Holy Soreness

After a couple weeks of not really feeling it in the gym, I got my money's worth this week.  Monday was a back day, my favorite.  After doing 4 sets of 6 exercises I ended with wide-gripped pull-ups, close-grip chin ups and some other variations.  I tried to stick to 10 reps per set...which means I probably did 70 plus pull-ups of one version or another.  The result?  I was woken up with a lat cramp, not once but twice.  I'm used to getting cramps in my hamstrings, but my lat?  What the heck?  It was not fun, but it was a good sign that I worked as hard as possible!

Tuesday I was able to get in a good chest workout.  I did 7 sets of flat bench with 4 of those sets at 105 lbs (6,5,5,5).  Next week I'm going to try to put 135lbs up once...  that has always been my goal and I think I am close.  I haven't attempted it before, so we shall see!

In the meantime, today is a R-E-S-T day:)  I have a track meet this evening, so I'll be on my feet for 4 hours in the cold rain, joy oh joy!  This is the first year that I can remember having terrible weather.  It's usually a beautiful spring day and so much fun to watch the kids get out there and work hard.  booooo...

OH, and almost forgot to mention that I DESTROYED my obliques Monday morning with a 20 minute workout.  It is hard for me to get my abs sore, but right now I can barely touch my ribs, low back, or obliques without pain.  YES:)

No 1/2 marathon...

for now at least.  I missed 3 of the last long Sunday runs because I was sick and/or injured.  After getting sick and being out for a week, the shin splints and tendinitis came back and slowed me down tremendously.  There is no way that I'll be ready to run on the 30th, so I'm going to have to look for some shorter races for now.  I am still determined to do a 1/2 marathon in the future, just not now.  For those of you who know how competitive I am, you'll understand just how frustrated I am right now and how frustrated I would be if I ran it and did not do well. 

Sooooo, I am going to stick to 4 miles or so a day and find another training guide for a future race.  I really enjoyed having a guide to check off each day as I accomplished my goal.  Track practice at school starts this afternoon, so I will be getting in a couple of runs each Tuesday and Thursday with the kids.  I am planning a 30 minute long run with them this afternoon along with some speed drills.  The other coach is leaving me  high and dry because he has class, so I'll have 60 kids to organize all by my lonesome.  It should be interesting!