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ya that's a nice park, full court games get pretty hype there.



haven't been journaling lately, but still doing some lame workouts. not putting much effort into it. Ran 8 miles a week or so back, then 4 miles a few days ago with some fast runs (surprisingly fast), and then ran 5 miles today with some fast runs (slower, legs dead from a few days ago).

just crazy how fast a body detrains.. sucks ass.. motivation has alot to do with it though.

motivation/focus is #1.

i realize now more than ever, that my biggest gains really happen when i'm focused/motivated on another level.. methodology is important, but not as important as having that internal drive. I don't see myself having that drive in the near future, but, I may want to be in good shape for some mile races in December, so I have some time to get back on track.



Also, facebook keeps bothering me every day.. all it does is show me memories of jumping/dunking. It showed me these pictures recently:





It does this all of the time heh.. kinda depressing 

Thanks Mutumbo. Fun times. 8|



Just got done dribbling my bball for 2.5 hours straight while listening to some trance (or whatever genre it is). Probably going to do more of that. I can really zone out while getting a good conditioning + skill workout.

Always freaks me out, it's as if I never stopped dribbling my basketball. Like riding a damn bike. ;f

fun.

this was from yesterday, forgot to click Post:

07/11/2017

reading: walked + fast runs

felt pretty good.. feeling alot stronger lately. I think it's mostly due to the fact that i'm doing standing desk 100% & not eating too much.

feeling better physically + mentally.

sitting = the devil.

I gave in for too long and got lazy, sitting or lying down while coding & such. Getting back on my game, standing up + computing -> burn some calories, get the blood pumping more, strengthen up more, move around, and go nutz.

Quote from: adarqui on July 12, 2017, 06:05:36 pm

this was from yesterday, forgot to click Post:

07/11/2017

reading: walked + fast runs

felt pretty good.. feeling alot stronger lately. I think it's mostly due to the fact that i'm doing standing desk 100% & not eating too much.

feeling better physically + mentally.

sitting = the devil.

I gave in for too long and got lazy, sitting or lying down while coding & such. Getting back on my game, standing up + computing -> burn some calories, get the blood pumping more, strengthen up more, move around, and go nutz.

every time i train after having spent a lot of time sitting i end up injured, it's so predictable.

damn. ya man, just wrecks you.

do you have a specific standing desk or are you just improvising?

nah, always improvised. I need to actually do some better improvisation soon. I had the best setup at my previous job, had a box i'd carry around a plop onto people's desks/etc, and it was always the correct height.. some coffee machine box. Allowed me to have a super light weight portable standing desk :d

07/17/2017

walk/read/run:
- ~10 mi
- had a nice 0.22 mi @ ~4:50 pace in there
- ~hit 15.5 mph at some point
- left knee bugging a bit after the run .. but i also kneeled down to stretch my quads, which seemed to aggravate it more

haven't done one of these in a while.



had some ~easy 0.33 mi @ 5:5x towards the end too.


definitely in better shape right now than the last ~3 months. so that's kind of cool. The walking + standing desk + intervals runs are a good stimulus.

I like my walk+read+run approach. So tired of just "running". With this style, I can relax and read a ton of stuff, and get some intervals mixed in. As far as enjoyment, there's no comparison to non-stop running etc (for me). Hopefully going to just keep this up for my training strategy this time around. Less pain, more fun/enjoyable. Who knows if it'll help me improve my mile to sub-5 official, but I do think it's possible. I know it won't prepare me for a good 5k though, that's for sure. I need to get my ~400m runs down to ~4 min/mi pace, so that I can have the reserve power to make my ~5 min/mi pace easier. So my power is lacking right now.

If I do some 5k races in ~September+, i'm just going to run the first mile as hard as possible then shut it down and relax.. lmao.

So I guess if I have running goals, it's my 1-mile time and specifically those 1-mile races in December.. 5k is just too much torture for me at this point in my life. 

Also, I want to get my walk+run+read sessions up to 5+ hours on occasion .. want to see how I feel with REALLY long sessions. I wanted to do that tonight but started too late. Maybe Wednesday or Thursday.

7/19/2017

bw = 159 lb

walk/read/run:
- 12.09 mi in 3h:06m:04s
- mostly light/moderate runs mixed in, rained out, slippery .. and quads were sore/dead
- still felt good though
- lots of reading on crypto stuff, matrices, sat/smt solvers
- several runs over 0.25 mi (400m), a few around 0.30 mi .. ie one run was 0.31 mi @ 5:40 min/mi pace

I created a barbell with my course today:



eyes still burning like crazy.. teh fuq.

07/25/2017

4th straight day waking up at ~4:30 - 5 AM :f

watermelon before the session

walk/read/run:
- ~15.6 mi in ~4h12m
- cracked the 4 hour mark: seemed like i could have walked longer, felt good.
- started at 6:30 AM, should honestly start these at like 5:30 AM ...
- lost ~6-7 lb. of water
- basically two sessions:
-- first 6 miles, speed intervals with walk back rest.. drenched, killed me.
-- last 9 miles: walking with light runs mixed in to keep the legs loose
- alot of the initial speed work was under 5 min/mi pace, which is what I wanted .. but needs to be closer to 4 min/mi pace with the same form (running form)



a bit sunburned.. eyes tired af.. legs/body pretty dead.

overall good session.



saw this lizard at like mile 12:





probably going to train again Thursday .. maybe a shorter session. Then train again on Sunday - might go to the beach. Get there real early and just do my stuff on the roads/sidewalks there, or maybe on the beach itself.. dno. Sounds fun tbh.