I’ve been babying my wrist for about a week now and it’s still feeling sore. I picked some movements that don’t require wrist flexion and cooked up a little metcon. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of the following:
Total time: 9:17 (I think). I was screwing with the timer, so I’m not positive about the time, but it sure felt good to get a little circuit in.
Back at the 5th Ave Gym (gotta love the $5 day pass). Figured I’d do some squatting to get a bigger engine:
I’m as weak as a kitten these days, though in all fairness I’m also out of practice, my form is out of whack, and I lost some of that shoulder flexibility I worked so hard to develop last year. Frucstrating.
I did something to eff up my wrist, so I went easy on the warmup today. Helped out with today’s technique and then stuck around after class to work on Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen a bit and helped my buddy out with the Yu Ga Dai Pa.
Oh Zach. What about our Muddy Buddy? What we gwon do?
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
After my run, by the Old Stone House in Washington Park. Ran through Tiet Sien Kuen to get the chi flowing. It’s amazing how totally recharged I feel after this form. Ah, what a lovely night!
Ran down 3rd Street over the lovely Gowanus to Carroll Gardens and back. I screwed up and misread my Nike+ Sportband (it was dark) and thought I had hit 2 miles, but I was actually a bit short. Finished in 14:14, which is a 7:24 pace. As penance for cutting my run short I did 5 min of wall jumps in Washington Park and got 77 reps.
The thing that bugs me is that I’ve been able to coast along at a 7:30 min/mile pace forever for my whole life. I just need to do something to get faster if I’m going to hit my goal of running a 5k in 20 min.
You can do anything, but not everything.”
Worked out in the hot, hot basement after my jump rope workout. Focused on Fuk Fu Kuen and just sweated it out. Focused on the rising and sinking and all that good stuff. Felt kinda meh.
In the basement after putting Ms. Smalls to bed:
Total work time: 10 minutes, resting 1 minute between sets. Total score = 489, which is an PR and I cut the rest in half.
Previously: 452 on 4/25/09; 435 on 3/11/09; 485 on 2/12/09
When it’s hot outside, it’s hot and stuffy in the school. Focused on some body conditioning after the warmup and got right into techniques. I sparred a little after class and then ran through Tiet Sien Kuen to cool down and dump some chi.
I headed out for a lunchtime run today. The heat hit me like a Charlie Murphy kick to the chest as soon as I got outside. That, coupled with pedestrians, traffic, and lots of red lights forced me to modify my intended 1.5 mile route on the fly and cut the run short at a mile. Finished in 7:00 flat, which is cow flop. I don’t take the heat well.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of the following:
Finished in 4:47. Well, it was supposed to be quick. Wanna fight about it?
Warmed up with Tiet Sien Kuen to get the juices flowing, then put my shoes on, turned my brain off, and worked on Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen for a while. Strong, sweaty work.
After our swim, Dave and I headed over to the McCarren Park track for a little track run. We ran 8 laps, which registered as a 2.06 miles on my Nike+ Sportband, in 14:23. I recalibrated that run to 1.988 miles (which is exactly 3200m), so maybe I’ll get slightly better accuracy in the future.
