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yeah that makes sense. i'm not worried about it, per se, just struck by how strong the effect was. heat adaptation might even be better for cardio fitness than altitude, so with any luck running slower this summer will help me get faster come fall.

the tests are available to everyone in my state, although there are only two locations each open twice a week for four hours. if you're asymptomatic and have no doctor or insurance (my case), it's the only option for testing. there are lots of places to get tested if you have a doctor's note.

morning

- tennis with dad x 40 mins
hilariously rusty. we had a few good rallies but it was mostly a mess on both sides.

afternoon

- pull up x 5,7; chin up x 5

- push up x 17

- stretch

just to get the ball rolling again on strenf work. my mom ordered a pull up bar online and i installed it this afternoon.

Quote from: LBSS on June 15, 2020, 06:29:36 pm

- tennis with dad x 40 mins

awesome! haven't seen that in a while.

it's been a while! since last summer. hoping to make it a regular thing, maybe a few times a week. a little cross-training never hurts and we play at such a chill pace that i doubt it'd interfere with running at all.

on a related note, my dad has inexplicably lost ten pounds in recent months. he only weighs 145 now. he's otherwise apparently quite healthy, but he doesn't like being even skinnier than he's used to. gonna start doing some more workouts with him and my mom, they're both concerned about strength and muscle mass. i've been meaning to get going on the same, maybe we can keep each other accountable.

also i won $20 off my mom yesterday because i bet her she couldn't do a single pull up or chin up and she was very confident that she could. easiest $20 i ever made.

(btw adarq we need the crying-laughing emoji on here...)

Quote from: adarqui on June 15, 2020, 11:48:45 pm

Quote from: LBSS on June 15, 2020, 06:29:36 pm

- tennis with dad x 40 mins

awesome! haven't seen that in a while.

it's been a while! since last summer. hoping to make it a regular thing, maybe a few times a week. a little cross-training never hurts and we play at such a chill pace that i doubt it'd interfere with running at all.

on a related note, my dad has inexplicably lost ten pounds in recent months. he only weighs 145 now. he's otherwise apparently quite healthy, but he doesn't like being even skinnier than he's used to. gonna start doing some more workouts with him and my mom, they're both concerned about strength and muscle mass. i've been meaning to get going on the same, maybe we can keep each other accountable.

he lost 10 lb but looks strong though? any idea why he lost it? is he eating less during this pandemic we're in?

but ya.. that muscle mass falls off then at some point it's hard supporting your own bodyweight. i like the idea of being very light tho, when we get very old.

my grandpa stayed the same weight for years but lost muscle and gained fat. after a few years of that, he couldn't support his bodyweight at all.. was sad stuff.. but you could see a dramatic drop in muscle mass which eventually left him immobile. he was way too heavy.. people actually thought he was thin -> but he wasn't. he was skinny fat with no muscle. most folks just don't get it. good that you know about this stuff though.. really hard to convince parents/grandparents etc about this stuff but hopefully (and from the sounds of it, likely) that your parents are receptive.

also i won $20 off my mom yesterday because i bet her she couldn't do a single pull up or chin up and she was very confident that she could. easiest $20 i ever made.

(btw adarq we need the crying-laughing emoji on here...)

wuuut. impressive that she'd even take that bet.. your mom is a beast. lmao.

ez money though that's for sure.. what was she thinking? :crying-laughing-emoji (need to remember how to add them).

gn!

- run 10.01 km in 48:46
legs tired, bit of tightness in left soleus. last ~2 km were a bit tough; km 8 is all uphill and km 9 has a pretty steep (~7% grade) 400m section. still managed to come in at the same pace i went out and averaged 4:52.

- stretch
calves quite tight

i think i've been a little dehydrated. need to make sure i'm drinking enough to make up for the big jump in heat and humidity.

- warm up x 2.4 km; 100m hill sprint x 5+3 w/jog down rest (one min extra rest at the "+"); cool down 1.x km
18-20s per 100. not ME, because i could feel my old right knee thing starting to pull, but ran each rep hard enough to be up on my toes. i really can't sprint, would be great to figure out what the hell the problem is. oh well.

- stretch

weekly mileage 53.4 km. solid.

morning

- push up x 25,23,23

evening

exercise with the parentals. (they did different upper body stuff, i guided. kept it light for day 1.)

- GMB standing warm up
- SL squat x 5/leg
- back scale x 5/leg
- pull up x 11,7,3,3,5
extra rest after fourth set to help my dad do push ups.

oh yeah, one more update: i don't have covid.