Countdown: Spartan Race

Countdown: Spartan Race: 142 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes

My bus run has grown to 1.25 mi/day, with a good hill on the last leg. I've noticed that my post-run cough is completely gone.

Countdown: Spartan Race

Countdown: Spartan Race: 4 months, 25 days, 4 hours, 53 minutes, 31 seconds

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Quote for today

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
― G.K. Chesterton

Thanks to Tim Ferris for that quote.

14 pull-ups yesterday, a new PR. We enjoyed a family bike ride. I think that is a first ever!

To do is to dare; to fear is to fail.

Bits of fitness

Yesterday's to and from the bus included:
A brisk morning 0.5 mile in 3:48 (7:40 pace)
0.3 in 2:29 to beat the bus to work
A 0.14 mile sprint to the bus (it was really a downpour!)
0.4 back up the hill to home.
1.34 total. I noticed that I didn't really feel winded.

13 consecutive pull-ups PR on Tuesday.


To do is to dare; to fear is to fail.

Goal PR

12 consecutive hanging pull-ups today. My goal is 25 by June 1.

To do is to dare; to fear is to fail.

Countdown: Spartan Race

Time is going by quickly! We are down to less than 6 months to race day! Three months have gone past since Sarah and I signed up, and we are not 1/3 of the way to ready!

I think for a lot of us the initial excitement has waned a bit. This is the time to make fitness into a habit! Keep working out. We are in this together!

It helps me to sit down and write out some concrete goals. For me, I want to be able to run 4 miles in 35 minutes by June 1 (without permanent injury). Be specific. Then decide what your strategy is, execute, record your progress over time, and make sure you are on track to meet your goals.

Spartan up!

Spartan Training

I started a 30 day circuit workout, repeat 3x with a 60 second break between ...10 jump lunges, 10 burpees, 10 jump squats, 20 mountain climbers, 20 calf raises, 20 hydrants (each side), 30 Russian twists, 30 jumping jacks, 20 high knees, 60 second planks.....repeat

Sybil