Enjoy the Journey

Nice interval workout on the TM at the aquatic center before work.

I saw this guy covered in tatoos and about 60 years old in an electric wheelchair. He must have been over 400lbs and was hooked up to oxygen through his nose. He was in the pool doing light aerobics (sans to O2). He then came into the weight room and sat in his chair doing some weight lifting with dumbells. I was so impressed with his willingness and effort to improve his obviously difficult situation. It also made me appreciate just how nice it is to be healthy and in good shape.

Nice 6 miler on TM at the end of a long day. Felt great!

My usual Monday morning out and back to BCreek.

3 Mile Tempo run on the TM at the aquatic center. Had a good conversation with Dwayne about the Ducks chances against Auburn in the national championship game. Bottom line is neither of us are too optomistic about Oregon's chances, but you never know till the game is played!

Also did 15 min cross training on the bike and rower and lifeted weights. I've been slacking off on the weights for several weeks so I went real light.

Ran on the TM at the aquatic center in the evening.

A big, heavy set woman was the only other person in the weight room. She came up to me when I was at about mile 6.5 and said "I just have to see how long you have been on that thing". She was shocked to see it had been over an hour. Think of how impressed she would have been with some of the real hardcore runners that could have been going on 3 hours or more.

Morning run out to Baker Creek and back. It was overcast and cool. The road was a little muddy but not bad. This wasn't a particularly good run. I just never really got into a comfortable rhythm. Oh well, some are good, some aren't but I still do 'em anyway!

TM at Aquatic Center

Very nice morning run with my daughter. We started at GHaven and ran around the old hood. It was cold and cloudy but no rain.

Lunch time cross training. 30 min on bike (random at level 7) and 10 min on rower. Then lifted weights.

Lately I have been experimenting with sloooow lifting. For instance on the bench I take about 10 seconds coming down and 10 seconds going up. I go to about 90% of failure and only do one set. It feels really good! As much as I enjoy running, I think when it comes to feeling deep down good after a workout weight lifting is the holy grail.