complete rest day! 5k race tomorrow morning.
143 today.. would like to wake up around 143/144 or so tomorrow. I definitely don't want to be heavier, that would indicate alot of extra water retention, which i'd be peeing out like crazy because of the "extra nerves".. so 143/144 tomorrow morning would be nice. Need to make sure not to overhydrate & overeat today. Nothing is worse than going to the bathroom non-stop before a race. I just want to feel comfortable lmao. Worst case scenario would be, waking up at like 147-148, and just peeing my brains out every 10 minutes.
I'm pretty sure i'm going to drink one of my large coffee drinks, in addition to eating a quarter watermelon.. the coffee thing has me on the fence, but, it's helped my morning sessions alot lately, since i haven't been in this early morning groove for too long. So, just going to chug it @ 5 AM, ASAP, and eat that watermelon right after.
5 AM wakeup time tomorrow, because I have to leave the house at 6 AM, light warmup and such by 6:30 AM, race at 7 AM.. one of the earlier races. Most start at 7:30.
I won this race last year, so i'd like to win it again.. "Defending Champ!!" lmfao.
As for race strategy, the question is, will there be someone racing who pulls me out of my comfort zone? ie, someone who can run a fast low 5's first mile, and get me all lactic acid'd up for the last 2 miles. Honestly, if the fastest person there is ~5:45+ per mile, I really feel like i'm in the kind of condition to hang, the entire race. I'm really confident in that. I haven't put that kind of effort in for 5k at all since my come back, but my 400m repeat work capacity and my speed in general is way better right now that it was last year. So my race strategy is always to just keep up with the fastest, i'm not changing that, I don't fall back until i'm dying .. but, hoping it's more of a 5:45+ kind of race so I can relax a bit more and not try to survive a death match with myself. If i'm the leader, going to try and just maintain it at 5:55+ pace, but I won't be looking at my watch.
This is the race from last year, the one where I ran an extra 0.2 mi because they screwed me up on where to turn around. Photos from last year's race:
I need some new hardware, lulz.
10/07/2017bw = 143
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bw before bed = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = right ankle a little - medial side
- fuqn calf stretches!@$!
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose
feel = great
wakeup = 7:30 AM
- slept in a bit
diet:09:30 AM: 4 eggs x sunny side up, 2 x SF sour dough bread, banana, avocado, sweetened green tea
03:00 PM: coconut water
03:30 PM: workout: light walk
05:00 PM: 5 x grape fruit, 2 x coconut water, avocado
07:00 PM: coconut water, banana
09:00 PM: fried banana in olive oil/salt, 2 x sf sour dough, water with alot of fresh lemon
- so good.
my new white plate .. for taking photos with. LMFAO.
I mean I ate everything on it afterwards, I just wanted a white plate to take some better shots. I like it already.
stretch:- bunch of soleus a few times
- some quad
- 09:45 PM: everything light, before bed
workout: light walk- midway through the walk i took off my shoe and sock, felt like a rock was under my big toe ..
- as i was getting home, very sharp sting
- i think something went into my toe, like a small thorn/picker
- then it happened again ~20 minutes after i was done walking, barefoot.
- WTF.
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WOW.. A HAIR FROM MY SHAVED HEAD, IMPALED MY TOE. INSANE.
Monthly Tracker: October 2017October (10) 2017TODO:- 10/3
- 10/4
Bodyweight: [(01,147),(02,146),(03,146),(04,145),(05,146),(06,145),(07,143)]
- FORMAT: (day, weight in lbs)
Total Jumps per leg: []
- FORMAT: (day, # of jumps per leg)
- per leg total: 190
Max SLRVJ Touch: []
- FORMAT: (day, touch height in ft'inches")
- L-SLRVJ:
- R-SLRVJ:
Total miles walked: [(2,5.5)]
- FORMAT: (day, miles walked)
- total: 5.5
Total walk time: [(2,01h:30m:00s]
- FORMAT: (day, total walking time in hh:mm:ss)
- total: 01h:30m:00s
Total speed interval distance: [(05,4000m),(05,8400m)]
- FORMAT: (day, total speed interval distance in meters)
- total: 8800m
Max run speed (mph)/pace (min/mi): [(05,11.9,5:03),(05,11.9,5:05)]
- FORMAT: (day, mph max, pace max in minutes per mile)
Total jump rope time: []
- FORMAT: (day, minutes)
- total:
Total jump rope messups: []
- FORMAT: (day, # of mess ups)
- total:
Resting HR: [(2,20,40,35)]
- FORMAT: (day, minutes for this test, average hr, minimum hr)
PR's: []
Races: []
Soreness: [(1,"slightly","calfs slightly - left more so"),(2,"slightly","calfs moderate, quads slightly"),(05,"none"),(06,"none"),(07,"none")]
- FORMAT: (day, overall soreness, specifics)
Aches/Injuries: [(1,"left calf a bit tight"),(2,"none"),(05,"none"),(06,"left calf a little tight"),(07,"right ankle slightly - medial side")]
- FORMAT: (day, specifics)
Morning Quad Flexibility: [(1,"stiff"),(2,"loose"),(05,"loose"),(06,"loose"),(07,"loose")]
- FORMAT: (day, general flexibility)
Morning Hamstring Flexibility:[ [(1,"stiff"),(2,"loose),(05,"loose"),(06,"loose"),(07,"loose")]
- FORMAT: (day, general flexibility)
Wakeup: [(1,6:15AM,7), (2,10:00AM,9),(05,9:00AM,10),(06,6:00AM,7),(07,7:30AM,8.5)]
- FORMAT: (day, wakeup time, hours slept)
