Feb 26th- March 3rd

 “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” - Thomas A. Edison

Monday:   

-- Slept almost 11 hours last night and I did not even workout yesterday.  Tells me how much this cold is wrecking my body, I never sleep that long unless I just did an epic workout or race.

10 AM: 1:15 at the gym -- huge PR on my Snatch at 140lbs, up from 125lbs.

Warmup: Rowing, mobility and drills

Snatch 5-5-3-3-1-1-1 : 2025 lbs
Sets
5 Snatches | 95 lbs
5 Snatches | 100 lbs
3 Snatches | 105 lbs
3 Snatches | 110 lbs
1 Snatch | 130 lbs
1 Snatch | 135 lbs
1 Snatch | 140 lbs

-then-

AMReps 8 mins (4,8,12,...): 24's + 4 reps
AMReps in 8 mins:
4 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
4 Burpee Over Dumbbells
8 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
8 Burpee Over Dumbbells
12 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
12 Burpee Over Dumbbells
16 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
16 Burpee Over Dumbbells
20 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
20 Burpee Over Dumbbells
24 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM
24 Burpee Over Dumbbells
4 Dumbbell Snatches, 30% 1RM

--then--

15mins of core work

3 PM:  3 miles averaging 8:20pace.  Easy few miles around the open space by the house to gauge how the body feels. Not great but not like yesterday when I bailed on the long run so that is good.

-- Skipped the Monday night spin class with Paula tonight, she went solo.  Back is a little wrecked from pulling weeds over at the house for 3 hours this afternoon to get it ready for the renters who are moving in over the weekend.

Tuesday:  

8 AM:  6.5 miles averaging 8:30pace.  Easy jog on the trails by the gym. About 2 mins into the run the wind kicked up and turned into a blizzard. Super slow due to going into the wind on the way out and could not see. Crazy weather.... full ice beard when I got done.

10 AM: 1 hour at the gym

Warmup: Airbike, mobility and drills

AMRAP 15 mins: 9 rounds + 4 Assisted Handstand Push-ups + 8 Toes-to-bars + 3 Assisted Pistols | 231 reps
15:00 AMRAP:
4 Assisted Handstand Push-ups
8 Toes-to-bars
12 Assisted Pistols

Wednesday:

Noon:  1 hour at the gym

Warmup: Running, mobility and drills

FT: 13 mins 12 secs
5 Deadlifts, 80% 1RM | 275 lbs
Run, 400 m
10 Deadlifts, 70% 1RM | 245 lbs
Run, 400 m
15 Deadlifts, 60% 1RM | 205 lbs
Run, 400 m
20 Deadlifts, 50% 1RM | 175 lbs
Run, 400 m
25 Deadlifts, 40% 1RM | 155 lbs
Run, 400 m

3 PM:  9 miles w/ 1600ft of vert averaging 9min pace.  From Kings in Boulder up Bear Canyon- Mesa- Stunk Canyon- road up to NCAR then back to Kings. I really liked the mixture of roads and trails on this loop. Of course my dumb ass had road shoes on so was slipping and sliding even more than normal on the mud and snow on the Mesa trail but all good.

Thursday:  

  -NOTE:  Weight check in:  Nope, forgot with having to get in a run before heading to the airport.

7 AM:  7.2 miles averaging 8:10pace.  Easy early morning run in the open space by the house with Venus before heading to the airport. Her longest dog jog yet with me. Think the fact it was 30 degrees outside really helped her. Never worried about pace and just jogged, it was nice...

-- Heading to Las Vegas this morning for a wedding on Friday.  No it is not for Paula and I, it is for her nephew.  Leave on Thursday morning and back in the afternoon on Saturday.  Nice short trip and hopefully will get a run in the desert tomorrow outside of the city before the wedding.  We will see.  Did goof around in the airport and posted a photo of us outside a wedding chapel in the airport on Instagram and Facebook.  Yes people did fall for it considering my history.  LOL.

Friday:

9 AM:  4.8 miles w/ 2200ft of vert in 1:27.  Turtlehead Peak outside of Las Vegas in the Red Rocks area. Such a cool area! Did lose the trail a few times but that is nothing new when running in the desert. I do that a lot in Moab as well.  Paula did her own hike on a different trail to a lake in the middle of the desert.  Wish we had more time to explore the park but only had a few hours this morning before a wedding this afternoon. Plan on coming back at some point.

--  Hurried back to Vegas to make her nephew's wedding. You could say we had a great time! It seems we clean up pretty good too. 

Saturday: 

-- To tired from the travel when I got home to get out. Between the travel, drinking, eating like shit, and lack of sleep for 2-3 days I had nothing today so took a rest day.

Sunday:  

6 AM: 10 miles w/ 2800ft of vert in 2 hours.  2 laps of Mt. Santias early this morning catching sunrise up top on the first lap. Had plans to do 4 laps but bailed after 2 due to my low back aching (where my injury was) and how tired I am from the travel (getting up at 4am this morning was dumb).  Need to get back on track this coming week for sure with the Salida Marathon next weekend.  I plan on using it as a long supported run and not race it.  I am not in good enough shape to race it right now which is fine.

Total Weekly Numbers

Shit week for the most part.  Between the nasty head cold and travel to Vegas I was way low on miles this week.  Plan was for 65 or so, only got 40 and change.  Oh well, onwards and upwards.  At least the cold has finally passed as of last Thursday and got to explore some in the desert around Vegas so that is a positive.  Now need to decide if I am going to sign up for Pikes or not this year....