Boot Camp Makes Everything Hurt...
Another title for this blog post could be "Cold Sucks!"
I am still pumped from the 5k on Saturday! For some reason I think my wife maybe getting tired of me telling her about my new personal best. I think it was the ninth or tenth time I told her the story she just fell asleep -she might have just been sleepy...
Anyway, I usually take Sunday as a rest day, but Friday was a light track workout and Saturday was the 5k (you know, the day of my new personal best) so I went out for an eight mile run (9:14, 9:40, 9:22, 9:30, 9:03, 9:40, 9:16, 9:00). I went down Coleman from my house and went up the Cooper River Bridge and then back home. It was cold, but the run felt great.
Monday morning was the first day of the new Boot Camp session. I was excited to get back into it (How sick is that? I was excited to go back and have a bunch of Marines yell at me and make me do pushups!). Anyway, that's exactly what they did. We started out with a bunch of pushups and stretches (strange combination - not sure which fitness expert suggested this to the Marines, but they all seem to have adopted the practice). After that we worked out abs and upper body (with the exception of the ninety degree squat and bounce exercise they have started to use). The group is about 150 strong and the gym was packed. Should thin out by next week.
Monday afternoon I went for a six mile run out to the Citadel and back (9:28, 9:40, 9:50, 9:40, 9:28, 9:40). Another cold run. I am running out of cold weather clothing. The run felt good, although my knees always hurt after we start Boot Camp (could be all the jumping jacks - I mean "side straddle hops").
This morning I got up and went back to Boot Camp (it was way too cold and the Marines told us to dress warm for an outside workout). I found some clothes to wear and made my way to the gym. Apparently the fitness center was either fearful for our safety or fearful that half the class would run out so the outside workout was scratched. The part that sucked was that I was dressed to go outside. I was sweating my ass off in the gym before the workout even started! There are so many of us that we had to break up into four groups (two lines facing each other). We did four sets of crunches (1 min, 45 seconds, 30 seconds, 15 seconds - max effort). We then did exercises and took turns sprinting on the inside track. More abs and upper body - oh, and more of those ninety degree squat and bounce exercises that were developed in workout hell...
This afternoon I waited for the top temperature of thirty eight degrees and went for a five mile run (9:18, 9:27, 9:57, 9:14, 9:10). It was supposed to be six miles, but I was too cold and every part of my body hurt! I went out to the Ashley River and back to my office.
My toes hurt, my legs hurt, my abs hurt, my arms hurt, my fingers hurt and for some reason my eyes hurt. Okay, this could be from staring at this crazy looking guy in Boot Camp this morning. Not sure if he just woke up with this hairdo or if he really keeps his hair this way, but all I could think of was the 80's band Flock of Seagulls. It took everything out of me not to start laughing.
Just thinking about it makes my stomach hurt...
I am still pumped from the 5k on Saturday! For some reason I think my wife maybe getting tired of me telling her about my new personal best. I think it was the ninth or tenth time I told her the story she just fell asleep -she might have just been sleepy...
Anyway, I usually take Sunday as a rest day, but Friday was a light track workout and Saturday was the 5k (you know, the day of my new personal best) so I went out for an eight mile run (9:14, 9:40, 9:22, 9:30, 9:03, 9:40, 9:16, 9:00). I went down Coleman from my house and went up the Cooper River Bridge and then back home. It was cold, but the run felt great.
Monday afternoon I went for a six mile run out to the Citadel and back (9:28, 9:40, 9:50, 9:40, 9:28, 9:40). Another cold run. I am running out of cold weather clothing. The run felt good, although my knees always hurt after we start Boot Camp (could be all the jumping jacks - I mean "side straddle hops").
This morning I got up and went back to Boot Camp (it was way too cold and the Marines told us to dress warm for an outside workout). I found some clothes to wear and made my way to the gym. Apparently the fitness center was either fearful for our safety or fearful that half the class would run out so the outside workout was scratched. The part that sucked was that I was dressed to go outside. I was sweating my ass off in the gym before the workout even started! There are so many of us that we had to break up into four groups (two lines facing each other). We did four sets of crunches (1 min, 45 seconds, 30 seconds, 15 seconds - max effort). We then did exercises and took turns sprinting on the inside track. More abs and upper body - oh, and more of those ninety degree squat and bounce exercises that were developed in workout hell...
This afternoon I waited for the top temperature of thirty eight degrees and went for a five mile run (9:18, 9:27, 9:57, 9:14, 9:10). It was supposed to be six miles, but I was too cold and every part of my body hurt! I went out to the Ashley River and back to my office.
Just thinking about it makes my stomach hurt...
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