A Fight Gone Bad and Running weekend

Yesterday at the gym, we did the Fight Gone Bad workout. This workout is three five minutes rounds of one minute at the following Box Jump, Barbell Push Press, Row for cal, Wall Ball, and Sumo Deadlift Hi Pull. You total your number of reps/calories for the three rounds. I got a score of 304 which was much better than my 274 from February. It is always nice to see improvement.

After the workout, I think I took a step back as I competed in a cupcake eating contest. The rules were run one lap, eat 5 cupcakes each, and run another lap. There were three teams and Brian and I finished a distant second. The first place team had a competitive eater, so in my mind we finished 1st in the novice division.

This morning I got up and went for a run with Sean and Jason. Sean is working toward the Portland marathon and Jason wanted to punish himself. I have decided to run with Sean whenever possible so he has a training buddy for the Marathon. I have no plans of running a marathon, but if I can help him get ready I will. Originally the plan was to do a 12 mile run, but as it turns out the run.com web page had an inaccurate route distance and we actually ran got in 8.5 miles. Personally I thought the distance was just right. I can tell you my legs would have preferred even less distance, as they are very sore today. I will say that doing a long run (for me this was a long run) is mentally a challenge. There were several times where I just wanted to quit and walk but I knew I shouldn't. At roughly the 7.5 mile mark I caved and started walking. Sean ran back and I pushed to do a couple of 1 min walk/run intervals. After only a couple of intervals, I got a second wind and finished the run out much stronger. Pushing my limits doing something I don't really like is good for me. Even thought I don't really enjoy running, when ever I do something physically I have never done before it is satisfying.