My Journey Through Rehab

I got 11.22 miles this morning and felt pretty good. It was overcast the whole time which kept the temps down. I stopped for a minute at the boardwalk just to go to the bathroom and fill up my water bottle. With the rain over the weekend there was a puddle in the tunnel leading to the beach and if I was smart I would have taken my shoes and socks off as I went through but I didn’t think of it until I was past and and the shoes were soaked. I did the run in about 1:43. I should be alright next week for the extra 3 miles. Forecast so far looks good I hope it stays that way.

My pullups are finally starting to increase after my runs. I was stuck at 12 and 13 and now I’m doing 14 and 15. I know its not alot but I try and do them very strict all the way up and all the way down and I’m trying to hit the 20 mark.

Well we finished 20-2 in the regular season and got bounced in the first round of the playoffs. It was the best 2 out of 3 and we won the first game easily and then got our butts kicked in the second game. The third game we were down by 3 in the bottom of the 7th (last inning) got the bases loaded w/no outs and couldn’t score a run. We deserved to lose but it still sucks to end the season like this. The only good thing is now I won’t be drinking so much after the games. Most of these guys are softball friends so I only see them during the season and we tend to party a little too much during the year. I’ll see if I can be in better shape next year. Let the off-season conditioning begin.

I have 2 weeks until my run in Manhattan and wanted to get in about 10.5 miles. For those who are familiar with Jones Beach it turned out to be from the start of the bike path until I reached the boardwalk was 5.25 miles. I stopped went to the bathroom and filled my water bottle than walked to the front of the boardwalk to look at the ocean. Bill is stirring up some serious waves and brought water all the way to the front. It was probably good for surfers but I didn’t see any of them out there either.

Man I hope it’s cooler in 2 weeks I was drenched when I finished. I’m sure I can add the extra 3.7 miles so I don’t know how far I’m going to go next week. Playing a little golf this afternoon, hope I shoot better than last time. And yes I will be getting a cart!

I haven’t done the Ab Ripper X video in a while due to my ab strain but it’s been feeling better and I’ve been doing different Ab exercises since. I popped the video in this morning and it kicked my butt in a good way. I’m going to start doing this again after my runs and I’ll see where I get with it. I checked out my abs after the workout and they looked pretty good. Hopefully they’ll keep getting better and I’ll get that elusive six pack.

Got in a 9.3 mile run this morning and am shooting for a 10 or 10.5 next week and then I should be good to go for Manhattan run. I’m thinking I should buy some protein powder as I think I’m burning muscle on these long runs and would like to maintain what I have and increase it instead of losing. I’ve never bought any so if anyone has suggestions on what kind to buy it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

My goal was to get an 8 mile run in today and I did and probably could have gone further. I have a little over a month to get to 14 for my run in NYC in Sept. I was a little tired for my exercise after my run so I only did 2 sets of pushups and bench dips. I should do legs later on but I’m not sure. I have a party later on and I’m going to a minor league in Brooklyn tomorrow so I probably should. I’ll see how I feel.