Basketball

2 hours of intense pick up basketball

1x10 Bicep curls w/ 40# dumbbells each arm

COMMENTS

• General: Only a little soreness in the achilles today after 2 hours of hoops. Very happy about that. Elbow feels good and I'm planning on testing it in the gym tomorrow. Didn't hurt after curls.
• Nutrition: Not good. Back at it tomorrow as schools over and summer training begins. No more excuses
• Body: Alright. Legs a bit sore because I haven't been eating protein.
• Sleep: 10.5 hrs and a 1 hour nap
• Reflections: Ready to train again.

Deadlift, Squat

Deadlift
1x135#
1x225#
1x315#
1x3x405#

Squat
1x10x135#
1x5x225#
1x5x295#
2x5x285#


1 hour of basketball shooting around

45 min of kicking around a soccer ball

COMMENTS

• General: Decided to just get under the bar and make shit happen today. All squats went up easy, and although I planned to do more volume today. Chose not to because I have to get up at 4am to drive to the Wapack 50 which is over an hour away. I debated trying to pull 470# early on but found out quickly my CNS was not ready for much heavier than 4 wheels.
• Nutrition: Pretty good minus the nutella
• Body: Achilles is legit getting worse. I was hoping to run with Contois tomorrow in his last 7 miles but it won't happen.
• Sleep: 7.5 hours
• Reflections: Looking forward to volunteering at Wapack in the AM. I'm doing it to get a feel of what it's like, to see some other good runners and also because the leading candidate for my first 100 is Vermont 2012, and you are required to do ultra-community service (within 14 months of the race) in order to participate. Might as well do it now. Still miserable with my injuries but as I keep saying there's not much I can do.

Rest....

400m light jog to test achilles

COMMENTS

• General: Nothing to say really. Achilles still isn't ready.
• Nutrition: Pretty poor
• Body: Fine, squat muscles are tight
• Sleep: 8 hours
• Reflections: Can't wait to get out of this crap.

Back Squat, Hill climb

Back Squat
1x5x225#
1x3x275#
1x5x310# (PR)
1x3x315# (PR)
1x10x225# w/ emphasis on explosion from bottom

Treadmill Hill climb, 15% grade for 30 minutes
~1400 feet of vertical feet, 1.73 miles, 366 calories burned

COMMENTS

• General: Sweet day for back squats. Took a while to loosen up my legs on the first few sets. Huge grind on 5th rep of the 310# set but I got everything else pretty smoothly. Hill climb will be a good tool for ultra-running and will happen more frequently until I can run again.
• Nutrition: Bad
• Body: Elbow was badly bothering me today.
• Sleep: 8-9 hours
• Reflections: Pleased to get 2 PR's while I recover. Decided that if I still can't work out in a week or two because of injuries I'm going to do the smolov squat program to see how high it raises my back squat. Should be interesting.

Test but rest

15 minute run on Riverlin St. Single track

Ice plunged both feet and elbows


COMMENTS

• General: Achilles still isn't ready. The pain came back pretty quickly after about 8 minutes but I had to get back to my car so I just kept running. Unfortunate but reality.
• Nutrition: Bad
• Body: Elbow nagging, achilles was really sore
• Sleep: Don't remember
• Reflections: Life just doesn't always go as planned as I demonstrated today. It felt 100% but clearly there's something in there that does not want to heal for me to run. Not sure where to go from here. Since I'm on the shelf for a while from running and I've wanted to get this done for a while, I got my 2nd tattoo today. It didn't bother my achilles at all if you were wondering.

$60. I actually stole this idea from a racer at my first 50 miler.
My way of letting people remember the name when I'm running in front of them. Guess that means I need to become a better runner now.

Positive Upbringings in the weightroom

Deadlift

1x135#

1x225#

1x315#

1x405#

1x450# (Lifetime PR by 25#)

Curls
3x10x30#

COMMENTS

• General: Felt decently wreckless today and went into the gym fired up on coffee ready to deadlift. There was no pain from the deadlifts or the curls, although my right elbow tweaked a bit later on in the day when I sat up off my bed wrong. Mentally I needed this day and didn't really care about doing any more training after I got the PR. Felt good and not depressed for the first time in a week after my session today. For some reason 450# was in my head driving to the gym so I threw it on and never looked back, although I have a feeling I could get more.
• Nutrition: Not great. Literally I haven't been able to eat real food for a while now. Meat and vegetables make me feel sick. It's been tough.
• Body: Achilles feels good today. I will be running tomorrow.
• Sleep: 8-9 hours
• Reflections: 20# off of my goal for the year on deadlift which I plan to get by the end of this month. Realized today that I should hit a 500# deadlift without any injuries this summer and I'm pumped about that. Going to hit up a run tomorrow, maybe squat too depending on how I feel.

Rest Day

Nothing

COMMENTS

• General: Seems like I've been posting this a lot recently.... But what can you do? Achilles still isn't feeling good and I'm near the end of my rope with the injuries. Basically concluded that I'm not meant to do high volume stuff and when I'm healed my new training will reflect that. Life stuff isn't getting much better but I'm still going strong.
• Nutrition: Burnett's vodka isn't exactly paleo but neither are munchies at 2am
• Body: Legs are a bit sore but fine otherwise
• Sleep: 6 hours on the floor
• Reflections: Felt good to wind down last night after a week of hell, although I don't like using alcohol to do that for me (considering my dad's an alcoholic). Not exactly sure what's on tap this week because I still cannot run and cannot lift. Planning to squat either tomorrow or Tuesday, depending on my schedule tomorrow. My elbow suffered no problems from the deadlifting last week so I may try to perk myself up by testing my 1rm. I've noticed that I'm losing weight because I haven't been eating much food from all the stress, and when I have been it hasn't been ideal. Any form of protein has not appealed to me in well over a week.