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i've started having marathon anxiety dreams. over the weekend there was one where i got the start line feeling good and ready and then realized that i had forgotten all my gels. and then the marathon turned out to be most running through apartment buildings, up and down stairs and jumping across alleyways from building to building, like in an action movie. last night i had one where the course was a double out-and-back but the first part was inside my friend walker's house in LA, and at some point i just started only running within the house. i lost track of how far i'd gone and panicked when i realized i'd been running the course wrong. and then he told me that there was a survey for participants to fill out, so i took a break to fill it out before realizing that i was losing even more time and didn't have to do it until after the race.

nerves, much?

also, it occurs to me for the first time that labyrinths or mazes (e.g., running through houses or apartment buildings, from room to room, while not being sure how to go or what will be around the next corner) have long been a motif in my dreams. wonder what that's about.

- specific speed
-- warm up
-- 5 x [1 km @ 103-105% MP, 1 km @ 90% MP]
-- cool down
pretty easy, although humid and warm again this morning: T+DI 138. RPE 6, had to concentrate to run the recovery intervals slow enough. Rx was 5-6 and i definitely had 6 (or 7+) in me, but i had to go to the bathroom so badly that i called it at 5 and ran home. barely made it. 

Plyo 2 (in calisthenics park):

Dynamic warmup
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2x10m acceleration
2x30m sprint
2x30m flying sprint

2x10m rudiment hops (forward and backward)
2x20 pogos (ankle hops)
3x5 single leg depth drops (small box, around 15 cm)
3x5 single leg box jumps with single leg stuck landing (medium box, around 45 cm)

Comments: Very cold outside. I left a 20 kg kettlebell with a bike anti-steal mechanism and I found it vandalized - the kettlebell was smacked with rocks and the lock was stuck with sticks. Other kids were around spitting left and right where I trained, because these days that's normal - kids have no fear and they can afford to do anything - they think they're untouchable.

Anyway, I did my sprints at 100%, because I just can't run slower - I go all out or not at all. That's just how I roll. The plyos were good but there is some right Achilles pain. Overall, pretty good, considering the conditions.

2/13/26 Friday
Treadmill 30 mins 2.38 miles

2/18/26 Wednesday BW = 189.0
Push up 25, 25, 25, 25.
Pull up 5, 5, 5, 5.
Dip 15, 15, 17.

2/19/26 Thursday
Squat 3x185, 8x185, 5x195, 5x195.
Deadlift 5x185, 8x205, 10x205, 10x205.

2/20/26 Friday
Treadmill 45 mins 2.26 miles

2/24/26 Tuesday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.26 miles

2/25/26 Wednesday
Squat 3x185, 1x205, 3x225 MSEM, 5x205,
5x195, 8x185.
Dumbest lunge 11x40, 11x40, 11x40.

2/26/26 Thursday BW = 189.2
Treadmill 45 mins 3.46 miles

2/27/26 Friday
Push up 25, 25, 25, 25.
Chin up 6, 6, 6.
Dip 20, 20, 20.

3/3/26 Tuesday
Pull up 7, 6, 5, 5.
Push up 25, 25, 25, 25, 25.
Row 12x70, 12x70, 12x70,

3/4/26 Wednesday BW = 188.8
Treadmill 50 mins 3.54 miles

3/5/26 Thursday
Squat 3x185, 5x185, 5x185, 8x185.
Deadlift 5x185, 5x205, 5x225, 8x225.

3/6/26 Friday
Pull up 6, 6, 6.
Treadmill 45 mins 3.51 miles

3/11/26 Wednesday BW = 187.8
Push up 30, 30, 30, 30,
Pull up 6, 6, 6, 6.
Dip 20, 20, 20.

3/12/26 Thursday
Treadmill 45 mins 2.45 miles

3/13/26 Friday
Treadmill 45 mins 2.46 miles

3/17/25 Tuesday
Push up 30, 30, 30, 30.
Pull up 6, 6, 6, 6.
Dip 20, 20, 20.

3/18/26 Wednesday
Treadmill 45 mins 2.30 miles

3/19/26 Thursday
Push up 30, 30, 30, 30.
Chin up 6, 6, 6, 6.
Dip 20, 20, 20.

3/20/26 Friday
Treadmill 45 mins 2.40 miles

3/24/26 Tuesday
Push up 35, 35, 35, 35, 35.
Pull up 5, 5, 5, 5.

3/25/26 Wednesday
KB gorilla row 12x30, 12x30, 12x30, 12x30
Ab leg raise 20, 20, 20, 20.
KB clean and press 5x30, 7x30, 8x30, 8x30.

3/26/26 Thursday BW = 189.2
Treadmill 45 mins 2.33 miles

3/27/26 Friday
Push up 36, 36, 36, 36.
KB clean and press 10x35, 10x35, 10x35.
Dip 20, 20, 20, 20.

3/30/26 Tuesday BW = 189.4
Push up 40, 40, 40.
Pull up 5, 5, 5, 5.
Kb gorilla row 12x35, 12x35, 12x35, 12x35.

4/7/26 Tuesday
Push up 40, 40, 40, 40.
Chin up 6, 6, 7.
Kb clean and press
12x35, 12x35, 12x35, 12x35.

4/8/26 Wednesday BW = 187.4
Treadmill 30 mins 1.67 miles

4/9/26 Friday BW = 187.8
Push up 42, 42, 42, 42.
KB gorilla row 12x35, 10x40, 10x40, 10x40.
Dip 20, 20, 20.

4/14/26 Tuesday
Chin up 8, 8, 8
Dip 20, 20, 20.
Push up 30, 30, 30, 30, 30.

Had to get deeper in the flexibility and stretching game. Had really regressed in that sense and was feeling it.
Been working body weight for the last bit, and trying more kettlebells. So far I am liking it!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DQ1WSO8kxlkMaBPGFBdSKDYu-rCfevx7/view?usp=sharing

3 week vacation in thailand/philippines. was still able to do 1-2x per day workouts. thailand has very good equipment on their gyms.