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Less is More

02.02

Scraps
10:44 AM
Walk, 11 minutes
3 rounds Goblet Squats, Push-ups, Downward Dogs
Rib pulls, bretzels, arm bars, crooked arm bars

Really needed a bit of mobility work. Lower abs and quads have been chronically sore for a week; this got things moving and flushed a bunch of blood into those areas. Felt very therapeutic.

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Training @ 03:47 PM

Run/Walk
15:00 run/01:00 walk
00:48:23, 3.60 mi, 13:26 min/mi, 140 bpm avg hr 148 max

Excellent run! Stride was smooth and fluid. Big payoff from the mobility work. Perfect 70 degree weather too.
 
02.03

Scraps
10:53 AM
Walk, 11 minutes
3 rounds Goblet Squats, Push-ups, Downward Dogs
Rib pulls, bretzels, arm bars, crooked arm bars

Training @ 03:53 PM

Snatch
24k x 10nr

Mace
08k x 10r x 10s

80 degrees today!
 
Bret S. said:
Wow! High temp here was 63 today with morning fog and overcast most of the day, pretty normal for this time of year.
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This is the warmest it's been in months; it spoiled me rotten. I snuck away for a half an hour after lunch and sun bathed for a bit. Supposed to be in the high 60's tomorrow. I ain't complaining. I ain't been on a single run in the wind-whipped face-ripping-off sleet like I was in Chicago!
 
02.06

Scraps
11:00 AM
Walk, 00:16:10
3 rounds Goblet Squats, Push-ups, Downward Dogs
1 rounds Rib pulls, bretzels, arm bars, crooked arm bars

Training @ 03:07 PM

Run/Walk
00:32:14, 2.42 mi, 13:16 min/mi, 141 bpm hr avg149 hr max

Mowing the backyard
00:10:38, 0.22 mi

Yup, mowing the yard the first week of February. West Texas is wild.
 
Bret S. said:
How big is the house and yard? What do houses rent for there? Here you can't rent a studio apt for less than $1600 a month.
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Chicago was almost as expensive. Here your money goes much further. Rent is roughly $1/sqft for an actual single family home. Though you do pay for a big electric bill during the summer if you don't tolerate heat! I'm terrible at estimating sizes, but I'd say most houses here have a yard about 1/5 of an acre...standard suburban lots.

There are tradeoffs; this town has everything you need...but nothing you want. But at this point in my life all I want is is peace and quiet, space to throw around kettlebells and year around running weather so it's just fine with me.
 
The Nail said:
There are tradeoffs; this town has everything you need...but nothing you want. But at this point in my life all I want is is peace and quiet, space to throw around kettlebells and year around running weather so it's just fine with me.
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That's it, simplicity and repeatability.. I've always thought boring to be a very good thing, made my best gains and improvements during 'boring' times in my life.

All you need now is a wife and a couple kids to make it all perfect ?
 
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02.07 Sunday - Day of Rest

Walk, 03:15 PM, 00:32:30
3 rounds Goblet Squats, Push-ups, Downward Dogs
1 rounds Rib pulls, bretzels, arm bars, crooked arm bars

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02.08

Training @ 10:09 AM

Snatch
24k x 16nr

Mace
08k x 04r x 10s

Walk
04:04 PM, 00:33:34

Mobility
Goblet Squats, Push-ups, Downward Dogs, arm bars, crooked arm bars
 
02.09

Training @ 11:01 AM

Rowing
2000m, 117 bpm hr avg 136 hr max

Cold snap hit Texas; didn't get above freezing today. This weekend it’s supposed to be colder; highs in the teens. Last weekend I mowed the yard. WTH Texas? Ha.
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The Nail said:
02.09

Training @ 11:01 AM

Rowing
2000m, 117 bpm hr avg 136 hr max

Cold snap hit Texas; didn't get above freezing today. This weekend it’s supposed to be colder; highs in the teens. Last weekend I mowed the yard. WTH Texas? Ha.
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Chit man! That's a big temp swing! I hear parts of Colorado are like that too.
 
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