Pheidippides’s BodyBlog

I have another 5K coming up this weekend.  I hope to go under 19 minutes this time.  Training has been going really well, so I think it’s possible, but it might be a bit warm to get a PR.  We’ll see.

On other fronts, I just did my first set of 50 pushups this morning, so I’m getting close to my Labor Day goal of 55 in a single set.  I really haven’t been doing any upper body exercises other than pushups in the last couple of months, but they have undoubtedly given me some more definition in the chest, shoulders, and arms.

With June over, It’s time to get going on my goals for the remainder of the summer.  My running went really well the last month and a half, and I managed to lose some weight as well, but I still have a way to go.

My goals for Sept. 4, the Friday before Labor Day: (1) Get weight down under 164 (I’m 167.8 today); (2) get BF down to 13% (I’m at 17.4% today); (3) get waist down under 33 (I’m at 35.5 inches today).  (4) Increase pushups to 55 at one time (42 today, and high of 48 over last month).  (5) Build running mileage up to 40 plus miles per week.  (6) Get 5K time close to 19 minutes or better if possible.

The goal is to get myself in ideal shape by Labor Day to begin a fairly rigorous training program for running races in the fall, and ultimately achieve my goals of (a) a sub-1:30 half marathon; and (b) sub-40 minute 10K.  If I can get my 5K time under 19 minutes by Labor Day AND if I’m comfortably over 40 mpw running without injury by that time, I may set a goal of a sub-3 hour marathon.  But I won’t do that unless my weight, mileage, and 5K pace make that a realistic goal.