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[gooch]

just got back to teaching classes yesterday, will force me to do some more cardio and work off the shit load of beer i've been drinkingfeeling it a bit today, more so in the joints than the muscles

[dapokerbum]

Finally felt good enough to try a 5K. Finished it in 35:22, not really as good as I wanted but it's a start. At least I pushed on and made myself do it. I am hoping to be able to keep this as my minimum run and branch out to longer runs. My legs are starting to feel better, so hopefully that is a good sign.

[Dratj]

dapokerbum, on Monday, November 2nd, 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

Finally felt good enough to try a 5K. Finished it in 35:22, not really as good as I wanted but it's a start. At least I pushed on and made myself do it. I am hoping to be able to keep this as my minimum run and branch out to longer runs. My legs are starting to feel better, so hopefully that is a good sign.

glad to see people are still running and working out. I haven't gone to the gym since sat. time to go tonite.

[dapokerbum]

I don't like this whole timing thing ... I am finding out how slow I really run!! Did 2.5 miles last night in 31:13. Part of this was a hill and I had to walk some of it, but I think my lungs are getting a little bit better. I feel good about the running, I just hope that the time starts to improve as well as the distance. I really want to be able to just get out and run 8 - 10 miles without batting an eye ... however i know that is going to take some time to get to that point!

[gooch]

there are 9 girls in my jiu jitsu class nowthank you lululemon

[Dratj]

gooch, on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 11:02 PM, said:

there are 9 girls in my jiu jitsu class nowthank you lululemon

lol. i tried on some lululemon pants (for men), thinking about getting a couple of pairs. they are pretty comfortable. did some bench today, tricep pulldowns, ran 1 mile.10 reps for bench at 225. the first time i could do that many. milestone!

[gooch]

Dratj, on Thursday, November 5th, 2009, 7:22 AM, said:

lol. i tried on some lululemon pants (for men), thinking about getting a couple of pairs. they are pretty comfortable. did some bench today, tricep pulldowns, ran 1 mile.10 reps for bench at 225. the first time i could do that many. milestone!

you better throw in a set of dead lifts, chop down a couple trees, brand some cows and bale some hay after trying on those pantswith privates i'm now rolling 4 times a week and getting in a good couple hours of calisthenics and stretching on top, should be back in shape in a month

[dapokerbum]

Had a better run yesterday. Did the same 2.5 miles from tuesday but finished in 27:04. My legs and lungs actually felt really good. I am planning on doing a small run tomorrow and then on Sunday try to do 5 or so miles of trail running to see how it goes. There are some good hills and such where I am going so it should be a fun test, I won't really care if I have to walk some or not, just want to get out there and see what I can do.

[Dratj]

gooch, on Thursday, November 5th, 2009, 2:46 PM, said:

you better throw in a set of dead lifts, chop down a couple trees, brand some cows and bale some hay after trying on those pantswith privates i'm now rolling 4 times a week and getting in a good couple hours of calisthenics and stretching on top, should be back in shape in a month

lololololololwhat does "with privates" mean?

dapokerbum, on Friday, November 6th, 2009, 9:28 AM, said:

Had a better run yesterday. Did the same 2.5 miles from tuesday but finished in 27:04. My legs and lungs actually felt really good. I am planning on doing a small run tomorrow and then on Sunday try to do 5 or so miles of trail running to see how it goes. There are some good hills and such where I am going so it should be a fun test, I won't really care if I have to walk some or not, just want to get out there and see what I can do.

awesome!!!!I worked on my back and just blasted my biceps this morning. good workout.

[gooch]

Dratj, on Friday, November 6th, 2009, 12:48 PM, said:

lololololololwhat does "with privates" mean?

"including privates" i do private jiu jitsu lessons with a couple peoplebroke my hand on some douchebags face the other night, put a little windex on it to try and take down the swelling but not looking that good right now, gonna try and walk it off

[Dratj]

gooch, on Friday, November 6th, 2009, 11:10 PM, said:

"including privates" i do private jiu jitsu lessons with a couple peoplebroke my hand on some douchebags face the other night, put a little windex on it to try and take down the swelling but not looking that good right now, gonna try and walk it off

ah, i c. damn, sorry to hear you broke your hand. the other guys face must be in bad shape though

[gooch]

Dratj, on Saturday, November 7th, 2009, 6:49 AM, said:

ah, i c. damn, sorry to hear you broke your hand. the other guys face must be in bad shape though

appears to just be more soft tissue damage than a fracture so should be good in a week, other guy was ugly to start with so no problem

[troyomac]

Went to the gym today for the first time in 2 weeks. The day after my last workout I got pretty sick, I think with swine flu. I started feeling better gradually last week, and felt really good today, so I went. Things went great until about half an hour in, I did 6 reps of bench press, then all of a sudden I couldn't do the 7th. We tried lowering the weights until it was cut in half and I could only do a couple more reps. I started to feel nautious and incredibly weak, and my trainer said I went pale, so I quit and came home, and feel kind of crappy right now.

