Great run. It felt amazing. My legs were still a bit sore from the leg workout on Thursday, but still not that bad. I think I found the right place for the heart rate monitor. Although now I really doubt I hit 201 bpm. If I did I am sure I would have passed out. Now for a day of floating around in the redneck pool.
Great workouts and running. I am totally jealous of the marathon training. The Portland marathon is in Oct and I should be starting the training but I realize that the marathon would conflict with my other goals so.... (sigh...) I so want to do it all....
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It looks like marathon training is going really well! How are you holding up with the heat down there?
I always laugh when you call workouts that are full of red "lackluster". You're so hard on yourself! (So am I, I totally get it.)
Hope you had a great holiday too!
Marty,
So far so good. I have not hit over my max miles yet so it seems pretty easy. Weather is actually holding up ok. I normally run early in the am so its not so bad. The humidity is starting to get miserable.
Yeah I can be hard on myself. Perfectionist Unite!!
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Great workouts and running. I am totally jealous of the marathon training. The Portland marathon is in Oct and I should be starting the training but I realize that the marathon would conflict with my other goals so.... (sigh...) I so want to do it all....
Thanks Karla.
So far the MT is easy. When I start hitting the 15-20 mile runs I may think otherwise. I am really having a hard time deciding what to do next as far as lifting. I have 3 weeks left of Hyp 3 and then suppose to do Strength 3. Problem is I don't want to bulk during this time, so I may need to switch to one of the Fat Loss workouts until after the marathon and then start back on the Strength workouts.
Hyp 3 Workout 7A 6x4 with 120 sec rest
Barbell Bent Over Row
6x4 at 165 lbs (same)
Incline Bench Press
6x4 at 125 lbs (+5 lbs)
Mixed Grip Pull up
6x4 at 35 lbs (+5 lbs)
Dumbbell Push Press
6x4 at 40 lbs
Dips
6x4 at bw
Dumbbell Clean
6x4 at 50 lbs (same)
Swiss Ball Crunch feet on bosu ball
3x20 at 70 lbs (+5 reps)
Overall a great workout. I did exactly what I thought I should do. I did not want to push the BOR or the Push Presses, so I stayed conservative. I can go up next time on the BOR. Stayed the same on the cleans for the same reason and to focus on form.
Tempo Run 3 miles in 25:22 (8:28 pace) Beat last week by 22 seconds!!!
Splits
8:46
8:27
8:08
AVG Hr = 165 Max HR = 186
I really did not think this was going to go very well. At 5am it is already 75 with a ton of humidity. I walked outside and almost choked on it. Once my legs got going I felt great. Even though the HR was up I did not feel so winded. Now I am a puddle of sweat. I hate humidity!!
Once again it was horribly humid again today, but today was even hotter out. This all at 4:45 am. Temp was probably close to 80. Oh well got my mid long run in and felt good doing it. my hr was higher then I would like, but I think its the weather causing it.
Goblet Squats 1x10 at 45 lbs
Back Squats 1x10 at 135 lbs
Hyp 3 Workout 7B 5x8 with 90 sec rest
Heel Raised 1 and 1/4 Style Squats
5x8 at 175 lbs (+10 lbs)
Romanian Split Deadlifts
5x8 at 135 lbs (+10 lbs)
Split Good Mornings
5x8 at 125 lbs (+10 lbs)
Wood Chops
3x15 at 50 lbs same
I was not intending to up the weights by 10 pounds on each exercises, but I was too lazy to find the correct weights so I went for it. It was really not that, I could have gone higher on the deadlifts for sure. I weighed in after the workout and I am down to 169.5. So down 3 pounds. Not bad, I don't think it will last though as Friday night I am having a guys night at the house and am making Indian food. Some Chicken Tika Masala, Naan, and vegetable samosas. I may through in some spinach dish or some chick peas. Either way its going to be a fun night. At least the weight is slowly coming off and not like usual when I cut calories it comes off 5 pounds at a time.
Some time during my run I ran through a bunch of nats. I guess they liked me because the followed me in my house and now I am fighting these little bastards. GOT ONE. Upper body workout later today.
Mixed Grip Chin Up
4x12 at -16lbs (same)
Barbell Push Press
4x12 at 50 lbs (-20 lbs)
Dips
4x12 at BW
Dumbbell Cleans
4x12 at 40 lbs (+5 lbs)
Swiss Ball Crunches feet on bosu ball
3x20 at 70 lbs (same)
This was the best workout to date of Hyp 3 upper body day. I felt stronger then I have in the past. My shoulder felt ok. I tried 30 lbs dumbbells on the push press and it, so I switched to the preloaded 50 lbs barbell. I could have done 10 more pounds. I hope this is the sign of good things to come with the shoulder.
WOW! You are still squeezing those PRs in there. I swear I don't know how you are doing this while training for a marathon too. You must be eating mega calories.
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Glad to hear that your shoulder is on the mend. Nice job.
Thanks, I hope it stays this way.
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WOW! You are still squeezing those PRs in there. I swear I don't know how you are doing this while training for a marathon too. You must be eating mega calories.
Actually I am cutting calories now to drop some weight before the marathon. I have been trying to eat more protein right before lifting and I think that is helping keeping my strength up before lifting.
Great workout! Glad the shoulder is cooperating. Mine has been, too. It's such a relief to be able to do some of the things I haven't been able to but I'm being cautious like you are.
10.07 miles in 1:37:18 (9:42 pace) Avg HR = 155, Max HR = 177
Splits
Elevation
Heart Rate
Another great long run. I guess Indian food can be a good carb loading meal! Had a great time last night. My legs were tired at the end, but still a good run. I hope soon that 10 miles will become easier. Came home and jumped in the pool and cooled off. I am afraid if it is still this warm out when I do my 20 mile run, I will have to get up at like 3am to run it.
It was amazing!! It takes sometime to make and I did not have a few of the ingredients, but still amazing flavors. I could eat Indian food everyday of the week. I also made some curried chick peas with it.
I hope you don't have to get up at 3am. I got lucky that day and it wasn't too hot. Can you imagine doing 20 miles inside on a treadmill?? LOL
Anymore I can't imagine doing 2 miles on a treadmill. Its been now 5 weeks since I have run on the treadmill. I would rather get up early. I find running at sunrise so peaceful.
Hmmmm.... Eating more protein doesn't seem to help me too much in the gym. I am just not able to pull out the PRs like I did when I was eating. I hate cutting and can't wait to get it over with. That said, my run times are improving....
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Hmmmm.... Eating more protein doesn't seem to help me too much in the gym. I am just not able to pull out the PRs like I did when I was eating. I hate cutting and can't wait to get it over with. That said, my run times are improving....
Well my cut is not going very well. I can't loose any weight! I do for a day or two. Then I get the munchies from hell and eat like a fool. I really think its just that my body is telling me that I can't lift like this and cut. Then again maybe I love beer and ice cream too much.
Either way I only have 3 more weeks to go on Hyp 3.I will probably start one of the fat loss programs instead of doing Strength 3. I really want to get down to 165 or so before the marathon.
(So am I, I totally get it.) 
I hate cutting and can't wait to get it over with. That said, my run times are improving.... 
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