the pain diaries: Day 238..dEjA vU...

Friday, May 9, 2008

Day 238..dEjA vU...

Today was like "deja vu"...and NOT in a good way. I was doing the Crossfit WOD called "Cindy" (5 pullups-10 push ups-15 squats max rounds in 20 minutes). I knew the pull ups would be the only thing to keep me from doing really well...and it was. My hand was hurting but I was trying to get 10 rounds. I had completed 9 and had a minute to get to 10...and then...it happened...I ripped ANOTHER blister open just like I did a couple of weeks ago. I was so mad...not about having to walk around with a stupid looking bandage on my hand...not because J chose a workout with multiple pullups...mad because then I can't workout like I want to. Grrr! I didn't get as many rounds in as I wanted and I wish my hands would toughen up..but on the brightside...I did 47 pullups in all!!! I have the ugliest, most spastic "kip" ever, but as long as I get my chin over the bar...it's all good. J did "Cindy" after me and smoked my butt...even sick!

I wrapped up my hand and then J and I went outside. I did some overhead lunges and threw the D-ball...ran to it...threw it again..back and forth. After, J got the bright idea that he and I would go to the street and go all the way down and back...taking turns throwing the ball...running to it...throwing it again in a different way each time. I suck with a 20 lb D-ball, so my throws didn't go far, but it was really fun. After I ran at the "trail" and I was much more tired after that workout than I expected. I felt it as soon as I started to run...but I kept going anyway.

I'm so glad that I listened to my body yesterday and rested...I mean really rested. I also went to bed at 10:30, and I can tell a HUGE difference today. Today was good and painful and fun!

WARMUP
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15 SQUATS AGAINST POLE TO WORK ON FORM
500 M ROW
STRETCHING

WORKOUT
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"CINDY"
5 PULL UPS
10 PUSH UPS
15 SQUATS

MAX ROUNDS IN 20 MIN

ME=9 ROUNDS + 2 PULL UPS
J= 19 ROUNDS!!! (AND HE'S SICK!)

THAT=47 PULL UPS, 90 PUSH UPS, & 135 SQUATS FOR ME
AND...
THAT= 95 PULL UPS, 190 PUSH UPS, & 285 SQUATS FOR J

CARDIO
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40 MIN RUN (TOWN PARK TRAIL-ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 287 AND BACK)

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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