I did not feel like getting out for my sub-6:00-am workout, but I made myself do it and after the first half-mile of a slow jog, I felt great. Since I had to bike to work, I just completed 1.3 miles or running in my Vibram Fiver Fingers, which entailed running over to Big Cottonwood Park and a single lap around the softball complex before heading back.
After riding my bike home from work, I ran up to Olympus High School and completed two laps around the school’s track before heading back home. The total distance of this run was 6.6 miles at an easy pace.
In addition to biking 32.0 miles to and from work, for my non-running workout I completed 200 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, 50 (50 lbs) butterflies, 200 (50, 40, 30, 20, 16 lbs) curls, and 20 (50 lbs) reverse curls. In regards to the push-ups, I think I have built a wall in that I can complete 25 of them relatively easy, but anything above 25 is a struggle. Consequently, with the aim to one day complete the infamous Push-up Challenge, my plan of attack is to work on accomplishing sets of 30 push-ups and to increase this number when these sets become easy. We’ll see how this plan goes. | 