Back on the Wagon

Last week I started running again. 3 times for a total of 8.3 miles. I'm also doing 250 push-ups a day in blocks of 50. A couple of times a week I will do pull-ups or just try an overhand pull-up hold with my chin above the bar. Last week I was able to get 8 pull-ups in one set, and did a 34 second hold. We are 3 months out from the tough mudder in Austin, and one of my team has had to drop due to some nerve and neck issues.

sub 10 minute

I had my first longer distance run last night, and it was the first one that I had been under a 10 minute mile for the whole run. I wasn't meaning to run any faster than normal, but it was a nice cool/cold night. Things just worked out that way. 2.52 miles at a 9 minute 55 second per mile pace.

If my wife happens to be reading this, let me say: I did not run faster than normal to see if I could run faster than you. I'm not in any kind of competition to see who can run further or faster. Love you!

back to the grind

So for the past week and a half I have been off from work. I have not worried about my caloric intake nor exercised during this time period. The last run I had was just before we had our white christmas in Dallas. It was a nice 60 or 70 on that day, and then dropped into the high 20's on Christmas night.

Many presents were opened, ice cream was eaten, helicopter flown, and the wife and I made our way north to Oklahoma to a spa at the Choctaw casino in Durant. We had a couple of massages and a mud wrap. Needless to say I am feeling very much relaxed now, but I need to get back to moving.

The kids and I spent a couple of hours at a newly opened jumpstreet location in Allen playing on various trampolines. It never ceases to amaze me how tiring it is to jump on a trampoline. Then last night I ran through only one set for an abdominal workout that I found online. The video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dWv0M1nNg&list=UUP8wqLAt5qYMmOwMB7-mvTQ&index=9