5K Training Continued

So I was asked yesterday if I had picked the 5K race I was going to run in, after some considerable consideration, I am leaning towards a race in Kansas. Kansas appears to be very flat, no real hills to deal with. The wind seems to blow always, thus giving some added boost on at least half of the run. I believe I could actual have some expectation of winning a race in Kansas. It appears to me that the ambition level in Kansas is very low, giving me a slight edge. After having spent a little time there I'm pretty sure if the ambition level was very high, people there would have moved on. I mean they were in the middle of the dust bowl and people stayed???? So probably late spring in Kansas.

Feb. 07. 2011, 30 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes of abs, 3 sets of arms and chest with heavy weight. Diet sucked for preceding 3 days. Back on protein shakes, nuts and salad as of today, Tuesday 2/08

More tomorrow

5K Training Continued

Pre workout posting. Super Bowl consumed about 8,000 calories as near as I can calculate. Business lunch today that involved country fried steak, hash browns and lots of gravy!!!! Today's work out may be ugly!!! Look for tomorrows posting to see if the Country Fried Steak is the winner in the battle of the Bulge!! I weigh today and this may be a bad thing:<:<

5K Training Continued

Have been very lax in my postings the last 10 days. One might suppose that I had not been training! And if you did you would be WRONG!! The pain and agony continue, just a slacker in keeping up my records. So here is a brief recap of the last 10 days of training and I will be more dillagent in my posting going forward.

1-28-11, Friday routine, 30 minutes on the elliptical and 25 minutes of abs with two sets of light weight arm excesises.
1-29-11, Rest Day
1-30-11, Sunday routine, 45 minutes on the cross trainer and 45 minutes of upper body weights, medium weight.
1-31-11, 20 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes of abs, 20 minutes of shoulders and upper back, light weights.
2-01-11, 5 minut warm up on the elliptical, 20 minutes of abs, 30 minutes or chest and lowere baqck.
2-02-11, 30 minutes on the cross trainer, 20 minutes of abs, 25 minutes of arms and chest heavy weight.
2-03-11, 15 minutes of elliptical, 20 minutes abs, 15 minutes of light circut training.
2-04-11, 45 minutes on the cross trainer, 30 minutes of abs, 15 minutes medium weight circut training.
2-05-11, Rest Day
2-06-11, Another Rest Day for the Super Bowl!!!!! Back on track tomorrow.

So there is the missing 10 days. noticable stiff muscles in the back. Will probably give the back a rest for a few days. Focus on cardio and see if my energy level improves. Been fighting a cold for the last 3 days and I think that may be the motivation and back issue in a nut shell. Or I could be getting old and parts are starting to rear out??? Naw probably the cold.

The weather is actually been pretty good and the ground has been drying out nicely, I may actually try running on the bark track at the park next week, we'll see??

5K Training Continued

Wow, haven't posted in a while. So one might wonder if the training regiment continues. Sadly it does. Had a ham string problem that sort of killed the cardio portion of the training but light weights and abs have continued. As we age, apparently some parts of our bodies become less flexible and more prone to injury. Back on track as of last night.

January 26, 30 minutes of cross training, 20 minutes of abs and upper body light weights 20 minutes.

More tomorrow!!

5K Training Continued

January 19, 30 minutes cross training
20 minutes abs
25 minutes weights, shoulders and arms

Taking The 20th off. Body beat severally over the last 2 weeks. Need a rest day.

5K Training Continued

Another day consciously being healthy. This is starting to be a drag in a lot of ways and kind of exhilarating in others.   The drag part is that you actually have to give a bit of thought to what you do with and too your body all day, everyday. Chicken or beef, fruits and vegetables or potato chips and cookies.  Take a nap or go for a walk. You see, not just business as usual. You actually have to think about yourself as you go through the day, that's the drag part.  The exhilarating part is buying the first pair of jeans since High School with a 32 inch waist, realizing all the sizes of clothing have gone smaller except your hat size and shoe size, being full of calm energy at the end of the day, etc. That's all pretty cool. Especially for an old guy like me!!!

January 18, Walked 1 mile at lunch. Later at the gym, 18 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes of Abs and 30 minutes of light weights working on the shoulders and back.

More to follow.

5K Training Continued

January 17, for what I thought was a ho hum training session, I sure woke up stiff this morning. Nothing really new, just mixed it up a bit on the weight training. A friend of mine gave me a set of work out videos with this guy on the front of the package that looked like something from a steroid commercial on the front. So I watched the first one, about 12 minutes and thought well, why not follow part of his advice and mix up the exercises that I have been doing. You know Mondays cardio, with part of Mondays weight program and part of Tuesdays program finishing off with rousing round of Abs exercises. Nothing new, just a different order. Wow, the old saying that getting out of your rut can be painful is absolutely true!!

30 minutes of cross training
30 minutes of mixed weights
15 minutes abs

No beer when I got home. Maybe that is the problem with the stiffness, nothing to lubricate the muscles????