Average Miles per Running Day - 10.1
Vertical Feet - 27,500
Weightlifting Days - 11
Push Ups per Month - 108
365 Beer Challenge (year) - 14
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty damn tired. Going through the newborn stage and a soon to be 3 year old stage wears on you. I feel like when I'm at work and home, it's go go go time. Always thinking about the task at hand and at the same time already planning out the next few tasks I need to do. By the end of the day, which is normally around 10pm or 11pm, I am wired! Finding it difficult to fall asleep right away. Even though I'm exhausted.
Don't get me wrong here. All is great, just, tiring. Thankfully it's only a matter of time till the family finds a nice routine.
"Habits are easy to start. Difficult to break." This is what my college baseball coach told our team my freshman year. When my daughter was born, I started getting my training in during the early hours of the morning. It's the reason why I now wake up almost every morning at 5am without an alarm. It's the reason why I was able to run and weight lift as much as I have this month.
All these workouts have also been some of my most peaceful moments. All is calm and I'm allowed this brief moment of clarity on the upcoming day. Balancing out life. Without these workouts, I no doubt would be a complete train wreck.
This will be one of the few times I talk about my Push Ups. I will continues with the 100/day average with a little switch up. Doing only 2 sets of as many push ups as I can do. Not a big deal till you factor in making up for missed days. Which I tend to do at least once a week. It's the making up the missed day that will make this a challenge.
I've always been a Garmin Connect person but this year I'm giving Strava a shot. The free version. Some really cool stuff, some very interesting stuff and of course, as to be expected, some douchey stuff.
As for the Running, I was consistent and strong all month putting an emphasis on vert and time, not miles. Highlight was a great 26 miler down in the Springs for their annual fat ass. Even went 29:30 on the incline which I think is good? JT was gracious again playing host and I had a great time down there with so many awesome folks.
The slight increase in Weight Lifting has resulted in me weighting in at 188. However, as I pointed out last month, I've pretty much hit a ceiling. My current diet is geared towards running. Along with my current running and weight lifting pattern, there's no way I put on any more weight. Getting stronger will occur but at a slow progression. This I'm fine with. The gym right now mixes things up, focuses on muscles I would normally neglect and is a nice refuge away from the dark and cold early morning runs I experience most days this time of year.
No way in hell I come close to this awesome yearly beer challenge, but I'll give it a strong effort. I'm so focused on family once I get home that I forget to take care of myself with a beer. It's been a lot of fun mixing up the beers I drink since I tend to be a creature of habit and stick to IPAs.
(Red highlights beers awarded to me by Front Range Denver for now Rambler)
More of the same with me taking it literally one day at a time. Have to approach it this way with the newborn and Mother Nature making most of the calls. I'm really hoping to add some structure to my running in February in preparation to Salida. A focus on more leg turnover, a true heart rate focused recovery run for example. I'm feeling really good and starting to think I might be in decent race shape come March 15th after all.
Weekly goals will remain the same. Still keeping it to 5 running days per week with a few days on the trails. 3 visits to the weight room per week as well just for the hell of it. I likely won't hit these numbers and that's fine. I'm still putting in a solid base for this summers fun.
