Thursday, July 21, 2011

Starting Out

So, I really started training for Tough Mudder(TM) on June 21, with a 2.5 mile run that took me half an hour to complete and confirmed the reality that I needed to spend the following four months training hard for TM.  According to my log on GetLeanTulsa, over the past month (crap, it's already been a month), I have run 26.44 miles, biked 76.28 miles, and worked out in the gym twice.  I wasn't kidding about not being a gym rat.
But I rejoined the gym at work (they fortuitously require three month memberships from contractors).  So I am on my way to a consistent, weekly workout routine.  I figure if I do strength training on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and then some sort of cardiovascular workout on the remaining four days, I should be in reasonable shape in three month's time.  My longest run in the past month was 8.1 miles in 1 hour, 15 minutes.  So, that has to count for something.  At this rate, I've have run over 100 miles, biked over 300, and worked out at least 8 times in four months.  But seriously, I'll hopefully have far eclipsed all of those benchmarks.  Here's hoping I don't hurt myself.

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