Sunday was supposed to be a scheduled day off. Unfortunately, I took Saturday off too. I think I should have taken last Sunday off instead of going for the 5 mile hike. My body was protesting loudly by Saturday morning when it was time for my run. So I opted to give it two days of rest in a row to let some of the pain go away and try to get my wind back.
In the future, I think it’s probably useful to remember that a scheduled day off is as important to your training as the days that you are actively doing something. And to quote Lawrence Block, “Our reach exceeds our grasp” so I need to temper my ambitions with a healthy does of reality.
Looking forward to getting back into it on Monday though.
Today I got up late and go busy with work and some other things so I wasn’t able to get out for a run. So I opted to just do my cardio on the bicycle in the evening. I worked up a good sweat but it wasn’t as intense as last week’s workouts on the bike. Not sure what’s going on, it’s possible that I’m a little burned out. I’m looking forward to taking sunday off and heading out to sf for SHDH.
Cardio Day:
Bicycle Ride – (30m2s/360kcal)
Here we are 33.333333…….% of the way through this thing and I’m still managing to keep after it. Who woulda thunk eh? 
Anyways not a lot to report. I opted to take a day or two off from my ab workout, but have been continuing with the rest of the workout as scheduled.
Weight training day:
- bench press – (15×3)
- dumbbell row – (15×3)
- military press – (15×3)
- curls – (15×3)
- pullups – (.25 x 5)
It was cold in Clayton today where i did my run. I didn’t have a course marked out for 3 miles. So I just ran with the gps in and around clayton until I had my 3 miles done. There are a few walking paths within clayton that head from downtown out towards Mt. Diablo State Park. I thought about running in the park but I’m gonna take the dog for a walk up that way in a couple of hours and figured I’d run somewhere that I wasn’t intending to return to in 3 hours.
Cardio Day:
- crunches – (25×4)
- leglifts – (25×4)
- 3-mile run (36m58s/581kcal)