Physical Journey Update
Posted by pastorpic on September 24, 2008
Haven’t done any updates on my continuing journey in this department lately…
I gave an update on the race, but I am continuing to run. I’m trying to gradually increase my distances looking to possibly running a half-marathon next year. I really don’t want to jump into the increased distances, I’ve learned from past attempts that this doesn’t generally work for me. My tendons don’t respond well to sudden jumps in activity. So I’m gradually increasing. One of the benefits of this is that I’m continuing to see times drop and proficiency rise. My running proficiency (using the method I posted here) has increased from 1.43 yards per heartbeat to 1.49 yards per heartbeat. I’m still not running at any kind of world dominating pace, but my pace is increasing – and I’ve replaced one of my 4 aerobic runs each week with an anaerobic run to get my times increasing. It is nice to get the wheels turning a little faster at least once a week.
On the pushup side. As my running increased I’m finding it harder to maintain the pushups. I haven’t been able to reproduce the 74 that I did before, and still have not been able to do the week 6 schedule for that max, so I’ve dropped down one level on the week 6 schedule and keep pressing along. If you have no clue what I’m talking about here – I’m trying to complete the hundred pushup challenge, and have increased from 45 to 74 – but can’t finish week 6’s workout. I’m sure there’s a connection between that and the increased running, especially when I try to do pushups on a heavy run day…
On the weight side, I’m down to 15.1% body fat. That’s a pretty good decrease from the 22% my scale said I had when I started the journey, so things are coming along. My goal is 10-12%, and I should be able to reach that. Typically, I go through the acquisition of “hibernation weight” with the onset of the holiday season – and I’m hoping to avoid that this year! We shall see.
Anyway, that’s where I’m at right now. The pants that were too small are now coming close to being too big – and my belt is more than just decoration, and that’s a good thing!
