Daily Archives: November 30, 2016

Late “November Rain”

November 29th and 30th

TUESDAY-

 Feeling a bit wimpy for backing off outdoor workouts on these rainy, mild, late-November days.  But I did an hour of hard work inside to compensate on Tuesday evening.  That consisted of 20 minutes of treadmill at 12:00 pace,  20 minutes swimming my three strokes nonstop, and 20 minutes of solid upper body work.

 Left out core work today because of soreness/tightness in the lower back.  I have been doing all my leg drills without holding on for balance for a week now with the goal to tighten up the core.  I read an article recently that included the quote, “All running is done on one leg.”  The point was to stress that it is important to do leg drills on one leg to develop the strength, stamina and balance needed to run distance with proper form and efficency.   I have always believed in the importance of proper form and efficiency. I am reminded of Bob McGivney’s poster from 35 years ago. “Grace of motion is a function of power.”  But I have to admit that the concept of running as a one-legged activity is new to me. But I think it serves to stress an important point in a clear manner.  Anyway that is why I think my core is sore right now.

WEDNESDAY-

Pretty sore and tight today. These extended indoor workouts  sessions seem to take more out of me than I anticipate. I’m always feeling the effects 24 hours later to a greater degree than I thought I would. So I took a day to recover.

Also, I had a complete medical check-up today in preparation for an eye operation I am having on December 15th. From all that I can learn this cataract procedure  is relatively simple and quite common.  Only takes 15 minutes in office.

STATS VERY GOOD TODAY!