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yesterday

- run 52:40, 8.08 km
planned to do longer but wife was having a rough day so i ended up finishing with her instead of continuing on to do a longer run as planned. rainy.

today

- run 30:46, 4.82 km
had to pee so bad.

- bouldering x 2 hours

- strength (loose) circuit
- fingerboard hangs 5-7s x 6-7 sets
- pull ups x 7
- push ups x 20
gotta start somewhere

- hike x ~90 mins
met up with a friend for a walk along trails in rock creek park. gorgeous day, 70 and sunny.

thursday

- run 29:10, 4.71 km

- bouldering x 2 hours

- pull ups x 7,7
- push ups x 20
- fingerboard hangs 10s x 5

- run 13:07, 2.06 km

today

- run 29:28, 5.40 km

- run 32:22, 5.41 km
to and from parents' house for lunch. hot, deliberately slowed down to keep HR down.

yesterday

- run 37:40, 6.50 km

- run 30:57, 5.54 km

- bouldering x 90 mins
the gym uses a color-coded grading system, where each color overlaps with the ones above and below it. idea is that yellow is vb (beginner, very easy), red is v0-v2, green is v1-v3, etc. i've gotten to the point where i can do greens and most purples (v2-v4) on the first try, and have been getting some oranges (v3-v5) but it takes a bit and isn't always pretty. made progress today on two black routes (v4-v6) but didn't manage to complete either. will pick them up again next time. in both cases it's because there's a kind of move and body position that i just have never done before and am pushing the edge of my range of motion to do.

my approach now is to do some mobilizations and then repeatedly climb a bunch of yellows an reds before starting in on something harder, skipping over greens because they're easy enough to do first time but still can be a little tiring.

- circuit x 2
-- push up x 20
-- TTB x 5
push ups are good for post-climb because they stretch my wrists out

- shrimp squat x 5/side
- front scales x 5/side
- back scales x 5/side

- run 26:44, 4.51 km

- run 26:22, 4.72 km
got a 20L running backpack, large enough to carry my laptop, a change of clothes and shoes, and climbing shoes/chalk. idea being: run commute. this was the first go at it and there are substantial problems with the pack: (1) it sits too low and there is no apparent way to pull the straps so that it rides higher on my back. fairly fundamental flaw, although i'm going to contact customer service to see if there's something i'm missing in the design, or a way to pack it differently to shift weight up. hope i can fix this problem without having to just try another backpack, this thing wasn't terribly cheap. (2) the laptop sank to the bottom of the pack and started rubbing against my lower back. that is more fixable, i just need a sleeve. should get one anyway. (3) the straps are elastic and i can't figure out how to cinch them down very much. this is less of a problem if the pack is full, but when it's not full, stuff can bounce around.

- bouldering x 45 mins

- circuit x 3
-- 20mm <bw hang 3 x 5s w/5s rest
-- push up x 15
wrist so tight

yesterday was a little better with the bag, running to and from the gym without my laptop. i figured out how to cinch the side cords down and that helped. will give this a few more goes and then recommend or not. the bag design otherwise is good: lots of pockets, very comfortable materials. if i were buying it again i'd size down to a small from the medium i bought, just to be able to close the lower chest strap tighter, but it works as a medium. anyway i'll keep a running commentary (no pun intended).

yesterday

- run 33:40, 5.38km
so humid

- bouldering x 2 hours

- run 10:57, 1.78 km

- run 1:02:26, 9.62 km
not hot but humid. still have a crick in my neck but it'll go away soon.