Not that I haven't been already. I have finally arrived in NC, which means that I am no longer living out of my car!
I got home on the evening of the 23rd. Since then I have started running on my own, working out with Dynamic Wrestling (my old wrestling club), and I have attended a few trial sessions at CrossFit Raleigh.
This past weekend I ran (sneaked into would be more accurate) the Warrior Dash. When my friend Meg had initially told me about it, I thought I would still be on the road, as such I never registered. Fortunately the atmosphere was very relaxed. It was almost more like a concert or music festival rather than a race. One of Meg's friends let me use his bib number after he had finished, although I wouldn't have needed it anyway.
The dash was great fun, but in no way challenging. I got home and decided to revisit my old training circuit. The main Lake Johnson loop is 3 miles around with a few mean hills on the back stretch. I saw a runner come out of a side loop I had never noticed in all of my previous runs. When asked, he said that it would tack on an additional 2 miles before reconnecting to the main loop about 200m in the distance. I ran the main loop twice and finished with some deep stretching and super-sets of squat jumps and pull-ups.
After the Dash, Meg had expressed interest the Tough Mudder coming up in Winterplace, VA. on October 23rd. Once I got home from my run I registered. This one should be a challenge. It is somewhere between 9-10 miles, contains plenty of obstacles, but more importantly it is located on a ski resort. To say that this course will be hilly would be an understatement along the lines of saying that McDonald's has helped several people become overweight.
On tap for today:
Wrestling practice from 4-5:30
Then WOD with Matt and Matt. 3 rounds of: 1 mile run, 200m bear crawl, 200m sprint, plus w/u and c/d of course.
Jeff
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