<p>We have to be out by next Thursday but I plan to be done with the moving aspect by Friday. I then just need to clean the place which I plan to do on Sunday and then they have the place four days early which they appreciate so that they have plenty of time to do touch-up, shampoo carpets and get a health department inspection.</p>
<p>Hopefully June is a quiet month so that I can ramp up tennis.</p>
<p>All this moving! Amazing strength you are showing!!!</p>
<p>Epsom salt bath soak Sun night after big workouts…
Gentle pool 30 min workout in 75 degree water yesterday- hoping it will compress the inflammation.
Treat: 20 min at the jets in hot jacuzzi to massage my aches and pains! (followed by a dip back into the 75 degree pool for a calming effect)</p>
<p>Today: back to Pilates after long hiatus. Will focus on my NON-existent CORE!!!</p>
<p>Take care all, and watch yourselves to protect from injuries, esp with all that impressive carrying.</p>
Outside pool is open this Friaday, there is nothing else on my mind. Goodby walking, gym, rollerblading…just 1.5 hrs and I am on seven heaven for the rest of the day, nothing else is comparable, no pains, ton of gains (or maybe loosing in my case, hopefully).
I cannot do anything in over 70F, except for swimming and only if water is reasonably cool. When it gets warmer from the sun or excessive heating, time to go back to gym.
The racing shoes would have been lighter and would have been spikes or racing flats (no spikes). Lighter and faster and definitely more minimal than training shoes.
WildChild busted out a huge one Sunday in his first triathlon as an adult. He was 9th overall and 2nd in his age group despite making a wrong turn on the bike course and losing time. He had a fast swim and the best run time of the day in the entire event, including the elite entrants. He ran 34:33 for 10K AFTER swimming and biking, which is just over 5:30 pace. I still can’t believe it. I am so thrilled that he is able to compete after the injuries that resulted in missing out on college running completely. Just amazing.
<p>That’s serious speed.</p>
<p>Congratulations to WC!</p>
<p>Well, that’s my squat exercise for the day. Had a junk removal specialist (a guy with a pickup truck and a dump permit) in today to clear out some furniture. He and I picked up a leather sofa, carried it out the sliders onto the deck, down the steps and around the house into his truck. No sweat. I wouldn’t have been able to do that a year ago. A real payoff for strength training.</p>
<p>I’m not “strong”, but at least it’s nice to not be embarrassingly weak.</p>
<p>OMG, WildChild is insanely fast. I can’t even imagine!</p>
<p>Hard workout today.</p>
<p>Sprints</p>
<p>then 3 rounds of 2 minutes
kb swings
manmakers
butterfly situps
plank slides across the turf.</p>
<p>I basically “punched the clock” today. The rainy weather has ground me down into an achy, tired, slothful person for the time being.</p>
<p>Proud of myself. Yesterday I had a terrible sinus headache and basically did nothing, and meds left me feeling sluggish this morning, though the headache was gone. Tonight I did my run/walk, and ran more than usual. I discovered I can get into a rhythm if I count to 60 (not exactly seconds, but in time with my pace) while I run, then walk for a few minutes, then run again for 60 sec. </p>
<p>So I feel I’m SLOWLY improving my time. Eventually I’ll go all out and see how fast I can do a mile, but as it gets hotter, I don’t expect to be phenomenal in that regard!</p>
<p>2 miles, 8:28 pace. Took apart two bedframes and loaded them into the car. Also brought in the remaining knick-knacks. The stuff is still in the car though - I guess I’ll take them out early in the morning. Thursday is sunny so I will get the remaining three big pieces then.</p>
<p>I need to watch my weight more carefully. Up about 4 pounds since I stopped running. It’s amazing how many calories you can burn running 6 miles/day.</p>
<p>I think I’ve been overdoing it a bit – I took ibuprofen before bed last night and slept like a baby. I realize I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night, maybe every hour or so, as I changed position. And my aches and pains – all exercise-induced – have been waking me up. </p>
<p>There’s no reason to stop the exercise, but perhaps I need to add different things and extend the time between certain exercises. I have been going to the gym three days a week and doing core one day, legs another, and weights the third. I think I need to add a fourth body part to focus on so I do these exercises not once every seven days but once every nine days.</p>
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<p>Yep. That’s a good sign! Particularly after the first few weeks of working out, I really don’t like to be that kind of sore from exercising. I don’t mind being a little creaky as a I head to bed, but definitely not sore and waking up.</p>
<p>The downside of breaking up exercise days into body parts is that it is almost guaranteed to overwork that body part for that day, doing multiple exercises like that. The big advantage of doing all-around workouts that all have some legs, some upper body, and some core is that no single area gets enough to produce overuse soreness. I think it probably is the optimum approach for us geezers.</p>
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<p>The last of the world’s best gym is in the car. Stability ball in the front seat. The last two pair of DBs (35 lbs and 40 lbs). Milk crate with the med ball and Jungle Gym straps. Plastic bin with ab wheel and small weight plates. Three mesh carry bags with resistance bands and ValSlides. Airex exercise mat and cheapo rug for under the barbell. I’m leaving a workout bag and Airex pad in case I get a chance to go to Planet Fitness. I’ve still got to take down the chip up bar and the movers will take the weight bench.</p>
<p>You should get a vanity plate: wrkout</p>
<p>I went to the bookstore with D last night and happened across the NROL for Life book, so I bought it. I’m going to start working on that for tomorrow’s workout. </p>
<p>MOWC, that is an amazing time your son did!</p>
MOWC —blazing fast time -especially after a swim.
That time got me curious about calories burned based on exercise intensity so I went to the MyFitnessPal phone app and was amazed on how intensity impacts number of calories burned.
All below are based on 15 minutes exercise:
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<p>I think that running a 10 minute mile for me is about 100 calories. Burning 280 calories in 5:30 is seriously fast energy consumption. If we could all do that, nobody here would have to ever worry about weight problems.</p>
<p>The fastest that I have ever run is about 9.5 MPH (10 MPH = 6 minutes/mile) and I could only keep that up for about 90 seconds.</p>
The biggest problem is running after the BIKE! Your legs feel dead and like they won’t turn over. I used to do tris and would have to practice running after biking. It was truly awful, especially in Texas where it was about 95 degrees by the time we finished biking.
Yeah- the calories that kid burns are something else. I was glad to send him back to Phila after he was here. I couldn’t afford to keep feeding him!
MOfWC, your son is amazing. Congrats to him on such a strong performance!
I was a total slug last night. The weather was simply horrible. I decided to hop on the dreadmill instead of running outside under the pouring rain. As soon as I put my running clothes on, the power went out (the rain and wind probably had sonething to do with it)! OK, that called for Plan B - Mr. B and I took a long nap. 
Woke up an hour later, and it was such a challenge to get my lazy butt out of the cozy, warm bed, but I did it. 3.5 miles.
<p>Completed week 4 workout 1. Very pleased. Wasn’t sure how this one would go. At the end I noticed I did feel the need to walk to cool down, which isn’t something I really felt at the end of the other workouts.</p>