<p>We had a little break from the heat this morning with 71 degrees and lower humidity before sunrise. It was actually pleasant and pretty close to my ideal training temp. I was still tired (legs) from the Sunday biking and the 7.6 miles wasn’t easy, but it’s done. I did rescue a turtle from the street and put him back in the grass. I feel like I am the animal rescuer lately. I put this on facebook, but don’t think I posted it here. On Saturday morning before 6:30am I was about 1.75 miles into my 10 mile run when I came across a medium size (low end of medium size) dog in the street. He had tags but no address or name. It was residential with very light traffic, but still… I looked at his tags, and then he ran up to a doorway. I rang the bell and got no answer. I tried the door and it was unlocked, so I let him in! I HOPE it was his house or someone got quite a surprise. I suspect someone let him out and forgot about him or went back to sleep.<br>
I’ll never know! My running friends thought this was hilarious, but I didn’t want him out in the street!</p>
<p>MOfWC, I think you did the right thing! Even if it was the wrong house, these people who do not lock their doors have learned a lesson! :)</p>
<p>“the running lady that returns lost dogs and turtles”</p>
<p>We got your hot weather up here. Thunderstorms might cancel my tennis game later this afternoon. Not sure if we can play indoors.</p>
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<p>I’m gonna have to try these next time. Do you do the “Crossfit” version? Push up > row with one hand > pushup > row with other hand > squat position > clean > push press…</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ll be able to do very many non-stop.</p>
<p>Push up> row with one side>row with the other side> squat>clean> push press</p>
<p>Didn’t even know that there was a version that had ANOTHER push up thrown in :eek:</p>
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<p>Um, yeah, it’s been known to be done…</p>
<p>Workout today consisted of TRX Lunges and DB Bench Press</p>
<p>10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1</p>
<p>And then 15 minutes on the stationary bike.</p>
<p>2 hours of tennis with the new racquet that arrived from Paris yesterday.</p>
<p>It wasn’t what I expected - it was very heavy (13 ounces) and loaded with lead tape. It plays very, very soft. In tennis parlance, it hit like a noodle. Very, very little power but it could put the ball where you wanted it to go. I had to work twice as hard with this frame compared to my current frame. Why am I trying out a noodle? Because it is easier on the arm.</p>
<p>Got an considerable workout as I had to work a lot harder to win points. Lost two sets and won one. The nice thing was that temps were only in the upper 70s and humidity was low.</p>
<p>Lots of work to do tonight and the rest of the week so I’ll have to squeeze in efficient workouts which probably means more running and less tennis. I also need to spend an hour doing mods to my current frame now that I have a better idea as to what I want.</p>
<p>We finally figured out what to do with all of the beans - make chili! My wife buys meat (round steak I think), grinds it and makes chili tossing in the beans of the week and everyone eats it. I suggested just buying ground beef but she has something against it - if she wants to grind up steak, that’s fine with me. I still do like beans (any beans) with soy chorizo but we often don’t have any around. There’s a big glass container of beans still left in the fridge (not the beans in the chili) and I suspect that I will make a trip to Trader Joes to get some chorizo for the remaining beans.</p>
<p>Your wife is smart to make her own ground beef. You really do not want to know what goes into that pre-packaged ground beef.</p>
<p>Yeah. I grind my own beef sometimes. For chili, Paul Prudhomme taught me to just dice the meat into small chunks. Works great. It largely disintegrates as it cooks, anyway.</p>
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<p>So, I did my little 5K walk/jog over to the park, timing it to watch the 10 mile road racers pass the 7 mile mark. I was standing near a water table and the three people tending it were swamped so I spent the entire time filling water cups on the table and really only saw the lead pack and the stragglers.</p>
<p>The lead pack, especially the women, need to eat something. The stragglers need to cut back their running mileage and let those injuries heal. Hard to watch 'em limping along.</p>
<p>I don’t think they had a ringer from NYC in this year’s race. The lead guys didn’t look as fast as the guy who ran a 4:56 pace last year.</p>
<p>A couple of my online running friends ran Yankee Homecoming tonight! I don’t know how they did yet.</p>
<p>They dodged a bullet on weather. Big nasty thunderstorms in the area, but missed us. It was pretty hot and humid though. 88 degrees when I left the house.</p>
<p>And speaking of fast, I cranked out a blistering 9:22 interval today (downhill). I also walked up one hill with a pack of about 20 wild turkeys. They didn’t seem to mind my dayglo yellow $9.99 Marshalls New Balance tech shirt which I wore for coming home at dusk. I don’t know what NB does, but I’ve never had a brand new shirt that smelled that bad. Just an overpowering “factory” smell. Be glad to send that one through a wash cycle.</p>
<p>We went to the high-school to hit but it was pouring buckets there. We went to other courts nearby and they were dry. It was though it was just raining on the high-school. For some reason, the temperature dropped about 10 degrees before we went to hit.</p>
<p>All of the shirts that I’ve purchased have this stuff in them. I hand wash them the first time and it comes out in the sink as a reddish-pink color. I assume that it’s a disinfectant or something to prevent mold and mildew. I’ve never noticed any associated odor. I have several articles of clothing from New Balance and never noticed any odd odors but I bought my stuff from the factory outlet.</p>
<p>Yeah, I mean sometimes you get just a slight whiff of new clothes factory smell, but this was nasty. Almost smelled like a tire store or something. I’m sure it will be fine after a wash. I like having a couple of the neon yellow shirts for wearing at dusk. They really do make you more visible. I wasn’t sure I’d get home before dark tonight. I also carried a little rain jacket because it was the kind of night where you could get drenched by an isolated thunderstorm.</p>
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<p>Warm Up
2 rounds
1 lap
20 box step ups
20 push ups
20 ab mat sit ups</p>
<p>3 rounds of 21, 15 then 9 reps</p>
<p>“Taters” with 25# kb
push ups
ab mat sit ups</p>
<p>1 minute rest, then 3 rounds</p>
<p>10 clean press 20# dbs
350 m row
10 box pull ups</p>
<p>I thought this morning might be the day…the day that I just couldn’t do it. I got outside- it was hot, my legs are tired… I started out and decided to just try a mile. Made it through the 4 scheduled miles. It got better as I went along. I had a meeting outside the office at noon and my car was parked outside while I was in the meeting (have covered parking at work, thank God). My car thermometer read 114 outside temp when I got in the car. It quickly dropped to 110 (I got a picture of that for facebook) and then to a mild 102 for my drive back to the office. Not comfortable. 2 miles after work will be done inside/dreadmill.</p>
<p>Some unreal temps there. We have covered parking but it is limited so you have to get in by a certain time to get one or else come in around lunchtime. I don’t like to leave my car exposed the sun above 75 degrees. Can’t imagine triple-digit temps.</p>
<p>It’s a very nice 79 degrees and breezy up here.</p>
<p>MOWC - you are a rock star! Talk about self-discipline!</p>