“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”- Winston Churchill
Monday:
6:45 AM: 1 hour at the gym. Long warmup followed by a benchmark workout. 20:48 5K.. moderate hard and not all out. Got some work to do to get my legs to move faster. Lungs were good just not a lot of turn over. Need to start doing the strides again. Sure I will regret this later today. LOL... first run since Hardrock.
--First night where I had a normal night of sleep. progress....... Also finished book number 19 this morning while drinking coffee about Riv's... read it... Everything All at Once: A Memoir written by his wife from her point of view while he was sick.
4 PM: Bike 19.5 miles in 1:26... Just an easy spin around the hood going up to 128 to 36 bike path looping back around to the house. Felt good but wiped after today.
8 AM: 5.2 miles averaging 8:30pace. Easy jog around the CTC in Louisville again right after the gym.
Wednesday:
6:45 AM: 1 hour at the gym.
Warmup: Airbike, mobility and drills
3 RFT: 14 mins 59 secs
3 rounds of:
50 Double Unders
25 Toes-to-bars
5 Wall Walks
8 AM: 4.3 miles averaging 8:40pace. Easy jog around the CTC in Louisville again right after the gym before my first work meeting of the day. Trying to get something before it gets to hot.
Thursday:
-NOTE: Weight check in: Forgot to weigh myself this morning.
No Crossfit this morning. Trying to be smart about it and not just hammer myself into the ground my first week back.
7 AM: 6.1 miles averaging 7:49 pace. Two easy laps of Davidson Mesa, been a while since I have been here. One of my favorite places to get in some easy miles or a hard interval workout. Love the views.
3 PM: Missed getting out on my bike today for I had a 90min massage at 3 to keep working on getting everything loose. Damn it hurt, better than last week but still all knotted up on the right side. Anyways not going out on the bike after the massage. Feel like it would be wasted money to get a massage then exercise which means a bigger day the next 3 days.
Friday:
-NOTE: Weight check in: 173.6 with 8.9% body fat. Up 3 pounds since just before Hardrock which is not surprising since I was eating everything put in front of me for the the 10 days after the run but the body fat did not change which is weird. Anyways starting to dial it back in a little bit.
6:45 AM: 1 hour at the gym
Warmup: Running, mobility and drills
Loredo : 23 mins 41 secs
6 rounds of:
24 Air Squats
24 Push-ups
24 Walking Lunges
Run, 400 m
8 AM: 3.25 miles averaging 8:25pace. Easy jog right after the gym so I got in at least 5 miles total today.
Saturday:
9 AM: 1 hour in the gym.
Warmup: Air Bike, mobility and drills
Chipper: Partner Wods, 20 mins 17 secs
Partner Wod
80 Assault Bike Calories
80 Pull-ups
80 Dumbbell Snatches | 45 lbs
80 Pull-ups
80 Assault Bike Calories
- with Jeff
--- Spent the afternoon into the evening over at Paula's friends house for a get together. Paula when all out with the board below.... so damn good and yes I over ate and drank. I was drinking Whiskey Mules like they were soda water.
Sunday:
A very low depression day for me. Never left the house all day. Think it was triggered by drinking to much whiskey yesterday. At least I finished another book though so there is that. Book 20 of the year so far.
Total Weekly Numbers
Tried to have a good come back week this week but crashed and burned big time. By the end of the week I did not want to leave the couch. Oh well, will try again this week. At least the napping this week is way better than last week.
“If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.”- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
"I wanted to quit because I was suffering. That was not a good enough reason." - Ted Corbitt
There was so much that happened over the weekend I am not sure I have even processed it all even 10 plus days later. I put everything into this years run, I even moved up to GZ's cabin at 10,300ft for 6 weeks to get ready. It was not the day I was trained for but it was the day I had. I am just having an issue accepting it. Just proud of myself for pushing through what I thought was going to be the end of my race at Sherman but got up and finished.
I am going to approach this as a photo/video race report. Most if not all of the photos/videos were taken by either Don, Donnie, Paula, Rebecca or Dan. Don created a video that is on my Instagram page that is really awesome. Thank you Don! And thank you guys so much for documenting this for me. I never could have done this without their support for sure! This is truly a team sport even though only one person is running. Also thank you to Jeff Browning who helped me with my training plan along with Kevin and Dave from Speedland, best damn trail shoes out there. I have run both Hardrocks in Speedlands now with no issues what so ever, not even a blister either time.
Finished my second Hardrock in 36:23 for 31st overall, almost exactly 2 hours slower than last year but they say this is the harder/slower direction, so they say. Quick recap- First few miles went great until I slipped on mud around mile 13 hurting my already weak lower back from my back injury last fall. I honestly was not sure if I could get off the mountain but had no choice being in the middle of nowhere. Took me over 5 hours to go from Pole Creek to Sherman which is only 9 miles and probably one of the most runnable sections of the course. Once at Sherman some other shit happened and they did not want to let me leave, everyone was trying to get me to drop. After a couple of hours of convincing my crew and the aid station that I was okay the EMTs let me go after my crew came up with a plan that the they were okay with. Thank god they did! I fell from 10th overall all the way to 120th overall in that time. Just worked my ass off from there once my back loosened up and worked my way up to finish in 31st. This about took my soul this time but got it the fuck done. It will take a lot to get me to drop at Hardrock, it is just too hard of a run to get into not to give it your all to finish even if you are having a bad day considering it took me over a decade to get in last year and I was lucky enough to get in again this year.
Anyways... now I can say I am a "True Hardrocker" meaning I have finished the course in both directions so there is that.
I could not have done this without all the support from everyone!!! As I said above, these are truly a team sport. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Paula, Don, Donnie, Rebecca, Dan, GZ, Amy, Porf, Mike, and Nancy. If I missed someone I thank you too, I am still dealing with some brain fog. You guys enabled me to get this done.... THANK YOU!!! Also a huge prompts to the volunteers and aid stations in this run, the best in the business.
This is going to be a long photo bomb so strap in. I am sure some of the photos will be out of order since they are coming from 5 different phones but tried my best to put them in order.
