Gordo Running

I know that this blog is "supposed" to be about running.  Truthfully I haven't felt like writing a whole lot about running as much lately.  That's why the number of entries has dropped a bit.  No, nothing's wrong, just nothing much new or exciting is going on in my life in terms of running.  It's A-OK.  I know that I'll still mostly focus on running, but UFC 241's results got me thinking of an old blog I wrote for in 2014.  I included all time rankings for a few MMA weight classes before we shut the blog down.  Here's my old logo though: I'll be honest, I don't know a whole lot about the history of women's MMA or about some of the smaller weights contested in Asia.  (Michelle Waterson notwithstanding)  Fight Matrix has 35 women on their all time open weight rankings and I only recognize about 20 of the names. So, unfortunately, I'm not really going to be able to give full listings if I break them out into weight classes.  What I...

It's been a few weeks.  Eventful I'd say.  I haven't necessarily thought about writing about running, to be honest.  I've been enjoying my running (mostly, more on that later), but nothing much to write blog about. 400m repeats at 5:15 in the morning I have been working out consistently and enjoying it.  Lately, my goal has been 6 days a week with 2x a day workouts 4 of those days.  That's the goal, but life happens.  However, I've been able to be pretty close on that schedule.  I can tell I'm getting stronger, specifically with the improvements in my pull ups and burpees.  Most of all, I've been enjoying mixing up what I'm doing. tools of the trade To recap my goals, I want to get my 1-2-3 kettlebell circuit down under 16 minutes (currently 17:45), do a chin up hold for 45 seconds (currently at 24 seconds), get my 2 mile time down to 14:15 (at roughly 14:40 right now), get my 5k down under 22:30 (currently about 23:45), bench my b...