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re: physique and muscle mass, i noticed yesterday morning that i looked bigger in the mirror than usual, after my monday night calisthenics. very low volume. that was probably purely psychological -- my weight hasn't changed significantly and i'm certainly no less lean than usual so i doubt i've lost much muscle after the switch to running -- but still nice to see/feel.

last night

- GMB warm up

- pirouettes x some

- front levers x some

- handstands x some

- pull ups x some

- hollow body holds x some

- stretch

25-30 mins in total, just wanted to get upper body involved a little. resting legs after the 11 km on sunday, plus it was absolutely pouring rain. don't mind a little cold or a little rain, but pouring rain in 45-degree weather: hard pass. if it's raining again tonight i'll go to the gym, otherwise it's interval time.

i've been surfing exactly once, last summer, and can confirm the "pure bliss" feeling from the one or maaaybe two times i managed to really stand up and ride a wave for a little bit. also that shit is absolutely exhausting and i was super dehydrated afterward.

w/r/t wanting to mix it up, only thing in there that suggest you might want to try something different is "elbows taking a beating." otherwise if you're making progress, keep riding it out until that slows down. if you're worried about your elbows then yeah, maybe try something else. my $0.02 on the matter.

- run 11.01 km in 55:57
did not check pace at any point, nice and relaxed. 5:05 pace on average, so slower than last week's longe run but quicker than the week before. felt very sad and enervated all of a sudden this evening and had a strong urge to be alone, which is really unusual for me. took me a while to get out the door but once i did was very glad.

also this puts me at 43.1 km for the week, so this marks a single-run distance PR and gives me a seven-day PR.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhl05r1VFQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhl05r1VFQ</a>

oh man i didn't mean you should be practicing the toe drag as correct technique. it's just a warm-up cue.

came here to post the giannis dunk over THJ. rest in peace, little hardaway.

because it is not in god's plan for me to ever have something nice without also being denied something nice, my body followed up yesterday's excellent run with a day-long driving headache. took some panadol a little while ago to seemingly no effect. fml.

no exercise tonight, just frustration and trying not to lose my temper for no reason.