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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Triathlon sprint prep
« on: April 13, 2020, 05:11:09 am »
sucks that the weather's still bad over there.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 12, 2020, 01:39:15 pm »
run 11.1 km in 1:01
another run/bike combo thing except i ran the whole time. middle 3.3 km gf locked up her bike and ran with me, so much slower. also ran into some snags on the way back because of one way streets that i never have to think about when running but obviously matter on the bike.
- stretch
another run/bike combo thing except i ran the whole time. middle 3.3 km gf locked up her bike and ran with me, so much slower. also ran into some snags on the way back because of one way streets that i never have to think about when running but obviously matter on the bike.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: New year new me
« on: April 10, 2020, 12:28:06 pm »
jaysus man hope you're doing okay.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« on: April 10, 2020, 12:16:46 pm »
reminds me of an old lyle mcdonald piece about the weird non-linearity of weight loss: "of whooshes and squishy fat."
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 10, 2020, 08:17:13 am »
- run ~10.2 km
- bike ~3.4 km
- stretch
went out for a combo run/bike with gf. gorgeous day, was really fun. pace on the quick side, hard to tell average from watch data because we kept stopping after about 6 km so i could navigate and we could discuss route options. but if i had to guess i'd say ~4:50 moving average, not accounting for breaks. which is fine, i felt good, and with the breaks it wasn't challenging. first time riding a bike other than a beach cruiser in like 10 years, lol. i can still do it -- it is, after all, actually riding a bike -- but not terribly gracefully. gotta get one once this craziness settles down.
- bike ~3.4 km
- stretch
went out for a combo run/bike with gf. gorgeous day, was really fun. pace on the quick side, hard to tell average from watch data because we kept stopping after about 6 km so i could navigate and we could discuss route options. but if i had to guess i'd say ~4:50 moving average, not accounting for breaks. which is fine, i felt good, and with the breaks it wasn't challenging. first time riding a bike other than a beach cruiser in like 10 years, lol. i can still do it -- it is, after all, actually riding a bike -- but not terribly gracefully. gotta get one once this craziness settles down.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 09, 2020, 02:27:23 pm »
- perfunctory mobility
- pull up x 4,4,4,4,10
- push up x 16,17,14,14,22
- pull up x 4,4,4,4,10
- push up x 16,17,14,14,22
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« on: April 09, 2020, 02:16:15 pm »
yeah as i've transitioned into being mostly vegetarian i'm starting to wonder about my protein intake. should probably journal it out for a while to make sure i'm not shortchanging myself. was never an issue when i was eating meat or fish every day.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 08, 2020, 04:02:02 pm »
- run 8.01 km in 39:21
4:55 average although pace is good although pace was again pretty variable. slowed in the middle, legs just felt kind of weak, but went out a little quick and came back a little quicker so it evened out. and at least no negative first km/last km split.
- stretch
skipped pull ups and push ups, will do them tomorrow. undecided whether to keep them on running days or offset. once i'm running multiple days in a row again i guess it won't matter.
4:55 average although pace is good although pace was again pretty variable. slowed in the middle, legs just felt kind of weak, but went out a little quick and came back a little quicker so it evened out. and at least no negative first km/last km split.
- stretch
skipped pull ups and push ups, will do them tomorrow. undecided whether to keep them on running days or offset. once i'm running multiple days in a row again i guess it won't matter.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Everyone else is doing it....
« on: April 08, 2020, 05:09:27 am »
what are the components of the spinal hygiene routine?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: April 08, 2020, 03:23:24 am »
nope, seems to have come out of nowhere.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 06, 2020, 03:16:06 pm »
- run 8.25 km in 40:20
checked watch each km for pacing, did better, although still not great. ran km 5 in 5:05 and then overreacted, running km 6 in 4:4x. also ran km 8 in 4:4x but i'm not as mad about finishing a little quick. 4:53 average overall felt a little too quick today. soleuses oddly sore/tired.
- stretch
- GMB shoulder and wrist warm up
- push up x 14,16,12,12,23
took about 30s extra rest before the last set. right shoulder bugging a little, need to be careful.
- pull up x 4,4,3,4,6
from tomorrow gonna start scheduling more mini stretching/mobility sessions during the day. neck, torso, shoulders, hips.
checked watch each km for pacing, did better, although still not great. ran km 5 in 5:05 and then overreacted, running km 6 in 4:4x. also ran km 8 in 4:4x but i'm not as mad about finishing a little quick. 4:53 average overall felt a little too quick today. soleuses oddly sore/tired.
- stretch
- GMB shoulder and wrist warm up
- push up x 14,16,12,12,23
took about 30s extra rest before the last set. right shoulder bugging a little, need to be careful.
- pull up x 4,4,3,4,6
from tomorrow gonna start scheduling more mini stretching/mobility sessions during the day. neck, torso, shoulders, hips.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: April 06, 2020, 11:10:03 am »
Last night I dreamed that I was watching "No Reservations," a scene in which Anthony Bourdain goes spearfishing. It was visually very dramatic: a throng of men holding spears over their heads and periodically throwing them down into the water, backlit by a brilliant orange-red sunset. All of a sudden, a spear flew from off-screen and hit one of the fisherman in the chest. He went down. Bourdain had been doing some voiceover, which I wasn't paying attention to until he intoned, "Sometimes, when you go spearfishing, you accidentally kill a guy." It was him! He'd killed the guy!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 05, 2020, 12:30:30 pm »
the 125 you posted on insta looked really good, fwiw.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 04, 2020, 08:35:16 am »
- run 7.04 km in 33:58
struggled. went out too fast, home stretch uphill and steady headwind. pace control will come back but it's still all over the place.
- stretch
- GMB neck/shoulder/wrist
- pull up x 5,4,3,4,5
push ups were a day ahead of pull ups so i skipped them.
- scales x 6/leg forward and back
hamstrings sore
struggled. went out too fast, home stretch uphill and steady headwind. pace control will come back but it's still all over the place.
- stretch
- GMB neck/shoulder/wrist
- pull up x 5,4,3,4,5
push ups were a day ahead of pull ups so i skipped them.
- scales x 6/leg forward and back
hamstrings sore
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 04, 2020, 04:41:33 am »
here's the passage from the previous book:
Quote
These days are perfect.
The clear untroubled light
picks out each berry
shimmering in a hedge.
Each leaf of a tree,
the sun behind it, hangs
like a golden pear.
Riding westward in high summer,
we have dipped into sylvan chases
and crested the downs, emerging
into that high country where,
even across two counties, you can
sense the shifting presence of the sea.
In this part of England our forefathers
the giants left their earthworks,
their barrows and standing stones.
We still have, every Englishman and woman,
some drops of giant blood in our veins.