[dapokerbum]

Saturday I went to get some new running shoes. I wanted to get properly fitted and make sure that I had the best shoes for street running which is what I am doing 90% of the time. So got all fitted and ended up picking a new pair of Adidas. My old shoes are Asics and I love them, however for the proper fitted street shoes the Adidas were $30 cheaper than the Asics so I went with them to test them out. So I got home and did a quick 2 mile run, nothing too extravagant as I was planning a big run for sunday.Sunday comes along and I went off with a couple of friends to do some trail running. My other friends are much more experienced runners, but I went into the run knowing they were going to kick my ass. So we did a mile warm up and then headed up a very painful hill. The elevation change was 850 feet in around 1/2 - 3/4 of a mile. That basically killed me, but I made it up through running just a little of the begininning, then jogging, then walking, then stopping and walking some more. However, both my friends didn't even make it the whole way without stopping so that made me feel a little better. Anyway after we reached the top, we did another mile on top of thie ridge that went up and down. After we got to the main peak we were trying to get to, I told them I was done running and that I would just hike the rest of the way down. I ended up running / Jogging / Walking 3 miles and then hiked three miles back. so all in all a good day, but my legs were super sore last night, but that is a good thing. I can't wait till the day that I can actually make it up a hill like that with some gas left in the tank ... but that is what training is all about.

[Dratj]

gooch, on Saturday, November 7th, 2009, 10:41 AM, said:

appears to just be more soft tissue damage than a fracture so should be good in a week, other guy was ugly to start with so no problem

next time just put him in a submission and save your hands.

troyomac, on Monday, November 9th, 2009, 11:31 AM, said:

Went to the gym today for the first time in 2 weeks. The day after my last workout I got pretty sick, I think with swine flu. I started feeling better gradually last week, and felt really good today, so I went. Things went great until about half an hour in, I did 6 reps of bench press, then all of a sudden I couldn't do the 7th. We tried lowering the weights until it was cut in half and I could only do a couple more reps. I started to feel nautious and incredibly weak, and my trainer said I went pale, so I quit and came home, and feel kind of crappy right now.

damn, hope you feel better soon. don't push yourself if you have swine flu.

dapokerbum, on Monday, November 9th, 2009, 2:56 PM, said:

Saturday I went to get some new running shoes. I wanted to get properly fitted and make sure that I had the best shoes for street running which is what I am doing 90% of the time. So got all fitted and ended up picking a new pair of Adidas. My old shoes are Asics and I love them, however for the proper fitted street shoes the Adidas were $30 cheaper than the Asics so I went with them to test them out. So I got home and did a quick 2 mile run, nothing too extravagant as I was planning a big run for sunday.Sunday comes along and I went off with a couple of friends to do some trail running. My other friends are much more experienced runners, but I went into the run knowing they were going to kick my ass. So we did a mile warm up and then headed up a very painful hill. The elevation change was 850 feet in around 1/2 - 3/4 of a mile. That basically killed me, but I made it up through running just a little of the begininning, then jogging, then walking, then stopping and walking some more. However, both my friends didn't even make it the whole way without stopping so that made me feel a little better. Anyway after we reached the top, we did another mile on top of thie ridge that went up and down. After we got to the main peak we were trying to get to, I told them I was done running and that I would just hike the rest of the way down. I ended up running / Jogging / Walking 3 miles and then hiked three miles back. so all in all a good day, but my legs were super sore last night, but that is a good thing. I can't wait till the day that I can actually make it up a hill like that with some gas left in the tank ... but that is what training is all about.

yep, keep training, it's mostly about the journy.

[dapokerbum]

Thanks for the kind words Dratj. Went out yesterday and ran my second 5K since I started training again. Finished in 34:22, but to be fair I was trying some interval sprint training along the way. The first two miles were sort of brutish, but I was going between a fast pace and then a slower pace. I was picking spots in the road that I would pick up the pace towards and then slow down until I got my breath back. The last mile was very good and I kept it at a very nice even pace.Hey Randy, what happened to you? You still training or did you go to full recovery mode after your race?

