Start Me Up!

40 minutes, fastest pace without running with 45lbs.  Back for more tomorrow

3.3 mile run.  Weird distance I know but that’s what I have to work with down here.  then 21 Pull-ups

20 Minutes

5 x Knees to Elbows

5 x Ring Pushups

10 x Squats

5 x Burpees.

I was able to do 11 rounds.  I’m new to this Crossfit craze and I was pretty doggone smoked afterwards.  Sweet.

if I could have two qualities….

The endurance of Cal Ripken Jr…the Ironman of baseball

The calmness of an Air force test pilot.  No Joke.  stories come from the start of the jet age of test pilots who kept saying their instrument readings over the radio as their planes went down… not to save themselves but for the research and development crews on the other end of the radio.  Amazing.

Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon is Nov 14th.  training starts tomorrow.  This’ll be #2 for me.  I did Denver in 2007.

Still driving, still being the traveling man.  Linked up with some old and new friends in Indianapolis so that was fun (although the hangover wasn’t)

Should reach the south in a couple days.  I’m feeling the humidity already.  I miss Colorado dryness.

I’ve left Colorado, left my old gym, and am part way through Kansas.  Headed for new assignments out east.

stay strong folks and remember…tuna in a can is better than oreo cookies on road trips!

Had a great Memorial Day weekend with family.  

Got back and drove through a torrential downpour from the airport to the Fort Carson.  Not just drizzle drizzle, I’m talking cats and dogs.

So it’s 2am and what do I decide to do….lift.  Welcome home bud.

So the last leg workout I did was last Thursday, yes nearly a week off from legs is a bad thing.  I kept making excuses and though I did occupy my time with studying and busywork there was no excuse for neglecting them that long.

I ran the local 5k race today in downtown.  23:30.  Decent time right? Especially for a guy who has to re-acclimate to the altitude due to being gone for 8 months at sea level.

Well let me tell you I felt like a pack-a-day-smoker running those 3.1 miles.  That sucks winds.  But worse was the realization that my leg muscles were tired!!! They felt heavy and out of sync, not strong and supple like they have the two previous weeks.  The heavy, weighted, sore feeling was a consequence of my neglect.  Even when I trained for a marathon in 2007 I still did leg workouts three times a week in order to keep them strong so they could endure the heavy mileage. 

So for everyone who has ever neglected their legs, say it with me:

"I promise never to neglect my legs again.  If I do, I know that when I run I will be faced with pain, soreness, and heaviness of body and soul.  Hereafter, I will keep my legs strong and ready because without them I am nothing."

Stay strong folks….

So I’ve had some trouble sleeping the last two weeks.  Not sure why.  anyways, this is what I’ve discovered….

Oh the things I’ve learned late night….

1) All Motorhead "Ace of Spades" videos on youtube ROCK!  Seriously, ALL of the them.  that is going to be my posing music when I compete…

2) If Motorhead is good, Rammstein is even better.  It should be a rule that you have to watch ‘Reise Reise", "Sonne" and "Stein um Stein" before going to bed.

3) ESPN Sportscenter never gets old (I’m watching it right now…for the 5th time).  Web gems, Top Ten plays, and hockey highlights….doesn’t get much better.

4) All the "male enhancement" commericials are over the top, way over the top.  When did this become such a problem?? Is it because are country has become a "fat nation" so as guys get bigger there penises seem smaller?

5) Family Guy is hilarious.

6) I *heart* Robot Chicken.  Bloody good fun.

7) Girls like guys with confidence….no wonder they date jerks or bad boys or a-holes…they’re confident. 

8) I miss sleep

9) I miss breakfast

10) Waffle House is the best late night food.  Sweet tea is a must.

11) Youtube classic baseball highlights never get old.  Never.  Watch Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World series Game 1 home run.  10 min video that really illustrates what a long shot that home run was.  or Joe Carter’s walk-off in 1993.  or Matt Holliday’s fingertip plate touch face first slide in game 4 of the 2007 NLCS.