...And we're back!

After a short hiatus to allow the swelling to go down and to reasses my goals it's time to step it up a notch. Week 8 is the new week 1, I received my meal plan from Casey the trainer and I got support from Schmess(she bought me the remaining parts needed for the Franken bike).

Going to start incorporating some of the Crossfit techniques into my routine, todays crossfit:
"Twenty-One"
Complete the following for time:
20 push-ups/1 sit-up
19 push-ups/2 sit-ups
18 push-ups/3 sit-ups
17 push-ups/4 sit-ups
16 push-ups/5 sit-ups
15 push-ups/6 sit-ups
14 push-ups/7 sit-ups
13 push-ups/8 sit-ups
12 push-ups/9 sit-ups
11 push-ups/10 sit-ups
10 push-ups/11 sit-ups
9 push-ups/12 sit-ups
8 push-ups/13 sit-ups
7 push-ups/14 sit-ups
6 push-ups/15 sit-ups
5 push-ups/16 sit-ups
4 push-ups/17 sit-ups
3 push-ups/18 sit-ups
2 push-ups/19 sit-ups
1 push-up/20 sit-ups
Push-up standards: Body stays planked whether you are on your toes or your knees. Chest touches the deck. Arms to full lockout.

Sit-ups on an Abmat with feet unsecured

I will report back tomorrow how it feels and some more planning on this weeks training.

Suicidal Squirrels

So the knee is feeling a little better and I have been biking to work to keep it loose, I will be back in the gym tomorrow but no running this week. But as I was riding along yesterday a squirrel popped out of a bush and ran into my back tire. Luckily I didn't run the little fella over he coulda would up like this guy had I been going faster and if I had disc brakes perhaps.

#'s from last week and possible setback...

Bike = 3hrs
Run = 1hr
Ski = 4hrs

While on the skis saturday I came to a hard stop and I think the pressure to the outside of my knee caused me to strain it a bit. It's a little sore and swollen and I'm not gonna push it too hard this week. It feels ok on the bike and I have the ace neoprene brace on my knee for now. We'll see how it goes and possibly get back in the gym by the end of teh week.

Lesson learned, lift more and be in more control, don't go to hard to fast yet, your knee is not ready...

And there was celebration in the streets!

Even here in Boulder, I could hear the shouting from my window. At approximately 8:45 PM MST it was announced that Barack Hussein Obama would be the 44Th president of the United States of America.

There was plenty of whooping and hollering from the locals in my neighborhood, people were even setting of fireworks and dancing in the streets. I never expected quite that reaction but then again it is a momentous occasion.

"Yes We Can"
-Barack Obama

502

That's what the mileage read on the cyclometer this morning as I locked my bike to the rack out in front of the building I work in. That's a pretty good feeling knowing I have put that many miles down, almost all commuting. I bought it about 8 weeks ago so that mean I am getting roughly 63mi of commuting per week. Not bad but I expect that number to increase as I lengthen my commuting trips for training purposes.