September 14, 2009 - "never flustered..."

"To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is perfection of character." - Marcus Aurelius

I used to dread Monday's. The weekends were always filled with tons of food and wine, partying with friends and during football season, tons of nachos, beer and wings from 1 pm - 10 pm on Sundays! Monday's meant that it was all over (minus a few beers and a burger for Monday Night Football!). But now, Monday's are another intense day of training and working on my thesis. I not only don't dread them, I welcome them with open arms. Today was a perfect Monday.

Around 7 AM - Wake
Husky play time
Eggs/Bacon (share bacon with Huskies)
Gym for 2 hours (workouts below)
Go to Lab
Lunch (Salad with tuna, eggs, beets, olive oil)
Snack (banana)
Snack (apple and almonds/cashews/walnuts)
Coffee
Leave lab at 6:45 PM
Home for run
Dinner (grilled veggies/meat, chicken, salad)
Read, Work on blog, Play with Huskies
Lights out...11:30 PM.
Up at 6:30 AM to do it all over again.

A very balanced day- training, lab work, healthy eating, time with friends, husky time, and more...Life is good.

Workouts:
Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 34 minute trail run with my friend Kevin and the huskies. Very steep hills throughout, lots of fun obstacles, great run.

Sunday - Rest day

Monday, September 14, 2009:
Crossfit.com workouts:

"Diane"
21-15-9 reps of:
225 pound Deadlift (I used 185 lbs)
Handstand push-ups

My total time for Diane: 14:55

I also did:

"Annie"

50-40-30-20 and 10 rep rounds of:
Double-unders (Did Row instead, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 meters)
Sit-ups

Total time for Annie: 13:20

I finished with around 60 pullups, 30 dips, 30 pushups, and a nice stretch before and after. For an active cooldown, Jonathon and I hit the pool for about 20 minutes or so. I plan on being in the water a minimum of 5 days a week from here forward, since it's my weakest event.

When I got home from lab I felt like going for a run. So I did a 4.28 mile run at a strong, but comfortable pace of 28:15 (6:36 / mile).

Today was a fantastic day of training highlighted by a lot of core work and a strong run. I finished the day with a dinner of a fresh salad with olive oil and fig vinaigrette, grilled veggies, roasted beets, grilled NY Strip, and some grilled tofu. My roommate Jonathon and I had to admit after the Crossfit workouts and that dinner....that life really is pretty damn good.