Pushups Goal Met
Today is the last day of my summer fitness program, and my deadline to reach certain fitness goals. Inconstant attention to diet and my ongoing Achilles tendon battles have derailed my achievement of my weight and running goals, at least temporarily. But I did meet one goal: this morning I did a single set of 55 pushups, meaning I achieved my pushups goal for the summer on the last day of my program. That’s also the greatest number of pushups I’ve ever done in my life in a single set. I wasn’t really expecting to do it, since I did 53 two days ago and thought I’d still be a bit sore, but I got started and felt good enough to keep going. Half way through my wife entered the bedroom with our dog, and she told him "Go say hi" with a laugh. I was at about 30 pushups at that point, and, thinking I had a shot and not wanting it to get frustrated by a golden retriever licking me, I screamed back "No, get him away from me." I think the wife was a bit taken back, but she did shoo him away. So I kept going, and managed to get in the 55th pushup before collapsing. So that’s something, at least. Now it’s time to get my heel healed and get back on track with losing weight and running faster.
August 28, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Awesome.