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i've been thinking of shirtless runs but, kinda can't do it in this forest. mosquitos/horse flies. shirtless feels so much better tho in the heat. that wind/air flow really cools you down. shirtless racing would be good.

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

nice!!

morning

- push up x 25,22,22

afternoon

- pull up 20 x 2, 60s rests
supposed to find out how many "training sets" you can do. the PDF suggests training sets for someone who can do 11-12 pull ups might be between 1-3. so i went with 2, got to 20 sets, and got bored. will do sets of 3 next week and, as the PDF suggests, if i get more than 9 sets will add again the following week.

- run 10.05 km in 49:36
legs tired

- walk x ~1:20
met up with a buddy and walked through the park. as we got back to our cars it had started to drizzle and literally within seconds of getting behind the wheel -- i hadn't even put the car in gear yet -- the heavens opened and it rained like absolute gangbusters. flawless timing. 


i've been doing a lot of extra calf stretching throughout the day. seems to be helping.

morning

- push up x 30,27,26

afternoon

- pull up x 9+5+4+3+3

i've been having trouble getting to sleep the last few nights. not sure why.

morning

- push up x 28,27,28

afternoon

- run 10.07 km in 48:22
dew point 61/16, air temp 87/31. felt hotter.

- stretch

- pull up ladder x 1+2+3+4+5+6+3+3

been feeling inspired by gukl's long runs, planning to run all the way to the park we used to bike to as kids (~18-19 km round trip) on sunday. writing it down here to make it less likely that i'll bail.

morning

- push up x 31,20,26
less rest than usual between first and second sets.

afternoon

- pull up x 3,3,3; close grip chin up x 3,3,3; wide grip pull up x 3,3,3

- run 11.05 km in 54:36
dew point 69/20.5, forced myself to stay at four-in-four-out pace until the long hill in the penultimate km.

- stretch

Enjoy!! Long steady runs are the best feeling.

Are you on strava?

morning

- push up x 36,28,26
whoa, no idea where that jump came from

afternoon

- pull up x 10,6,5,4,4

interesting. i'm sure motivation is part of it.

- warm up x 1 km; tempo x 2 km [3:53, 4:14]; cool down x .94 km
downhill-uphill out and back for the tempo. way too fast on the downhill bit, meant to dial it back because dew point is 72/22 here today. uphill bit was even a little faster than i meant to go, was shooting for ~4:20. i guess that means i'm fitter than i think? or just bad at speed regulation. idk. at any rate kept it short because of the heat.

- stretch

so, so very humid. cooling off and gonna grab lunch now and then head down to a protest march. bringing lots of water.

it was good, i'm glad i went. shut down a couple of intersections along the way, rallied outside the police precinct and chanted at the cops. it was pretty well organized: lots of water and snacks, medics on hand walking around with sunscreen and hand sanitizer, bikers riding ahead to block traffic, no question about who was leading (except for the chanting/singing, which got a little discombobulated). the leaders all looked like kids to me (early 20s at oldest), which is cool.

left the run too late today. conditions were brutal in the afternoon: 97/36 air temp and 75/24 dew point, so i decided to wait until after painting. then that took longer than i expected, and now there's a thunderstorm coming that i'd rather not get caught out in. might could violate my normal principle of not making up missed workouts and just do the long run tomorrow. it's not gonna kill me.