Free At Last
I've been sequestered in a room with a bunch of others going over an RFP for the past two days, but now my section of the review is over and I am free so I thought I'd post a quick update...
On Monday I did some more push ups in an effort to keep that going and have decided to keep doing Week 6 of the plan. Though I didn't do the max set this time I managed 45-55-35-30 for a total of 165. Then I started some sit ups just to see how that part of my body is doing and managed 6 sets of 25. I am contemplating that 200 sit up challenge, but we'll see if that happens. Right now I'm keeping an eye on my foot in hopes that I can keep running...
Yesterday I did NOTHING! (Well, now that I think about it, I did a few sets of 25 sit ups while watching a movie, but I didn't keep track of how many. I think three. Not really worth mentioning.) Oh yeah, the weather forecast had called for a snow storm as well, but that never came. I ended up not biking as a result of that and just missed the bus after dropping Owen off. I ran for probably over a kilometre to catch that bus a few stops down the road in my boots, and it felt OK though I was concerned about the foot. It doesn't seem too bad today so I guess I dodged a bullet there.
That brings us to today. It is C-O-L-D here! -21 Celsius, or -5 Fahrenheit for our American friends. I didn't bike to work on account of the cold and the sober advice of my lovely wife, but would like to try and go for a run this evening. We'll see if that happens. While waiting for the streetcar I did see one person out running, so it's definitely possible.
An evening update:
I braved the chilly weather and made it out for my second run of the year. It was fun, even with the -13C (9F in American) and the frozen slush all over the sidewalks. I'm happy to report that my slow and steady plan was in full force as well: 5K, 33:12, for an average pace of 6:38/km. Pedestrian yes, but I was out there!
Garmin don't lie.
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Afterwards I did some more push ups and sit ups. No max set, but the push ups went 45-55-35-30 (total=165). Sit ups were 6 sets of 25 (total=150), trying really hard to maintain a slow pace and proper form. Nice burn in the gut was had for sure!
On Monday I did some more push ups in an effort to keep that going and have decided to keep doing Week 6 of the plan. Though I didn't do the max set this time I managed 45-55-35-30 for a total of 165. Then I started some sit ups just to see how that part of my body is doing and managed 6 sets of 25. I am contemplating that 200 sit up challenge, but we'll see if that happens. Right now I'm keeping an eye on my foot in hopes that I can keep running...
Yesterday I did NOTHING! (Well, now that I think about it, I did a few sets of 25 sit ups while watching a movie, but I didn't keep track of how many. I think three. Not really worth mentioning.) Oh yeah, the weather forecast had called for a snow storm as well, but that never came. I ended up not biking as a result of that and just missed the bus after dropping Owen off. I ran for probably over a kilometre to catch that bus a few stops down the road in my boots, and it felt OK though I was concerned about the foot. It doesn't seem too bad today so I guess I dodged a bullet there.
That brings us to today. It is C-O-L-D here! -21 Celsius, or -5 Fahrenheit for our American friends. I didn't bike to work on account of the cold and the sober advice of my lovely wife, but would like to try and go for a run this evening. We'll see if that happens. While waiting for the streetcar I did see one person out running, so it's definitely possible.
An evening update:
I braved the chilly weather and made it out for my second run of the year. It was fun, even with the -13C (9F in American) and the frozen slush all over the sidewalks. I'm happy to report that my slow and steady plan was in full force as well: 5K, 33:12, for an average pace of 6:38/km. Pedestrian yes, but I was out there!
Garmin don't lie.
View Larger Map
Afterwards I did some more push ups and sit ups. No max set, but the push ups went 45-55-35-30 (total=165). Sit ups were 6 sets of 25 (total=150), trying really hard to maintain a slow pace and proper form. Nice burn in the gut was had for sure!
posted by Vava at
10:05 AM
4 Comments:
I bagged the run this morning, also. This is ridiculous! Thanks for including American degrees!
-21! Holy crap that's cold.
Winter sucks. That cold is coming our way too.
Good luck with your running this year. Hope it warms up some. That's just way too freakin' cold! Thanks for stopping by!
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