the pain diaries: Day 199...GO SPEED RACER GO!...

Monday, March 31, 2008

Day 199...GO SPEED RACER GO!...

I'm a "speedy" kinda girl. I like to go fast! I talk fast...I drive fast...and I exercise fast! So, as much as I stress over...and in some ways hate timed workouts...deep down I LOVE them! Today was a "timed" workout day. It was hard...harder than I tried to make it appear to J. It was great though. I felt SO energized when I left.

My sisters S and K, esp S, and I loved the cartoon Speed Racer when we were kids! I was borderline obsessed with being Trixie. Anyways...all I could think of as I drove off from the gym was the end of the theme song..."Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer....GO!" It was playing over and over in my head on the way home.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the gym today. These are the days that make the crappy days worth it. These are the days that keep me coming back when I don't want to. I think the "beast" inside is slowly starting to awaken! Today was great!

WARMUP
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4 MIN ELLIPTICAL
THEN:
10 PUSHUPS
10 AIR SQUATS
REPEAT FOR 3 SETS

WORKOUT
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"FRAN"
21, 15, 9
THRUSTERS (45 LB BAR)
PULLUPS (JUMPING)
TIME = 5:56 (the SAD truth-now I have something to beat!)

THEN:
5 MIN WALL BALL (12 LB MED BALL)

THEN:
5 MIN BURPEE (W/ PUSHUP)- JUMPING PULLUP COMBO

CARDIO
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RUN (OUTSIDE-5.04 MILES-CALORIES=493)

This one's for my girls - "Spritle" & "Chim Chim"...ha ha! =D
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*On a sad, sad note...I thought I had escaped the "evil stepsisters" from my old gym, Century...but to my dismay the crazy brunette troll has reappeared. I know I sound so mean and caddy, but they were so mean to me. They would stand together with a pack of hideous cardio obsessed Moms and glare at me and make comments...always making sure it was loud enough for me to hear. I should be the "bigger" person (FIGURATIVELY...PLEASE!) and ignore them...you know...the whole "sticks and stones" crap...but it always really hurt my feelings...and anyone who loves me knows that when you hurt my feelings...IT'S ON BABY! By the way, if you want to see their faces, look up "HATERS" in the encyclopedia and I'm sure they"ll be pictured. Why can't I escape them?!?! ("That's a rhetorical question, Farley!")

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..............WHY?...............

This is my training log...my "workout diary" if you will. It is mostly for ME, but if it motivates someone else, that's great too! I write everday as a way of being accountable to myself. It's a way to track my progress, correct my mistakes, and a way to look back and view my day to day struggle to continue to work towards being the best possible version of myself. Sometimes, I am tired or lonely or unmotivated. Sometimes, I am "powerful beyond measure". Sometimes it is fun...easy. Other times, it is almost unbearable. I use to have my trainers to push me...but NOW I am on my own.

QUOTES THAT INSPIRE ME TO PUSH HARDER...GO FASTER...AND TRAIN LONGER

"SOME DEFINE OBSESSION AS NEGATIVE. I SAY IT'S HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"PAIN IS TEMPORARY. IT MAY LAST A MINUTE, OR AN HOUR, OR A DAY, OR A YEAR, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL SUBSIDE AND SOMETHING ELSE TAKES IT'S PLACE. IF I QUIT HOWEVER, IT LASTS FOREVER."

-LANCE ARMSTRONG

"TO BE TRANSFORMED BY EFFORT, ONE MUST DIG DEEP...SURPASS ONE'S EXPECTATIONS OR SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS...RISK FAILURE...BLOW UP, AND 'GET THE FULL DOSE'...IT ALWAYS HURTS YOU GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN."

-MARK TWIGHT-"GYM JONES" WEBSITE

"TO GIVE ANYTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST IS TO SACRIFICE THE GIFT."

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“PUNISH YOUR BODY TO PERFECT YOUR SOUL.”

-MARK TWIGHT

“ONLY THOSE WHO WILL RISK GOING TOO FAR CAN POSSIBLY FIND OUT HOW FAR ONE CAN GO.”

-T.S. ELIOTT

"THE BENEFITS OF FITNESS ARE NOT MERELY PHYSICAL. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SERIES OF DIFFICULT, SHORT-DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY EFFORTS BUILDS SELF-ASSUREDNESS IN A WAY THAT VERY FEW OTHER ACTIVITIES CAN. TOUGH WORKOUTS THAT PUSH AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE VERY LIMIT OF HIS OR HER CAPACITIES MAY BECOME THE GATEWAY TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. AND THAT AWARENESS OFTEN LEADS TO CONFIDENCE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"WHEN A PERSON TRAINS ONCE, NOTHING HAPPENS. WHEN A PERSON FORCES HIMSELF TO DO A THING A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND TIMES, THEN HE CERTAINLY HAS DEVELOPED IN MORE WAYS THAN PHYSICAL. IS IT RAINING? THAT DOESN'T MATTER. AM I TIRED? THAT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER. THEN WILLPOWER WILL BE NO PROBLEM"

-EMIL ZATOPEK

"GIVE IT EVERYTHING AND LET THE CHIPS...OR WHATEVER...FALL WHERE THEY MAY. IT WON'T EVER GET EASIER, BUT YOU MIGHT GO FASTER, OR LAST LONGER."

-MARK TWIGHT

“A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN A RACE TO SEE WHO IS FASTEST. I RUN TO SEE WHO HAS THE MOST GUTS WHO CAN PUNISH HIMSELF INTO EXHAUSTING PACE, AND THEN AT THE END, PUNISH HIMSELF EVEN MORE. NOBODY IS GOING TO WIN A 5,000METER RACE AFTER RUNNING AN EASY 2 MILES. NOT WITH ME. IF I LOSE FORCING THE PACE ALL THE WAY, WELL, AT LEAST I CAN LIVE WITH MYSELF.“

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“SUFFERING PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE WILL AND DEVELOP GRIT… THE MIND AND BODY ADAPT TO BOTH COMFORT AND DEPRIVATION… RELISH THE CHALLENGE OF OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD CRUSH ORDINARY MEN... LEARN TO SUFFER.”

-MARK TWIGHT – excerpts from "Extreme Alpinism - Climbing Light, Fast and High"

“SOMETIMES IF YOU WANT TO BE A WINNER, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BEAR THE SCARS FROM THE FIGHT.”

-PETRA SALVAJE

'EACH OF US GIVES WHAT WE ARE ABLE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WILLING TO GIVE TO LIFE. HOW WE REACT WHEN OUR CAPACITY AND WILL FALL SHORT OF OUR EXPECTATIONS DETERMINES HOW WE VIEW OURSELVES...".

-MARK TWIGHT~"GYM JONES" website