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Today's Workout

Snow Shoveling! 2 straight hours. Oh man, does the sofa feel good about right now.

Some people do this for exercise!

No wonder I'm tired!

Run hard out there...

SNOW!

This is our second large snowstorm in two weeks. We have a good 6-8 inches already, and it is still falling. I cannot wait until I can get out to the Parkway for some good running in the snow!

Today's workout:

Run 3 miles on the treadmill (that's about all I can take). Every half mile, hop off the treadmill and do 2 minutes of high intensity exercises like Burpees, squat jumps, mountain climbers, etc. Then hop back on the hamster wheel and run some more.

I followed that up with a full hour of snow shoveling.

Run hard out there...

Crossfit Endurance strikes again

Mark Matyazic, 2nd place Javelina Jundred 100 Mile run. 17:22:09. Check out the video [wmv] [mov]. It was his first hundred miler. He seems to be in pretty good shape at the end too.

He trained the AnaerobicEndurance (aka Crossfit Endurance) way. No details yet about his training, but you can bet it was not the traditional long slow distance high weekly mileage plan.

Run hard out there...

Today's Workout -- Hill Repeats, 100 Burpees

Went to Fishburn Park, and ran hill repeats on one of my favorite hills. I was only looking for about a 40 minute workout due to time constraints, so 10 repeats worked out great. I did 10 Burpees at the top each time for a total of 100 Burpees. There is still a whole lot of ice and snow here. Temperatures are finally going to get above freezing this week, so maybe some of it will go away.

I think the Burpees are getting easier.

Run hard out there.

Today's workout, 10K and Burpees

I ran the Frozen Toe 10K this morning. Most of the run is on the 5.6 mile Chestnut Ridge Loop, one of my favorite running trails in this area. The trail was about 70% covered in snow and ice, which made for some interesting running. Despite going out too fast, I was pleased with my time and performance.

Mountain Junkies not only put on great races, but they catalog all of the local trails and give a whole heck of a lot back to the community. Check out their races. You will not be disappointed.

I was home alone after the run, and had some extra energy, so I knocked out 100 Burpees while listening to The Ramones, Rocket to Russia. Most of the rest of the day will be spent on the couch watching college hoops.

Nice day to be outside

We've had a warming trend here, so a couple of us got outside for a lunchtime workout:

• Jog to the park (about 1 mile)
• 10 x (10 burpees, jog down/up hill)
• Run the long way (3 miles) back to downtown

A great day to be outside.

Run hard out there...