cross training
One-Legged Push-Ups
No running for me at the moment (gotta love the stress fracture), so I’m reduced to doing some core exercises and a little bit of strength work courtesy of the good old Hundred Push-Ups. The left foot is still too sore and swollen to put any weight on, so my only option right now is [...]
It’s Been A While…
Oh dear — fallen behind on the blogging again, so here’s a quick catch-up on what’s been happening: Thursday (Day 11): Yesterday, on Day 10, I ran “too-fast-for-an-easy run” and predicted I’d regret it the next day. How right I was. Today was easily the toughest of the marathon training so far, but I survived…..just. [...]
Hundred Push-Ups Progress
Still making progress on the Hundred Push-Ups plan. I took a few weeks off after my last successful “hundred”, but am back following the program and hope to finish up with 125 or maybe 150 consecutive push-ups at the end of the month. Last week I did the following: W3D1: 14 18 14 14 and [...]
More Catching Up
My post-vacation week has been a busy one – hence the lack of regular blog updates. Hence, I find myself in catch-up mode again and forced to post multiple workouts. Here we go, I think I owe you at least a couple: Wednesday: I followed up my first run for a week with another supposedly [...]
Ed Lowery XC Bash
Thoroughly enjoyed the Ed Lowery XC Bash this morning at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake. It turned out to be cross country at its best, with a rain-soaked course and several muddy areas to run through. Of course, Ryan Carroll, coach of the Western Branch XC team, made light work of the course and the [...]
Monster Blog Update!
Apologies for the lack of blog posts – been quite a busy week for me. Anyway, here’s a bit of a catch-up: Friday 29th Thoroughly enjoyable four miler in my Newtons, which incidentally have already covered over 100 miles! Really great to stretch out the legs at lunch time… Splits: 7:58 7:34 7:19 7:18 (Loving [...]
