Did the Monday morning Y routine. When I got there I saw Raj and was able to give him his age group award plaque from Saturday's race. It was a warm and humid morning outside and I motivation was low, at least at first. After some warm up I got onto the treadmill, did 3.15 miles at 8:05 pace, then headed outside. Since I was more warmed up, my spirits were better. I was a little bit low on time so my mileage outside was 4.42 miles @ 7:43 pace. Went back inside and decided to try out doing some strides on the treadmill. They were kind of fun and on the last one I set the treadmill as fast as it could go, I wasn't sure how fast that was before I tried, but it turned out to be 12.4 miles per hour. Back at home I did my "better than nothing" strength training routine which consists of 2 sets of 25 push-ups (using the as-seen-on-tv "perfect push-up") and 8 pull-ups, repeated twice, then a few sets of dumbbell exercises, whatever I happen to feel like. It's not a lot but it seems to be helping as the pull-ups are less of a struggle now. I had a big cloud over my head, big project due to be finished at work on Wednesday but I was not yet at the stage where I was sure I could finish it. The cloud had a name and that is USB.
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