SlimCache

Most of the time I try to get in a solid hour and a half workout. Unfortunately today my wife had an appointment that required me to get home so she could take the car, thus cutting my workout short. When it came time to go into the gym I was thinking to myself 'What's the point of even going in if I can't get a full round in?'. Of course that's ludicrous, and I realized it shortly after. I would have to go in and hammer out what I could with the short amount of time I had, not take the day off. What I ended up doing was a pretty truncated version of what I have been doing recently.

My trainer was in the house today so he was helpful in getting me motivated to just get in there. His opinion is that even a half an hour is a positive and so reluctantly I agreed. There was also discussion on getting ready for my race in September and series of lectures and discussions put on by Peak Performance that I would like to attend. They have clinics on topics of nutrition, cycle maintenance, race preparation, and tips from experts on swimming, cycling, running, triathlon, and Nordic skiing. Check the schedule at www.mypeakmultisport.com.

20 mins. Arc Trainer/Elliptical, weight loss program level 8, 119 strides per min.
15 reps/110 lbs Lat Pull Down
15 reps Push ups with workout ball
15 reps/30 lbs Single Arm Row
15 reps Squats w/ 20 lb weight
15 reps/20 lbs Bicep Curl/Shoulder Press
15 reps Supermans
15 reps Crunches
15 reps Bicycle Kicks

Short day indeed but I did get my heart rate up to an average of 136 bpm and a maximum of 158 bpm was reached. I burned 344 kcals in about 40 minutes, 50% of which were from fats. Normally I would like to see more burn than this, but worked with what I had. It beats the alternative of going home and sitting on the couch to accumulate calories anyway.

Wow. I guess I just felt in the mood to kick my own ass today. I had it coming. After all I did take the better part of the last couple weeks off because I overdid it early on. I wasn't really ready for what was coming either. I'm planning on this being a really positive week. With a lengthy run yesterday, caching tomorrow, and another gym day on Thursday I'm set for some major progress for next weigh in.

I guess what really tired me out today was the circuit training stuff. I'm not yet accustomed to this (again) newly formulated plan. I think I got a little doughy from the downtime too. I don't remember the Supermans being so tough. Maybe I was just doing them wrong before.

30 mins. Treadmill Avg. 4.0 mph 0% incline

There are many individual types of geocaches and a lot of lingo that surrounds them. I've mentioned the term DNF (Did Not Find) before. There are also other acronyms that swirl about in the caching community. For example : LPC (Lamp Post Cache) and PNG (Park 'N' Grab). PNGs are what I wish to speak about today.

Park N Grabs are specifically designed to be some of the easiest caches out there. Terrain and difficulty ratings are usually very low, often rated 1 on a scale out of 5. They are planted in road signs, lamp posts (as mentioned above), and guardrails. But what if rather than driving to the cache and walking only five feet to have to log it, you took a different approach, working it into a stimulating fitness activity? I did just that today when I found that there was a micro PNG just a few miles from my home. What the hell, I hadn't gotten any type of workout today yet. Why not run to the cache?

So today I did a refreshing jaunt of 5.4 miles round trip averaging 4.2 miles per hour. I'm trying to prepare for my 5k coming up in a month and a half so I'm trying to push up my speed to see what I can sustain at length. It's a matter of conditioning and my body is constantly getting more accustomed to the push. Maximum speed was 6.8 miles per hour. Average heart rate was 155 bpm during the run with a maximum heart rate of 172 bpm. Today was a strong cardio day so only 35% of the calories burned today were from fat. I'm not at all disappointed with that as I burned a total of 914 calories in an hour and twenty minutes! Thanks for the park n grab!