Gordo Running

I wrote last month about my new set of goals and how I'm re-focusing my running and general workout strategy.  I'm not sure if strategy is the right way to put it, but let's go with that, shall we?  My brother Andy, put me on a 6 week progression workout that involved high weight, complex lifts (squat, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press) interspersed with core workouts, rowing, air assault bike sprints, and my normal easy group runs.  Mila did most of the workouts with me. she almost looks bored with that amount of weight At the beginning of January, I set my baselines: Bench (7 reps) 125 pounds Overhead Press (7 reps) 90 pounds Squat (1 rep) 285 pounds Deadlift (1 rep) 275 pounds I also had to take a practice Air Force PT test.  Here's how it turned out: 43 push ups (1 minute) 54 crunches (1 minute) 10:50 1.5 mile run We had fun doing the workouts and I was able to do 90-95% of the schedule.  There were a couple days when illness, time, o...

And just like that, the 2019 Shannon Trail Series has come to a close.  I'm sure Dennis is relieved.  Let's give it up for him though, he did a fantastic job on this year's series.  Sure, I was the co-race director, but Dennis put a majority of the work in.  If you're one of those people that likes to get the "whole story" my write up from race #1 is here , race #2 is here , and last year's series wrap up is here. (photo credit: Jammie Preiser) Our previous race was January 26th, so the runners had 3 weeks to rest up heading into this one.  As with all of our trail races, we spent a couple weeks out on the course on our normal Tuesday night runs.  We had to be careful not to mark the course too early as Kent said that the longhorns will sometimes eat the tape right off the tree. Tuesday night course marking crew.  I think Kent was explaining tape to us (photo credit: Jammie Preiser) Two of my former students came out w/us a few times....