Sage Ducote,the runner; not The Runner,sage ducote

Things aren't going great for me. Little update; I ran 8:42 for my 3k time trial in November, and then took a week off because cross country ended. Then, for some reason, coach Houle had us do a track workout, even though we all took time off, and it injured me. I've been injured since; problems with my right tibial tendon and left peroneal tendon. I saw a doctor last week, and he prescribed me this super strong anti-inflammatory that makes me dizzy, coupled with 5 more weeks off, so i'll run again on Monday, March 12th. I'm counting down the minutes. I've been doing lots of core and lifting, but I can't do any biking or swimming because they seem to inflame my peroneal tendon, which  means I don't really have any means of doing cardio until i can run again. it'll be scary to see where my fitness is at, but at least i have a plan. the plan is to redshirt outdoor, and then when i'm back to 10 miles, go back to practice. i'm on my own til then (by my choice), because i know that i'll want to come back too quickly if i go to practice. coach Hould is being supportive of me, so that's a plus. we'll see how long that lasts. so for now, the plan is to just build my fitness  back for cross country in the fall. i know i can travel, and even potentially  be all conference if i really grind, so that's what's keeping me motivated. i know i have potential in this program, whether or not others believe in me. so i'll keep putting in the work and see what happens. but for now, lots of core!

today i did my normal core session, 20 crunches, 20 bicycles, 20 v-ups with a 15lb dumbell, 20 reverse crunches, 20 leg lifts, 1min plank, then two 30sec side planks. followed that with some light arm and leg work.

Today I did an interesting session. I sent a mass snapchat to 17 people, and however many people opened it without responding, I did 10 crunches, pushups, and dips. i ended up doing 90 of each, because 9 people opened without responding. after that i did a 90sec wall sit, and some calf stability exercises. 

today i did core and legs. the core session was: 2x(100 flutter kicks, 20 leg lifts, 20 crunches, 100 russian twists, 20 sit ups, 40 suit cases, 20 crunches, 1min plank, 40 situps, 15 side crunches each side, 20 crunches, 15 more side crunches each side, 20 sit ups, 30 supermans, 10 weighted v-ups (15lb dumbell), 20 sit ups, 20 leg lifts, 1min plank, then 3x10second deadbugs). pretty intense. then i did legs, did 10 squats (50lbs), then resistance band ladders, then 10 more squats (50lbs), then hip flexor work with the resistance band, then glute work with the resistance band, then held a 25lb dumbell and did single leg explosive stand-ups (from my bed), then did 15 weighted glute bridges (25lb), then a 1min wall sit, then did some ankle stability work with my calves. long session, but I'm weirdly not sore.

today i did core and arms. for core i did 40 crunches, 20 bicycles, 20 leg lifts, then 10 side crunches on each side, and did those continuously with no rest in between. then i did a 1min plank, two 30sec side planks with a 25lb dumbell, 20 more leg lifts, then weighted v ups, then alternating v ups, and a dead bug. then for arms, i did 100 bicep curls with 15lb dumbells, then 10 bicep curls with 25lb dumbells, then 20 twist and punches with 15lb, then 20 running arm swings with 25lb, then 10 lawnmowers with 25lb, then 15 tricep extensions with 25lb, then pushups, first 5 normal, 2nd 5 wider grip, 3rd 5 even wider, then 5 less wide, 5 normal, then 5 wider but clapped on the concentric contraction. then 30 dips, then 5 more clap pushups. good session, got sweaty

today i just did the "left on read" core session. 110 pushups, crunches, and dips.

didn't do anything today. 

today i did a whole body session

did nothing

today i did that huge core session that bryan sent me, followed by leg work.

today was arm day. i think i'm getting more buff, because before my injury i weighed like 121, now i'm pushing 133, but there's no noticeable fat increase. must be because i'm lifting, and muscular hypertrophy is able to occur since i'm not running