Gettin' Back on the Horse

This evening I hit the gym. I normally like to work out during the day, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Not a great run today, but that's okay. Again, I ended up walking some, but I'm just getting back into stride so I think it's okay. I also shorted the distance, but again, I'm okay with that. All I need to do is get back into my schedule and ease into my training plan without incurring injury and I'm golden.

Weightlifting

Bench Press: 3 sets of 5 reps @ 155, 175, 185lbs
Dead Lifts: 3 sets of 5 reps @ 50, 70, 80lbs
Still Dips: damn. I forgot to do still dips. Damn.
Lat Pull-Downs: 3 sets of 5 reps @ heavy weight

Tomorrow's a day off. Have a great weekend!

Well Hello There

Okay, it looks like my iPod is alive again. I reset it through iTunes and it seems to be back on track.

I hit Crissy Field today to get in a quick 3 miles, per my training plan. Unfortunately, I had to walk a bit at the 2 mile mark. Taking a whole month off has its effects I tells ya.

I should be back in the swing of things soon enough. Tomorrow's another 3 miles, plus weights. Wheeeeee!

¿Por qué se comporta extrañamente mi ipod?

Looks like my iPod may very well be dead.

Nonetheless, @LosBee and I hit Crissy Field for a little 2 mile run today. I have no Nike+ widgetness to verify this, but trust me, we were out there trotting.

Been a long time.

<Insert Huge Conspicuous Gap Here>

Yeah, it's been a month since my last post. A whole month. I've run once in that time (haven't posted the run yet), but that's it. Been busy, been traveling, and most recently I've been sick with a cold.

But I'm itching mightily to get back in the swing of things. The Workout Schedule will be updated in a jiff.

Road Test: Song #1

Before Thanksgiving I finished arrangement of the first Hella Sound running song. Today was the day I took it out for a final test run.

Friends, it felt mighty good.

I'll probably elaborate more on it more when I release it on the web site, but there are really four main sections; it begins pretty wound up and charged, cruises into a dark segment, releases into a melodic, airier section, then resolves in something I can only describe as fun.

I was juiced by the time I got to the last segment. It was the last piece I recorded, and it was the first time I ran to it. You're never really sure until you take a song out for a road test, and man it felt really good.

Can't. Wait. To share.

I'll be re-recording some of the guitar and bass, performances, finessing the percussion and drums, then it's mixing, mastering and getting it up for the world to hear. Very exciting times these is.

As you can tell by my lack of recent posts, I've been slacking on the running front. No valid reason—just excuses (which I won't bother you with). Since I had over a whole week of laziness, my pace was a little slower today than it's been.

I'm also going to have to adjust the calendar a bit—nix the days I didn't workout, maybe move everything back a few weeks (again). I may just jump into the plan where I left off. We'll see.

Hey, seriously: thanks for reading! Y'all are the bestest.