I
returned to the park to do a Survival Workout, but left a weakened Dakota at
home. It had been three days since my
last one, but for some reason I knew it was going to go well. I tend to rise and fall in my attitude
regarding exercise, as everyone does, and know that this attitude has a large
impact on performance. I hooked my feet
on the rail of the gate on the side of the road and began doing my
push-ups.
Sixty
seconds later I was approaching 90 and wondering if I could break my pr. When I passed 100 with something still in the
tank, I was ecstatic. I pushed through
to 105 before doing a nose dive into the mud, but I’d broken my previous record
by 4 and now knew nothing else would matter that day. I smiled as I moved down the field to my next
station, picking up six golf balls as I went.
I was tired from the initial effort with the push-ups, but kept pushing
myself. I knew my 4-set record for
push-ups was 310 and that gave me something else to shoot for that day. When I reached my final set needing another
70 push-ups for the record and feeling the exhaustion from having done 20 sets
of exercises already, I didn’t really think I could make it. As I approached 60, I knew it was within
reach and was very satisfied as I past 70, finally collapsing at 75 and a new
4-set total of 315.
The
birthday is two days away and there is no triathlon on the horizon. I’m hoping to spend some quality time with
Holly in the morning and maybe take a 58-mile bike ride and do some kayaking
and a Survival Workout in the afternoon.
Running has been shelved for now…my body is telling me it’s not on the
agenda.
Survival
Workout: 60 minutes.
Training Heart
Rate: 100-150 bpm.Calories burned: 600.
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