May 16th- May 22nd

 

Had a good quote for the week then it did not apply anymore so deleted it.  Crewel Jewel last week and being back in the 100 race environment seemed to help the first part of the week with motivation then the snow came and put me into a huge funk again.  Don't know how to get out of this and honestly thinking of walking away from racing for the rest of the year and taking time off.  That includes Hardrock... just might go on pause for a while.  

Monday:  

11 AM:  Took the day completely off due to traveling and so damn hungover from all the drinking I did yesterday.  Could not tell you the last time I was that drunk and was still drunk when I got up at 4am to head to the airport.  LOL.

Tuesday:  

7 AM:  8.6 miles with 1400ft of vertical averaging 9:30 pace. 
Easy cruise from the South Mesa Trailhead along the Mesa trail and back.  What a great damn morning out there!  Felt great today which surprised me considering how damn hungover I was yesterday.  Best run I've had in a while.  Did not feel the calf at all but did afterwards for a little bit.

2:30pm: Mayham lifting Upper Body Anterior (Chest & Bicep)

Warmup
3 rounds
10 Perfect Pushups (controlled form)
15 band pull-a-parts
5 PVC Around the Worlds (each way)
10 wall angels

Bench Press
5 sets: 5 reps

1:1:2 DB Bench
4 sets: 10 reps (each side)

Double DB Incline Bench Press
4 sets: 10 reps

Incline Bench DB Chest Fly
4 sets: 10 reps

Barbell Curl 21's
3 sets: 21 reps

Standing Alternating DB Hammer Curl
4 sets: 10 reps (each side)

Wednesday:  

 

7 PM:  Workout: Warmup; 5/4/3/2/1 min hills mod/hard with run down recovery, cooldown.   Did 7.1 miles with 1800ft of vertical averaging 10 min pace overall.

Up Bear Canyon- Mesa- down Shanahan where I did the intervals then jog back to the car in reverse.  Felt the calf again today so not happy about that. Overall pace is of course slower and shorter in distance due to steeper hills and trail verses doing this on the NCAR road like I have been the past month or so.  Very pleased with this run overall.

2PM: Mayham Lifting Upper Body Posterior (Back & Triceps)

Warmup
3 Rounds
15/12 cal row
10 scap pullups
15 bent over barbell rows (empty bar)
5 down dog/seal pose transitions

Strict Pull-Ups
5 sets: 5 reps

Bent Over Barbell Row
4 sets: 10 reps

Seated Neutral Grip Cable Row
4 sets: 10 reps

Lying DB Pullover on Bench
4 sets: 12 reps

Barbell Skull Crushers
4 sets: 10 reps

Single Arm Standing Tricep Extension w/ band
4 sets: 10 reps (each side)

5:30pm: 3.25 miles averaging 8:20pace.  Just a few miles jogging over at Davidson Mesa.  Calf was not happy so cut it much shorter that what I was planning for.  Oh well.....

Thursday:

7 AM: 8 miles w/ 2800ft of vert averaging 15:50pace.  From South Mesa trailhead up Shadow Canyon to the top of Bear Peak and back.  Had to hike the first 1-1.5 miles out of the trailhead to get the calf to loosen then it became a hike anyways with the steepness of the trail.  Was going to add on at the end to get closer to 10 but decided against it due to the calf and trashed legs.  Super chill for the most part.

Evening:  Spent the evening with Paula over at Rails End watching GZ jam out during open mic night.  Think we might be turning into groupies...

Friday-Sunday

Did nothing all weekend..... barely left the house after the snow hit.  Of course that trashed my large tree out front  The only time I left the house all weekend is when Paula talked me into going out to brunch and to the bike store with her on Saturday morning.  That was the only time in 3 days that I got out of my flannel pj's.  Hell, I am still in them this Monday morning as I am typing this.  This photo sums up the whole weekend for me... how do I get out of this?  Worse it has been since 2015.

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