that on a treadmill (I really, truly am a wimp).
|
| # ? Jan 26, 2013 03:28 |
|
|
Saturday, January 26, 2013 7 miles, 72:20 ... 10:20min/mile pace. Distance record! Learned that I need to slow down my long runs, maybe even more, if my goal pace for the half marathon is 9:45. The slower pace made it really enjoyable. I felt like I could have kept going at the end, and my muscles/joints don't feel worn out the way they used to when I would push the pace on longer runs. Also got some good studying done, since when I'm studying and on the treadmill, there is no reddit, facebook, or online shopping to distract me. I thought 7 miles on the treadmill would feel like death, but it was actually okay.
|
| # ? Jan 27, 2013 04:05 |
|
|
|
| # ? May 24, 2013 14:30 |
|
|
Dem squats.
|
| # ? Jan 27, 2013 04:07 |
|
