Carlee's Marathon

Carlee's getting me up pretty early tomorrow. We're going to be out of the house at 6AM. Still, later than a weekday. We'll head up to Hartford, put her things away and get ready. She'll get nervous and I'll try to calm her down. Then, at 8, the gun will go off and so will she. She will weave and dart through people. She will probably play 'Run and Snipe.' It will be glorious. Her goal is a pristine 4 hours but then ultimate would be 3:40, the Boston Marathon qualifying time. She's going to do great and it'll a lot of fun watching her cross that finish line. She deserves it, with, you know, the running and the running and the running and the never ending running. Maybe I'll get a good picture of her this time.

From the Ground Up
Unhappy at Work and a Solution

Thursday

Carlee and I are headed to the Excel Center for the Marathon Expo. Should be a good time. They'll have some chiro's, maybe some ART massage people and I'm hoping some food.
For those concerned, training has been going well. Yesterday was more or less a rest day for me. Some medium weight thrusters (245) and I called it for the day.
Today was a speed day with 10x3 squats @ 225#, rest 30 seconds and then after a quick break AMRAP 15 minutes 5 Push Jerks (start set from floor), 10 Pushups, 15 Back Extensions. 8 rounds completed at the 14:30 mark.
I hope you enjoy these links.

Energy System Interaction and Relative Contribution During Maximal Exercise
Why Meat Eating is OK for the Environment

Music Sunday

Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life
AA Bondy - Vice Rag
Phoenix - 1901

Plan Ahead

Sometimes the apple rolls miles away down a hill from whence it came. My parents have it. My fiancée has it. I don’t have it. “It” is the ability/desire to prep for anything. Like the Joker, “I just do.” While to some this may seem like a great lifestyle, living all nimbly bimbly, it’s not always the case. My inability to prepare, look ahead and organize my life has greatly impacted myself and those around me.

Not preparing has gotten me into trouble a couple of times, from getting a respectable credit score, paying more for flights and in school. Two of those only affect me, which I’m ok with. That happens. I am, however, not OK with how my lack of foresight impacts those that I am associated with.

Carlee has been a champ in dealing with this but I can tell that her patience is running thin. The way that I plan holidays, wait for the last possible second to do anything and have a general “things will fall into place” attitude has put an unneeded stress on our lives.

So what I’ve decided to do is to start keeping a calendar, a notebook or something that will keep me on task. This has to be something easily accessible and memorable enough to do it everyday. I’m figuring out a system. I believe that this will greatly impact my life in the positive. I’ll be able to do things beforehand thus producing something of better quality. Carlee should be most pleased.

If you’re not already, taking this approach can really beneficial to your fitness goals. Keep records and keep goals. The gym is way less of an inconvenience if there is a goal in mind. It could be a marathon, a weight lifting meet or just to be able to do 10 pull ups consecutively. The preparedness and having certain guidelines to accomplish tasks will easily make obtaining these goals more manageable.

I feel like Johan tossed me closer to that tree.