It was pretty nice out this morning; under 80ยบ. A good day to get some serious miles. Serious for me anyway. I hopped on the scale this morning. I was at 196. Any guesses as to what I was after my run? Whoever wins gets my new socks that I wore for the first time today. I won't even wash them.
Day 57 P90X - Chest and Back/Ab Ripper X - Tony calls this the Mother of all P90X workouts. Then he turns around and calls Plyometrics the Mother of all P90X workouts. Anyway, I did 101 push-ups and 96 assisted pull-ups. I was glad that I was still able to do all my Fifer Scissor Kicks and Mason Twists after taking a week off from Ab Ripper X.
Day 58 P90X - Plyometrics X - My legs and back are still sore from yesterday's 9 mile run. That's why I didn't run this morning. That and knowing I had Plyo X tonight. I should have a nice fun run tomorrow. I'll even be getting paid to do it.
This morning I got to go run down Power Road to check out the impacts the road widening project will have on the private irrigation facilites from Ray Road to Pecos. I grabbed my camera and my wife got me two squeeze bottles of ice water. I left one in the truck for when I was done and carried one with me. I parked in the Super Target parking lot, stretched out, and took off. I would stop periodically to take pictures and video. All in all I ran exactly 6 miles. And hey, I got paid to do it!
Start weight - 196
Finish weight - 188.5
Temp - 99
I felt some soft tissue discomfort at mile 5. I looked down at my chest to see my meat was starting to brown. I took my shirt off for the last mile. Nobody honked at me. And I'm still going to be pasty white for my 60 day pictures coming up tomorrow.
I refereed a couple of games for the young men's basketball at church last night. They're good kids. It was quite the workout. Also, I backed up into the bleachers and my bumped my left leg pretty good. I really didn't want to do my P90X tonight, but I did anyway. Luckily this is my favorite workout. My wife videoed me doing Ab Ripper X. Now there's proof that fat guys can do sit-ups, too.
Day 60 P90X - Yoga X - Did somebody say day 60? I know that number is important for a reason, but I can't put my thumb on it. Oh, picture time. How silly of me to forget.
Day 61 P90X - Arms & Legs/Ab Ripper X - I wasn't wearing a shirt when I did Ab Ripper X today. As I did Hip Rock & Raise, my back kept making a farting noise on my mat. I swear it was my back.
Last week I tried to set up another group run. I asked peds endo doc if he wanted to go, and he was up for it. JamesW was going to come, but then remembered he had plans. But I forgot to get back with PED until late last night, and apparently it was too late. So I was flying solo. Then I got really sad because I realized I would be running the same route Marathon Dreamer and I used to go a lot. So when I reached home I decided to bring Ginger back with me. She tried to go real fast out of the gates as usual. But once she settled in and we were running the same pace it was great. The best part was when I saw the Galapagos tortoise.
Day 62 P90X - Kenpo X - After a fun filled day at Sun Splash, I did NOT want to work out anymore. I just wanted to crawl into bed. But then I felt like Daniel Larusso at the end of Karate Kid when he knew he wouldn't find balance unless he got back out there.
