Work It, Bird!

Just another workout log. Because every day is leg day.

Date: 30 December 2017
Weight: 245^[1]
Workout: C25K W1D1

I'm considering signing up for a later incarnation of a race similar to Atacama Crossing; in March 2019 there is a 150-mile ultramarathon in New Zealand which is run (no pun intended) by the same folks who do the 4 Deserts series. It doesn't count as a qualifier for the Antarctica race, which is sort of a bummer, given that I think it would be cool to run with the penguins, but it also isn't in a desert at 10,000 feet above sea level, either. I don't want to sign up just yet, though, because if it turns out that I can't get the requisite training in and I have to bail, there's still a $600 cancellation fee. Instead, I'm going to just start running again, and in three months or so I will see how things are going. If I'm making acceptable progress such that I think I can get ready for the race in a year, then I'll sign up. If not, I'll keep training for a future desert run. I mention this because I decided that the best way to get back into running was to do it as if I were starting anew, and that's with the Couch-to-5K program. It starts off pretty mellow, but that's exactly what I think I need right now.

C25K week 1, day 1 is a 5-minute warm-up walk, followed by 8 intervals of 30-second jog/2-minute walk, then a 5-minute cool-down. I actually ended up doing 10 intervals, since the walk from my apartment to the fitness center counted as my warm-up. The running part itself wasn't bad at all; I varied the speed between 6.0mph and 8.5mph, and it seems that 7.5 - 8 is kind of the sweet spot. Slower than that and it feels awkward; faster than that isn't something I'd be able to maintain for long periods of time. Anyway, biometrics are here, and full list of exercises appears below.

1. Treadmill - (30s jog, 2m walk)x10, 6 - 8.5mph, 1.0 incline
2. Lat pulldown - 155x10, 175x10, 195x10, 215x3
3. Single-leg leg extension - 35x10(L), 35x10(R)
4. Single-leg leg curl - 35x10(L), 35x20(R)
5. Single-leg 3-position leg curl - 45x10,5,5,5(L), 45x10,5,5,5(R)
6. Shoulder press (machine) - 135x10, 135x10
7. Cable high row^[2] - 163x12, 215x10
8. Cable row - 215x7
9. DB hammer curl - 35x12
10. 45-degree agility drill, forwards and backwards

I am still sore from my workout earlier in the week, which isn't surprising given my extended layoff, so I will probably be really hurting tomorrow, but what better way to ring in the new year than to get a head start on all of this stuff and not just be another resolutionary?