<p>idad, you want to come wax my truck? It needs a lot of work 
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<p>I laid around most of the day, but did go get my workout in. Started month #2 of Show&Go. SUMO Deadlifts and Reverse Lunges in a Front Squat position set up the new workout… WOW!</p>
<p>He’s working on becoming the Karate Dad.</p>
<p>Ragnar- I know lots of people who have done them and had a blast. 2 days with sweaty, smelly runners in a van without sleeping doesn’t appeal to me, though. I need my creature comforts!</p>
<p>You mean the Crazy Karate Home Workout on YouTube? I thought Bromfield was the one doing some of the Mike Chang workouts.</p>
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<p>Those 200 mile relays look crazy.</p>
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<p>No thanks! Around here, you can’t even hit the car with spot detailer in the winter. Too darn cold. So, all it gets is the drive thru car wash to spray a little salt off. It’s ready for a coat of wax by spring. But, one car is enough! Weather was perfect for it. Not too hot, but no rain in the forecast.</p>
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<p>This is their [2</a> in 1 cleaner/water bead treatment](<a href=“Find My Wiper Blades and Water Repellent Products - Rain-X”>Find My Wiper Blades and Water Repellent Products - Rain-X). Just use it like Windex to clean the windows with a couple of soft cloths. Seems to work pretty well.</p>
<p>The free marathon relay looks like it would be doable and as long as you can come up with enough people to cover 26 miles, pretty flexible. I think you can choose how many runners and how to divvy it up. It’s mostly flat and not too far away. I’d like to do it!</p>
<p>^^^Sounds like that could be fun! Start rounding up your runner friends!</p>
<p>2.55 miles outside yesterday. I have a few more chores to do around the house with my wife gone which is eating up a bit more of my time and I wound up working for a bunch of hours yesterday so I only had an abbreviated run. I did get to do a little more exploring as there was less traffic.</p>
<p>An energetic stretch/strength/core this morning first thing when I woke up. Good sleep will do that for a person!</p>
<p>I think it’d be a lot of fun to do a relay. I’ve never, however, so much as seen a marathon or marathon relay in person. If any of you locals is a great organizer and wants to put together a team for something like this or turns out to need a spare person, let me know! I, of course, could only cover so many miles, but hey, it’s something! Pretty impressive they manage to offer up this marathon and relay for free. An opportunity in the making. Maybe I’ll be brave enough on down the line one of these days.</p>
<p>3.02 mile run on the treadmill; 34 minutes. Walk 5, jog 5, walk 3, jog 8, walk 3, jog 5, walk 5. 4 miles of walking with sabadog. I hate Mondays.</p>
<p>Had a nice walk with S who is home from college. Not strenuous but fun and at least we did a few extras such as run up and down hills (off the path). He is pretty quiet so taking a walk with him is a chance to catch up on life. :)</p>
<p>That sounds great, mommusic. Did you beat him up and down the hills? :)</p>
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<p>Back to the basement for my Monday workout today. Second time around with Strength Workout #2 of Drop Two Sizes. These are terrific workouts. </p>
<p>The second core exercise in this one sets my abs on fire by the time I’ve done 10 on each leg.</p>
<p>[Alternating</a> Leg Lowering Exercise - YouTube](<a href=“Alternating Leg Lowering Exercise - YouTube”>Alternating Leg Lowering Exercise - YouTube)</p>
<p>Combo move was reverse lunges with cable pulley row:</p>
<p>[Reverse</a> Lunge and row single arm-FUEL FITNESS - YouTube](<a href=“Reverse Lunge and row single arm-FUEL FITNESS - YouTube”>Reverse Lunge and row single arm-FUEL FITNESS - YouTube)</p>
<p>Strength exercises were 15 rep sets of:</p>
<p>Romanian Dead lift (trap bar)
Slow push ups</p>
<p>DB step ups to a 16 inch weight bench
Cable pulley lat pulldown</p>
<p>Saw a max heart rate of 92% on the DB step ups.</p>
<p>The “finisher” was four rounds of 20:20s – TRX mountain climbers. And, yes, I finished in a heap on the floor with my head on the sweat towel.</p>
<p>Haha idad–he is 6’1" and I can’t compete with his long legs. But I do pretty well for an old Mom! (and Grandma).</p>
<p>Just being able to do hill sprints with a kid home from college is a win in my book!</p>
<p>Walked today (4 miles). Took the day off Sunday. Have an appointment at the new gym tomorrow. </p>
<p>Good job on your races Deb T and MOWC. MOWC–I can relate to the misery of running in the rain–while not running, during the one Avon 3-day walk that I did (it was 2002 or 2003–don’t remember exactly) it started snowing (yes–it was May in MA and it snowed). Horrible–wet, nasty snow. It was not fun and it took a lot not to bale. Congrats to you on staying the course.</p>
<p>Abasket gets credit for the big race yesterday. I’ve just been Miss Posty.</p>
<p>Went to my high school reunion this weekend. Took a short hike, and did the zip wire (which involved a terrifying trip to the platform on the tree by tightrope wire. There were very wiggly wires for the hands, and just one for the feet.) It’s a big campus so a fair amount of walking, but I’m sure the eating more than made up for it. I believe I was the oldest person to do it that day. :)</p>
<p>Even though I’m scared of heights I’ve always wanted to try a zip line - one of moderate height perhaps!</p>
<p>7.5 miles, stretching video, upper abs and obliques. It was a very long day and I have to get up early in the morning for another long day. Life gets easier in one month.</p>