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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Weight Training

The problem with not blogging when a thought or idea hits is that by the end of the day, it's completely gone. The workout was good today, it was supposed to be Friday's, but I didn't want to ruin my legs for my "big" weekend. 20 miles on Saturday, and a 10k race on Sunday.

Warmup, w/45lb barbell, 3 sets of 5
Overhead Barbell Squats
Barbell Squats
Good Mornings
Alternating Lunges
Deadlift
Romanian Deadlift

Workout
Leg Press, 3x25x180lbs
Lunges, 3x25x(2x20)
Barbell Military Press, 3x25x45lbs
Front Raises, 2x25x8lbs

33:12, 203 calories burned

Tomorrow morning is 8 tempo miles. In the evening, I'm going to try to make it over to Fleet Feet in Roseville by 5pm, when they're going to have a group run with none other than Dick Beardsley. Dick is famous for having a shootout at the end of the Boston Marathon in 1982 with Alberto Salazar, fighting for first place. While he didn't win (Salazar did, with a course and world record time of 2:08), he's certainly one of the people in running that I'd love to meet. The run's supposed to be 3 to 5 miles in length, which won't be too bad. I just hope I can get there in time! Maybe I'll be able to duck out of work a few minutes early.

From Twitter 04-06-2010



  • 03:02:49: New post on my blog: From Twitter 04-05-2010: 03:02:24: New post on my blog: From Twitter 04-04-2010: 03:02:19: Ne... http://bit.ly/aCfynO
  • 05:56:57: Wt: 172.6, RHR: 52, BF: 17.3% #myhealthstats #fb
  • 06:40:57: I'm at Arco AM/PM (886 Colusa Ave., Yuba City). http://4sq.com/4GQc56
  • 08:23:25: I hate when my boss is clueless to how people work. Yes, when you downgrade someone's monitor from 1600x900 to 1280x900, they need to adjust
  • 08:23:58: Also, I know it doesn't seem this way, but when you DOWNGRADE someone as oppose to UPGRADE...
  • 08:24:18: It makes them feel inferior to the person you're giving their better monitors to. Seriously.
  • 13:02:22: #LOST!!! @thewaterbird
  • 16:34:41: Intervals 5x(2 min fast/2 min slow): 8:01, 7:36, 7:49, 7:45, 7:58/mi, 5 mi total in 48:34, 9:37/mi ave, 543 kcal - http://bit.ly/bmOUpf
  • 16:38:07: MapMyRun.com: Updated 2010/04/06 . 543 (kcal). 5.04 mi.. 00:48:34
  • 16:45:47: Ran 5.04 miles in 48 mins and felt great. Lately things have been really busy at work. It's one of those things whe... http://bit.ly/aFkwu8
  • 17:34:52: I'm at Bradshaw Shell (3591 Bradshaw Rd., Sacramento). http://4sq.com/5xcgQc
  • 23:10:12: New post on my blog: Intervals - 5x(2 min fast/2 min slow): Lately things have been really busy at work. It's one ... http://bit.ly/b2woaz


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