Yeah it's good that the whole uni thing worked out. It's tough for young people in Australia atm. I got no idea what I'm gonna do work wise. I can easily get jobs for labouring but the whole point of me going to uni was to get an office job, which is what I want to do (hopefully generalist HR/consulting).
I'm planning on running again as well starting around November the same time as you so it'll be good. I'm just gonna run the 60, 100 and 200. I'm way 2 lazy to try 400m or any middle distance events and long jump isn't my thing. Triple jump is pretty hard on the joints ay.
Edit- I miss the summer! I took it for granted earlier this year how easy it was to train since it was always warm and dry. Apart from my injury and rugby the reason I havn't done any running so far since April is because of the weather. It's raining almost every day and when it's not raining it's like 10 degrees. Way 2 cold. I feel sorry for European people that have to contend with snow and cold temperatures year round. At least we're lucky that we only got this shit weather for a few months.
Yeah it is tough alright...way too many people getting degrees for a handful of jobs, most of which require experience, etc. Grad programs are the same mass application lottery system so it's hard to get experience. I've wormed my way into my 'job' through a bit of networking but mostly sheer luck. I say 'job' because I get paid very little and am mostly just doing pre-PhD research until November when I can start finally.
Yeah winter always sucks for track because Australia isn't quite cold enough/athletics not popular enough to justify having indoor tracks. In Europe/US, there's a lot more indoor facilities that people use when it's snowing, but we just have to put up with wet tracks/not run track during winter. I've been lucky so far, haven;t had any track sessions wash out but it'll happen at some point.
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Gym:Foam roll warmup/activation
Squat: Warmup, 1x8@50kgs, 1x5@50kgs (front), 3x5@100kgs
BSS: 2x8/leg@35kgs, 1x8/leg@20kgs
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BW: 76.5kgs
Common sense decreed that because I was wearing shoes that were changing my form, I should not lift heavy this session until I get used to them. I like common sense! The shoes felt great though, really solid and definitely feels like it's easier to get good depth. Looking forward to getting back past 2xBW with better form. Next time I'm in a quiet gym I'll do some videos with and without.
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Despite my whinging before about how expensive the name brand shoes are, given the relatively long life of the shoe, thought I might as well get the best. Not that most expensive always equals best, but I tried on a few including the Do-wins and Innov8s, and the Romaleos fitted well and felt good. The place even had squat racks set up so I could give them a test drive.
