morning run

Very proud of myself for waking up at 7 this morning and going on a nice mile or so run.  The hills killed my legs and it was already hot!!  Still glad I went out and did something!!  Got lots of good shopping done this morning with my parents and now heading out to spend sometime with Meghan.  Can't believe I leave in less than 2 weeks!!

Aerial's!

Been a very full week of work!  I am excited it is the weekend! California took more out of me than I realized!  I have been so exhausted all week, all i want to do is sleep, and I have been!  Because of that my motivation to work out has been slipping.  Tuesday I just did abs, wednesday i took totally off.  Thursday I go up and ran about 2.5 miles, which felt really nice.  So far today I have not done anything.  Beginning to think that this will just be a week of rest.  Might get up and run a little before we head out tomorrow.  Guess my body needed some time to recover.  Hopefully my normal energy levels return soon.

BACK!!!

I am finally home.  San Jose was absolutely amazing!! I cannot imagine a better way to have spent my summer.  All the pics are up on facebook.  Unfortunately, I got incredibly busy while there, with class work, and updating this blog quickly lost priority.  But now that I am home, I am back.  For the most part I was good at working out while there.  The last week I was wiped out and developed a cold so I ended up sleeping in every morning except for monday, but I did get to the gym most evenings.  I am absolutely gonna miss that class.  I learned so much, and I made what I know will be life long friends.  I am happy to be home, and am really looking forward to getting back to school in a few weeks.

Today I got back to working out after several days off due to travel and such.  Got up around 7 this morning, and it was already hot and humid.  Started my warm up with something I have not seen in a while, a hill!!!   That mile actually felt really good, guess the work I did in Cali paid off!!  Then ran approximately 60 m in the yard.  It was fun dodging trees and running on the side of a hill! hahaha!  The plan was to run 24 total.  I was dying in the humidity.  Started with a set of 7, then 6, then 7.  Then stopped for a while, thinking I needed to be done.  But after a few mins inside, I put my shoes back on and headed out to finish the whole thing.  They were not particularly fast or anything, but I am proud of myself for finishing the whole thing.

This afternoon I headed to the basement to get a little lift in.  Started with 3 sets of 8 handstand push ups, 3 sets of 10 dips, 3 sets of 10 curls, and 3 sets of 8 military press.  Next round had 3 sets of 20 push ups, 3 sets of skull crusher series (minus the middle one), and 3 sets of behind head tricep raises with weight.  Finished up the day with 3 sets of consecutive 2 min abs, was struggling by the 3rd set but made it through.  Overall today was a good day, very productive.

4th of July!

Today was a great 4th of July, slept in til just after 9 this morning then did lab all day until around 3 when we headed out for our run!  It was hot!  Started with a mile warm up only to find that the normal park was filled with a 4th of July picnic, so we changed course and went on campus to find a spot.  Ran 60 m today.  2 sets of 6.  I was so excited to start but then the early stages of heat stroke set in, I did not drink nearly enough water today!  So my speed dropped of significantly!!  Got clear through the first set then went on a mission to find water.  Ran 6 more then skipped a set of 2, then finished out the last 4, opted out of the bonus to today as well.  I am quite disappointed in myself for letting this happen again! I need to get better about drinking water!  Overall it was still an alright workout, finished up with 2 mins abs and stretching.  Just finished up the 2 labs that are due on wednesday and getting ready to head out to some fireworks with group!  Its exciting to celebrate the 4th in the US this year!!

Too Many Lab reports!

Been a long time since I have been able to post because my days have been full of class lab reports and studying.  Did still manage to get several good workouts in, but have not had the chance to write about them.  Wednesday was a "light" day.  Went of the mile loop around campus.  Kurt decided to go hard though turning my day off into one of the fastest miles I have run!!  That afternoon, after taking a mid term that went ok, we headed to the gym.  Did an arm work out, it was good, my triceps were sore for days!!  Thursday was back to the 3 mile run before heading to Berkeley National Lab for the day.  Pleased with my run, but let myself easy up a little since the previous few days had been so rough!  The trip was great, it was so cool to see the place I spent so much time learning about in the Spring, and being at a place where real scientists do real work!  Friday morning we got up and headed to the pool again.  Excited to have Jeff join us.  It was great to have a second coach!! My swimming has gotten much better!  Managed to do a full 50 m swim with flip turn and all!!  Excited to continue getting better.  Saturday had no structured workout but we spent the day at the beach playing volleyball.  It was an amazing day!!  Could absolutely go back again!!  Today was a light shake out kinda day.  Quick light 20 mins run this morning then a trip to the gym this afternoon.  Sunday's are ab days for Kurt so I decided to see what I could do.  I was quite pleased with myself!  Started off with crunches ups, toe touches, heals to the heavens, twists and 6" 12 " with a weight ball.  Then did some mountain climbers with a ball. Finally we headed in to the actual weights.  The circuit consisted of side pulls with a weight (made my day on the second set when I walked over next to some guy who thought he was pretty legit, picked up a weight 5 lbs bigger than his and did the same exercise!!!  hahaha love it!!!)  broomsticks, knee up series on the pull up bar, decine abs and decline twists.  Did not quite get to finish because the gym closed at 5, but none the less it was a great work out!!  Hoping my abs are sore tomorrow, been a while since that has happened!  Now dinner and back to lab reports!