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What I Know: On The 34th Anniversary of My Birth

March 9, 2011 By in Running, Writing Tags: , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Victorian enough of a title for you?

I’d like to share 10 bits of wisdom acquired in 34 years:

The Jafro, circa 2004

10. Age is a state of mind. I’m faster than I was ten years ago, and while that won’t last forever, I’m enjoying it while I can.

9. The day you refuse to learn, to evolve, to admit I’m wrong, you might as well cart yourself off to the glue farm because at that point you’ve become a burden on the world, your family, and most important, yourself.

8. You’re never as tough, high-speed, or special as you might think you are. Records are made to fall, challenges are meant to be overcome, and nothing ever gets accomplished through the actions of just one person.

7. Dogs are far and away superior to cats.

Contemplating Destiny on the shores of the Atlantic

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PM Workout, 8 Mar 11

March 8, 2011 By in Reflections on Training Tags: , , , Leave a comment

2.5M WU/ 12 x 400 w/ 200 jog/2.5M CD with the Whitis Crew. Hammies and calves were unexpectedly sore from the AM workout; between that and not having racing flats or spikes right now, I didn’t feel very smooth. But, the splits came without too much effort: pretty much all between 79-81 (5:16-5:24 pace). 200 jogs were all < 60s…I was thinking during the workout that a year and a half ago, this would have been a pretty tough workout vs an easy workout for easing back into a training schedule. Huh.

So, why haven’t I broken 17 for 5k? Yeah, looks like it has something to do with that abnormally large melon resting atop my shoulders…time to throw on some spikes, shut down the cranium, and let it flow.

Smoked: AM Workout, 8 Mar 11

March 8, 2011 By in Reflections on Training Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

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2M warmup, followed by: 12 min of 5x Deadlift/10x Push-press w/ 95lbs; then team ladder (1 through 10 through 1) step-ups with 2x 25lb kettlebell, rest with KBs in rack position; then team ball slam ladder w/ 16lb med ball (1 through 10 through 1), rest with ball above head, arms locked; then Big Ten Ladder (10 hrough 1 through 10) of pushups/situps. That’d be a total of 50xDL/100xPP, 190 x step-ups, 190 x ball slams, 109 x pushups, 109 x situps.

Source for today’s workout is http://www.gymjones.com/schedule.php?date=20110307 and http://www.coachjayjohnson.com.

After a couple of down weeks, trying to get back into the swing of things this week. Planning on 12×400 with Whitis this afternoon…whew!

Thanks go out to my SERE troops for joining me for the pain!