Wednesday, July 20, 2011

6 Mile Run (and then some...)

7/18
Afternoon
6 mile run - Centennial Trail @ Riverside State Park -> Stone St (80F)
Completed in 59:58:58

I haven't gone out to just run for the better part of 6 months. I signed up for the Dirty Dash on Aug 20th, which is similar to the Warrior Dash with a distance of 10k. Figured I better find out if my hinky feet would hold up for that long.

I've done a lot of ultimate frisbee since November. I wasn't sure how frisbee would translate to a long-distance (for me) run, but it seems to have translated pretty well. Clocked in 2 seconds under 60mins.  Really had no expectation of how quickly I would finish, but am very happy that it was in an hour. Rough estimate on the distance, but it felt pretty consistently like a 10min/mile pace.

Foot started acting up at 45min in and I almost had to stop at 48min, but I was able to get off the pavement for a bit and finished up. Foot was sore by the end, but not the activity-halting pain that I usually get.
7/19
Afternoon
Ultimate Frisbee 1hr
I finally, finally caught a long pass on the run while a defender was breathing down my neck. Felt so awesome. My knee felt a bit hinky on the run down to the park, but once we started playing it was fine. Probably shouldn't have played after yesterday's run, but oh well...

Evening
BJJ 1.5hrs
Worked with Zak on mount control, chokes from mount and omoplata defense. Could drill that stuff all day. Miss having Scott or Gary there every class. Had four rolls after the technique and they went fairly well. I need to focus on sweeping from guard instead of always/only going for submissions. Did get a triangle though.

Later in the Evening...
Lift & WOD
BS: 45lb x 5 x 2; 65lb x 5; 75lb x 5; 85lb x 5

Squats felt pretty good. My knees are no where near as stable as I would like, they probably shake like leaves on a tree, but my depth is good and someday (SOMEDAY!) I will get serious about working on my abductors/adductors.

WOD
AMRAP 12min
65lb Deadlift x 10
Pushups x 20
Single Unders x 60

Completed 3 rounds + 10 DLs

Went straight to the gym after BJJ b/c I didn't think working out the next morning was going to be a good plan. I was nice and loose for the squats, but probably too tired for the WOD. The weight was perfect for the DLs, as I was able to do them unbroken and focus on form. The pushups were killer. Need to get on a X number of pushups a day program b/c I'm tired of sucking at those.

The SUs were also strangely difficult. Felt uncoordinated and unable to keep count of where I was. I can't wait to keep count on DUs. Anyone that has a clever method of counting skips, please share.

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