Run, Oly Lifts, Pullups

4:45am: ~8 mile run with Contois and Mr. Cote in 1:15. The pace for the first 7ish miles was high 7's to low 8's estimated but the last mile was probably 12-15 minutes which explains the crappy pace.

Full Snatch Heavy 1 reps
119, 129, 134, 134, 139 (PR)

Clean + Jerk Heavy 1 reps
159, 179, 189, 189, 204 (F)

Pullups 8-11-8-8-6

COMMENTS

• General: The run went really well at the beginning but my shin splint fucked me at the end and made me walk the remainder of the course. It was very hilly and challenging. I think doing these runs 1-2x a week will make me twice the ultra runner I am now, and as long as I can balance the strength work with it I see no reason why I can't do these every week. My guess is I need these types of runs significantly more than I need long, slow ones. I missed the max rep set on pullups by 4 today; in retrospect maybe I jumped to the higher cycle a little too quickly and should've stuck with 9-11 for another cycle. Probably will do another 9-11 pullup cycle next after I finish this one, take some time off and test my Fran time.
• Nutrition: Not so hot today. Basically for the forseeable future I'm experimenting with eating lots of meat, fruit and vegetables throughout the day. Post workout (5pm) I will have my whey and then eat dinner. After that routine (which is typical as of now), I'm going to experiment with something very new to me. I've seen a lot of good results with people doing a shake after dinner near bedtime so I'm giving it a shot to see if it can put on some size. Tonight's was 2 scoops of ice cream, a cup of whole milk, 2 scoops of my new ON whey powder and a scoop of peanut butter. Every night's will be similar to this. Really satisfied all sweet tooth cravings (go figure). If I do this 3-4 times a week and eat clean the days I don't heavy lift I think I'll be just fine.
• Body: Elbow has been hurting! Fuck that right? Going to look after it. My shin is mangled; won't be running until it's 100%.
• Sleep: 5 hours. Couldn't sleep for shit last night and got up at 4:30 to run.
• Reflections: So far the shake has been good on the 2 nights I've done it and I hope to see results in the next few weeks. Hopefully the spike of protein and the jacked hormone levels I experience during sleep will result in a bigger, happier me.Tomorrow's a scheduled rest day. Friday will be back to the barbell with some form of conditioning, and Saturday is still up in the air. 3-2-1.... rest.