[Dratj]

dapokerbum, on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009, 9:41 AM, said:

Thanks for the kind words Dratj. Went out yesterday and ran my second 5K since I started training again. Finished in 34:22, but to be fair I was trying some interval sprint training along the way. The first two miles were sort of brutish, but I was going between a fast pace and then a slower pace. I was picking spots in the road that I would pick up the pace towards and then slow down until I got my breath back. The last mile was very good and I kept it at a very nice even pace.Hey Randy, what happened to you? You still training or did you go to full recovery mode after your race?

anytime I ran 5k this morning on the treadmill. Benched 240 for the first time for six reps, twice!! Booyah!

[dapokerbum]

Ran a nice 2.5 miles last night. Fininshed in 26:12 which is a minute better than the last time. i am feeling way better during the run and I only had one part after a hill that i was huffing and puffing. Hopefully this weekend we will be going back to try that crazy hill again and hopefully i'll do a little better!!

[dapokerbum]

Did another 5K yesterday. It was the best one yet. Felt really good the whole way, not sure if I had enough gas to make it another mile, but it was good. Finished in 33:12

[Randy Reed]

dapokerbum, on Monday, November 9th, 2009, 3:56 PM, said:

Saturday I went to get some new running shoes. I wanted to get properly fitted and make sure that I had the best shoes for street running which is what I am doing 90% of the time. So got all fitted and ended up picking a new pair of Adidas. My old shoes are Asics and I love them, however for the proper fitted street shoes the Adidas were $30 cheaper than the Asics so I went with them to test them out. So I got home and did a quick 2 mile run, nothing too extravagant as I was planning a big run for sunday.Sunday comes along and I went off with a couple of friends to do some trail running. My other friends are much more experienced runners, but I went into the run knowing they were going to kick my ass. So we did a mile warm up and then headed up a very painful hill. The elevation change was 850 feet in around 1/2 - 3/4 of a mile. That basically killed me, but I made it up through running just a little of the begininning, then jogging, then walking, then stopping and walking some more. However, both my friends didn't even make it the whole way without stopping so that made me feel a little better. Anyway after we reached the top, we did another mile on top of thie ridge that went up and down. After we got to the main peak we were trying to get to, I told them I was done running and that I would just hike the rest of the way down. I ended up running / Jogging / Walking 3 miles and then hiked three miles back. so all in all a good day, but my legs were super sore last night, but that is a good thing. I can't wait till the day that I can actually make it up a hill like that with some gas left in the tank ... but that is what training is all about.

dapokerbum, on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009, 10:41 AM, said:

Thanks for the kind words Dratj. Went out yesterday and ran my second 5K since I started training again. Finished in 34:22, but to be fair I was trying some interval sprint training along the way. The first two miles were sort of brutish, but I was going between a fast pace and then a slower pace. I was picking spots in the road that I would pick up the pace towards and then slow down until I got my breath back. The last mile was very good and I kept it at a very nice even pace.Hey Randy, what happened to you? You still training or did you go to full recovery mode after your race?

Still here. I had done some trail running right before my race and then did some damage overdoing it during the race. I took about 5 days off and was still having some issues. I had been reading for a while aboutbarefoot/minimalist running and finally decided to make the transition. I was a forefoot runner in the first place so I didn't think the transistion would be that big but it is little more difficult than I thought(or hoped).It hits some different muscles, mainly the lower calf. Oh, I bought some Vibram Five Finger Treks since it's too cold to go barefoot. I was always twisting my right ankle which was sprained really bad about 10 years agoand started flaring up when I ran. I was having a ton of other muscle and foot issues overpronating, etc. I started off with just a mile in the VFF's and have been gradually working into gtting used to them with an occasional5 miles run in the shoes to keep up the cardio. The most I've done in the VFF's is 2 miles but i'm really trying to push it as I would like to run the 8K in them on Thanksgiving. They are so different than shoes it isn't funny. Youfeel so much lighter once you get a little used to it.I've been doing upper body and some lower body mixed in as well to keep that going. I also have been doing some core exercises on the bosu and running exercies using a metronome like running in place. I am light years awayfrom where I want to be but tons ahead of where I started. On the bright side running in the VFF's has cured all my ankle/leg issues while running. I'm really looking forward to hitting the trails this Sunday in the Treks as well. The only down side of things is that i've let the diet slip recently and this morning I noticed I gained 2 lbs over the last week so I'm back to the grind on that as well.