OW.

The title of this post pretty much sums it up for me today. But I can now say I've seen every single inch of the Sioux Falls bike trail and then some, if that says anything. But every single inch of my body and then some is pretty much is sore. Can you say "walking like a penguin?" Yeah that's me, when I actually manage to walk! I'm glad it's my off day today, I would not be able to function at work today with this painful waddle.

I hate the wind by the way - well today's wind at least, I definitely managed to run for 10 good miles INTO NNE winds SUSTAINED at 28MPH - so I'm pretty sure I ran more than 22 miles, at least it felt like more.

And talk about a mental game - I had to keep telling myself to go the whole way even though there were soooo many places where I could have turned off and gotten back to my place much faster. Kept telling myself "quarter of the way done, halfway done, three quarters of the way done, 5 miles left, 4 miles left, 3 miles left, 2 miles left, 1 mile left..." until I finally reached home! Well I actually stopped by a grocery store quick and bought a 6 pack of Propel water - yummm~ there are 2 left :) I was thirsty!

Crossfit tomorrow morning - and for once, I hope that it's an arm workout, I don't think my legs can handle any more abuse!Happy Training!
~JR

The Long Run

Tomorrow I'm going to run 22 miles unless something crazy pops up in the news department. I'm excited since the weather is supposed to be alright despite the winds - I may just have someone drive me out 22 miles and I'll just run back with the wind at my back :)



To mentally prepare for this I looked around and found some solid advice on this website.

Wish me luck and happy training :)
~JR

"Kelly"

So today we did a workout called "Kelly" 400meter run, 30 box jumps, 30 wall balls - sounds okay but then repeat that 5 times. It was what Chris - our trainer - called the "marathon workout" And boy did it feel like it since it was the workout that just didn't end. I think I finished around 27:34 minutes or something like that. I know that's nothing compared to the 4 hours or so that it will take to finish a marathon, but still - it was intense!

I also had the pleasure of working out in the Des Moines Crossfit box while I was there for a weather conference last week and weekend. It was a huge box!!! It looked like you could fit about 4 fire trucks in there! The trainers were great as well. They had a few big tractor tires in there that I guess they use sometimes in workouts to flip over using manpower - I'm a little scared about the idea of that - but there are some pretty intense and strong people out there that no doubt can handle that just fine.

Hope training's going great, nearly one month left now!
~JR