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[kcowgill]

3/19/2019 2.18 miles/3.51 kilometers Well look what we have here! YTD: 198.75 miles 2 days in a row, but who’s counting?

Look what we have here, some sort of LONG DISTANCE runner, running a WHOLE ENTIRE TWO POINT ONE EIGHT MILES!

Wore my slightly-too-small Altra Provisions again. This time I remembered to attach my footpod. I probably could’ve gone longer, just didn’t want to. My foot was mostly OK, but my toes were not. Probably because the shoes are a bit too small. Maybe I should do something about that...

Got back to taekwondo. Thankfully we didn’t do any jumping jacks - my foot was sore after I got home from work, so was glad I didn’t have to pound it into the mat too much. Kicking + static hold drills the long way down the dojang, planks for ages, and forms.

Day 3 of nSuns is overhead press and incline bench. Since my current numbers are so small thanks to my hand, this was just a lot of reps of fairly light weights. Incline bench I’ve only tried once or twice with my equipment - my bench is terrible and I’d have to move my squat/bench stands to have a place to rack the barbell, so I may substitute these once they get too heavy for the setup I used tonight. Accessory exercises were lateral raise and some more dumbbell flies. A bit more Beat Saber than last night. Mainly working ‘expert’ mode on a few of the new songs, and more work on ‘expert +’ for $100 bills.

Spent a little time in my leg stretched with my Hypervolt, but had to end it a little early.

Oh! Most importantly, after taekwondo I went back to the shoe store from last night to A/B/C/D a few pair of shoes and walked out the door with a pair of Altra Torins in hopefully the right size. I’ll take them for a spin tomorrow. Hopefully I remember to transfer my footpod!

[kcowgill]

3/18/2019 1.00 mile/1.61 kilometers I’ve had better and worse! YTD: 196.57 miles

Ran a mile in my Altra Provisions (shoes I bought way back when but they didn’t seem to work for running so I turned them into my lawn mowing shoes. I got them out last week because they’re so cushy and made my foot feel better for just walking around). It was ... OK. They felt too short.

Got on the stair-mill intending to do 15 minutes; quit at 9. 68 floors ain’t too shabby.

Had to skip taekwondo because: 1) I have to find new shoes, and 2) my dad and step-mom are supposed to be visiting this week, and 3) my wife (whose knee issue (baker’s cyst) is preventing her from going to taekwondo) made other plans expecting to have built-in babysitting available, and 4) I really need new shoes! So I cooked dinner for the kids, went out the door to the shoe store, tried a few models, and then came home.

Lifted after the kids went to bed. Day 2 (of 5) of the nSuns program - squats and sumo deadlifts, the latter of which I’d never done before. Hope I did ‘em right. Then I had to pick two ‘accessory’ exercises so picked two more I’d never done - hack squat and stiff-legged deadlift. They really targeted my quads and hamstrings (respectively) more than I expected. Waiting for the soreness to kick in :) Had to pick quad & hamstring barbell exercises since I don’t have a “leg developer” for leg extensions/leg curls.

And with Beat Saber, I gave up after 22 minutes. I just didn’t have any gas the whole day. Probably because I’m still fighting off a cold, which is thankfully just mostly congestion/sinus and no coughing/throat involvement. At the moment.

[kcowgill]

4/09/2019 2.33 miles/3.75 kilometers Run with a stranger? Sure! YTD: 240.82 miles

Yesterday I met up with someone who works a handful of blocks away as a potential new running partner. Met him online from a random post on /r/RunningInChicago. He’s just getting back into running and I’m still trying to recover from my injury, so I had no issue with his proposed 3/1 run/walk for a couple of miles. I wore my new trail shoes having run about 8ish miles on a treadmill with them. Discovered that I have perhaps trimmed away too much material from the insole, so I’ll have to trim a new set more conservatively.

Lifted after the kids went down. I’m happy to report that my hand is feeling much better for overhead press. Still not back to 100%, but at least I could keep a better grip on the bar.

And finally Beat Saber. I figured it was appropriate after having exhausted my shoulders a bit.

I’m working from home today as it’s parent/teacher conference day. The weather was supposed to be terrible (at least for spring weather) so I left my shoes/headphones at the office.

[kcowgill]

12/5/2018 31.. miles/5.01 kilometers 12/6/2018 1.04 miles/1.67 kilometers YTD: 1002.98 miles

Little bit of catch up. Couple of runs, lifted again (missed a few exercises, the fitness class had grabbed the dumbbells I wanted). Had taekwondo on Tuesday night, nothing special there. Meanwhile my poor puppers (Spike) is deteriorating fairly rapidly. It’s painful to watch him try to walk and fall down. He still seems happy for now, and is still eating (though he seems less hungry), so ...

Meanwhile I shared my Playstation VR with my son who LOVED playing Beat Saber.

For reasons I don’t understand, what’s shown on the VR headset (and in the earbuds) is NOT in sync with what’s coming out of the TV - it’s delayed a bit on the TV. But at least the sound from the TV is in sync with what it’s showing. Regardless, it’s a little confusing for watching it.