Yep, I’m still around. Ended up falling off my training plan in August and then did some significant traveling in September. But I’m back now, and running-related posts should resume shortly.
Tonight was Week 4 Day 3 of the One Hundred Push-ups training plan.
Sets were: 20, 15, 15, 15, max (at least 18). They felt a little tougher than usual tonight, but I was able to get through each of the sets. My max at the end was 26, for a total of 91 push-ups for the night.
Almost forgot to post this one… went out Tuesday night for a four mile run with the new Asics. Ended up doing a slow seven!
Ran 7.01 miles in 1:19:41 (11:22/mi pace). My 1-mile splits were: 10:02, 11:09, 11:26, 12:00 (ugh!), 11:53, 12:00 (doh!), 11:05. Burned about 1030 calories.
Yeah, it was pathetically slow, but I really enjoyed it. Good run.
Running a little behind schedule this week, so this morning was Week 4 Day 2 of the One Hundred Push-ups training plan.
Sets: 16, 14, 14, 12, max (at least 15). The initial sets weren’t too bad, and I was able to do 22 on the max. Total for the workout was 78 push-ups.
Tonight was Week 4 Day 1 of the One Hundred Push-ups training plan.
Sets were: 16, 13, 13, 11, max (at least 16). Although I was able to do the sets, I just wasn’t feeling it tonight. Did the 16 minimum at the end and quit.
Hopefully the next workout goes a little better. I certainly don’t see myself doing 100 in a row in less than three weeks from now.
Nate, Bill, and I went over to Flying Feet on Friday. I tried on the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 (the replacement for my old GTS 7s) and a few others. Surprisingly, I ended up going with the Asics GT-2130. There seemed to be a little more room in the toe box that made them a little more comfortable than the Brooks, even though I can’t say I’ve ever had “problems” in the past.
It’s always hard to tell which shoes to get. What feels great jogging around the parking lot at the store might not be so wonderful after 10 miles on the trail. I did, however, take the new shoes out for first real run today and they seemed to be fine…
Ran a slow, hot, and sweaty 5.05 miles in 56:19 (11:09/mi pace) with an average speed of 5.4 MPH and a max of 6.7 MPH. My 1-mile splits were: 10:46, 10:32, 11:19, 11:42, and 11:28.
So far I’m happy with my choice.
Tonight was Week 3 Day 3 of the One Hundred Push-ups training plan.
Sets were: 20, 15, 15, 12, max (at least 16). Felt good tonight, and was able to do the sets and max out with 22 at the end. That’s 84 push-ups tonight!
Tonight was Week 3 Day 2 of the One Hundred Push-ups training plan. As expected, I struggled a little bit tonight.
The five sets were: 16, 14, 14, 12, max (at least 15). Each set was tough, but after a little rest I was still able to do 22 on the max-out set. A total of 78 push-ups tonight.
After that I did a hot, slow, not-enjoyable, 5K run around the development. The only notable part was that I logged my 400th mile on my current shoes. I definitely need a new pair, which will probably be purchased this Friday.
Song is “Learning to Land” by Crash the Satellites.