It's 10k Time!

Look out Las Colinas...
I like to change my mind.  Last weekend's 5k was a fun 31 minutes and 22 seconds around two of the icons of Dallas, Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl.  I remembered to take my flip camera and recorded almost the entire day including the run.  I cut it down to about 30 minutes worth of clips and only lack the musical accompaniment before it's finished.  As I was leaving the race I noticed a flier on my windshield for the Wounded Warrior 1/2 Marathon in June.  So it's back to training!  Taking a month off from running sounds nice, but 3 weeks has been long enough.  I signed up for the 10k since I doubt I'd be ready for a half in 8 weeks.  Training starts tomorrow!



Workouts so far this week...
Monday:

• Pull ups: 25
• Bench Press: 25 @ 165
• Dead Lift: 25 @ 205
• Calf Raises: 25 @ 225

Wednesday:

• Cable Seated Rows: 40 @ 125
• Dumbbell Single Arm Shoulder Press: 40 @ 35
• Leg Press: 40 @ 270
• Cable Overhead Tricep Extension: 40 @ 22.5

No! Running! Til Sunday!

NOT RUNNING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE?
I'll be honest, I've fallen off the wagon.  I have not run since the big move and have a 5k coming up on Sunday.  Luckily I have been hitting the gym pretty hard so my fitness level hasn't completely gone away.  (Is there such a thing as a fitness level or am I making that phrase up?)  I've decided to take a sabatical from running until the end of May so I can focus on school and try to put on some muscle in the gym.

MY FIRST DOCUMENTARY...
I'm going to film my entire race day on Sunday, from the moment I get up to the moment I make it to my car after the race festivities are through.  I think I'll just cut it up into clips, speed it up, and set it to music.

HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE!
I feel pretty good about myself because I talked 4 of my coworkers into running the DFW mud run in November.  Now getting them to train so they don't fall out during the event will be another task. 

THIS WEEK'S WORKOUTS INCLUDED:
Monday (Heavy Day, 4-6 RM)

• Chin ups (25)
• Decline Bench (25 @ 165)
• Dead Lifts (25 @ 195)
• Single Leg Calf Raises (25 @ 50)

Wednesday (Medium Day, 10-12 RM)

• Single Arm Cable Rows (40 @ ?)
• Split Squats (40 @ 50)
• Single Arm Dumbell Shoulder Press (40 @ 35)
• Single Arm Overhead Tricep Extension (40 @ 25)

Friday (Light Day, 20-22 RM)

• High Pull (25 @ 65)
• Front Squats (25 @ 135)
• Hammer Curls (25 @ 25)
• Incline Dumbell Bench (25 @ 35)

* I also did 2 killer shoulder workouts during the week:

• Super set Arnold Press with Front Lateral Raise
• Anterior and Posterior Cable Machine Side Lateral Raise
• Reverse Flyes
• Military Press

Have a great weekend!

Whew! That was a long week (or 2)!

Find someone to rent the house to.... check.
Find an apartment to move into.... check.
Move out of the house and into the apartment.... check.
Keep up with training and run the Rock'n Roll Dallas 1/2 marathon.... uh, well.

It doesn't look like it is going to happen this year as the race is Sunday morning and I haven't run in 2 weeks.  Add on top of that the fact that I'm way behind on reading for school, I just don't have the time to spare.  Chalk it up to a necessary DNS.  Now I have 2 weeks until the Big D 5k, piece of cake.  I have no other races planned until December, but I'm sure that will change.