View Workout (Joe Uhan)
OFF
October 28, 2013 (Morning)
Exercise Type: Other
Comments:
Busy day: 9 hrs at work, then another volunteer shift. I had to put my foot down and let them know that I was cutting back to 1 day a month, then to none by January. It's just too much. It's too hard to do a 12-hr day on a Monday. It sucks. And it makes training nearly impossible.
Was like 8min long with my last patient (a local ultra guy, my age, who, on his own, ran from EUG to Waldo Lake! Fucking nuts!), so that blew up any chance to do even a short bike or run.
The reality is: my quads were TRASHED from Sunday! Dear Lord. It's super-demoralizing (again, deepest fear is, "OMG I'm overtrained and my legs are totally f'ed"), but on the other hand, I haven't done legit DH running since pre-Waldo. Even the Sisters run (5+ weeks ago) didn't have that grade or prolonged downhill. So it was a shock.
Also, I wonder the impact that my higher HR had. Again, due to "stress", I was persistently over 160 (beyond my threshold) on the climb. I just don't know about it...can your body truly go complete anaerobic at that >threshold HR...even if the effort doesn't match? Seriously, it felt so easy! I know the HR is affected by stress/anxiety, but does that automatically make the muscle cell shift energy systems to turn OFF fat, and burn only sugar?
That's the overarching point of MAF-training...but I'm not sure I believe it. BUT...could this be evidence to that effect? Interesting idea...
So, thrashed out, and no training. Did do some stretching at home. Hamstring was remarkably GOOD today, which is nice. Did some light massage on it last night. The baseball is the bomb.
The work shift was OK...it always is, but man, when I'm tired, I dread it. Can't have that mentality, so it's time to be done.
Thought a lot about Chelsea yesterday. Enough that it legit annoyed me. Humans, by nature, forget the worst and recall the best (it's survival), so it's easy to forget all the shit that bothered me about her - shit that technically hasn't truly changed (yet). So I don't like the idea of being sucked back into her vacuum of awfulness.
But, I'm wholly confident that future interactions will be different, because:
- My approach with women is vastly different - I no longer make any effort to overtly "get someone to like me". They'll like me because I'm awesome (or do overt things to promote my value), not because I'm wallowing for their approval.
- I'm aware of her shitty habits and tendencies.
Curious to see where it all goes.