Tennis - August 30th, 2008

Another clear cool morning for tennis. Played with ds, again, and we're both better than last time. But soon tennis season will be over, our rainy fall and winter are almost upon us. So then it'll be back to the climbing gym.

1.5k Run - August 29th, 2008

Victory!

Well, partial, anyway. Today, for the first time ever, I ran the entire 1.5k without stopping. Plus for the last 2 blocks I really turned it on. It was a great feeling. Now I'll have to map out a 2k run to keep this up.

Today's music was the Lords of Acid's Expand Your Head.

Am I sexy?
Will you know
Follow me
And you will know

Gym workout - August 28th, 2008

Another good workout this mornig, but no crunches - my abs hurt too much from the other day.

5 minutes on the bike
military press (30kg / 60lb)
lower back (70kg / 150lb)
leg extension (45kg / 100lb)
seated butterfly (30kg / 60lb)
leg curl (70kg / 150lb)
biaxial chest press (45kg / 100lb)
lat pull down (45kg / 100lb)
leg press (180kg / 400lb)
upper back (45kg / 100lb)
upper back (45kg / 100lb)
abdominal (70kg / 150lb)

10 reps, each side, on the Cybex torso rotation (40kg / 90lb)

Then the weights and torso rotation again.

Today's music was MAN-CAT's Bowie/Hip-Hop mashup, The Rise and Fall of Thuggy Stardust and the Hustler's From Mars.

3k Run - August 27th, 2008

Another wet, soggy run today. So I went out this afternoon and bought a shell.

But, all told, a great run - our first two legs were definately further than I'd run before at once.

And today's music was really good, N.E.R.D.'s In Search Of...

I'm an outlaw
Quick on the draw
Somethin' you never seen before
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face

Gym workout - August 26th, 2008

Wow, 2 weeks since my last gym visit. I'm still convinced that the break I took was a good thing. Perhaps taking a week or so off every couple of months should be part of my routine.

Less cardio than previously, and I'm still doing 2 sets of 15 rather than 3 of 10.

5 minutes on the bike

military press (30kg / 60lb)
lower back (70kg / 150lb)
leg extension (45kg / 100lb)
seated butterfly (30kg / 60lb)
leg curl (70kg / 150lb)
biaxial chest press (45kg / 100lb)
lat pull down (45kg / 100lb)
leg press (180kg / 400lb)
upper back (45kg / 100lb)
upper back (45kg / 100lb)
abdominal (70kg / 150lb)

2 sets of 10 crunches

15 reps, each side, on the Cybex torso rotation (40kg / 90lb)

Then the weights, crunches and torso rotation again.

Today's music, because I'm going to see them in October, Gogol Bordello's Super Taranta!

On burning bridges
Yeah o yeah you seen me fall
In love with witches
And you know my brain is held
Inside by stitches
Yet you know
I did survive
All of your lovely sieges

Tennis - August 25th, 2008

Played for a little over an hour today, with ds. It's been quite a while since we last played - over three weeks by the look of things - so we were both pretty rusty. But it was a lot of fun - and the weather was ideal, not too sunny and pretty mild.

3k Run - August 24th, 2008

Pouring rain today - I'm really going to have to pick up a light waterproof shell for these days, as they'll be occurring more and more often.



Still, a good run and I definitely feel I'm improving.



Today's music was Panjabi MC's Steel Bangle