Hell Week: Conclusion

Saturday to Saturday - Running, Swimming and Workouts totaled 48 Miles, burned 10,154 Calories. I would have topped 50 miles but the effort started catching up to me. I got some IT Band pain for the first time since switching to Five Fingers. Fatigue started to hound me. My last exercise was a 10 mile run. Normally that

We'll see whether that effort benefits me.

From September 24, 2011

Hell Week: Thursday

All this strength training isn't exactly helping me get down to the lower edges of the Giant class by Santa Clarita. But my primary focus is still adventure races like Tough Mudder.

I found out that BUD/s Class 291 is in Hell Week right now. Of course what I'm doing is picking daisies compared to the real deal. But to honor them I used the 55 minute SEAL workout from YouTube. Enjoy the 70's stash.

I did a 1/3 Mile Run before and in between each group of the workout then 1 Mile to finish up.

Hell Week: Wednesday

2 Mile Swim. After that I crashed. I could not stay awake. I had planned on running tonight but 2 German Style Recovery Drinks with dinner it didn't happen.

Hell Week: Tuesday

Trying to run 20 Miles for the 1st time after yesterday's workouts (especially the 4.5 miles of near sprint intervals) was not a great idea. But it wouldn't be Hell Week if it didn't suck.

Taking inspiration from Randy I mapped out a 5 mile loop. I was already struggling by the end of the 2nd loop. I walked about 1/3 of loop three. I could only run a few hundred yards at a time here and there on the last loop. It was basically a disaster with an average pace of 14 minutes. Post run tonnage: 230 lbs

But it would be Hell Week if the suck stopped there. So after recouping for 6 hours I popped the three blisters in between my toes and did a 1/2 Murph. The Murph is a Crossfit exercise named after Lt. Michael Murphy who was killed in Afghanistan. It consists of 1 Mile Run, 100 Pull Ups, 200 Push Ups, 300 Squats, and another mile run. I did the miles on either side of half of the Pull Ups, Push Ups and Squats.

4000+ calories burned today.

Hell Week: Monday

Maxed out on vacation hours means take a week off or stop accruing hours. So I decided to punish myself for a week. Its my own private Hell Week.

Monday:

AM: 1 Miles Swim

Midday: Next was a little Crossfit inspired routine.

Warm Up

200 Meter Run

30 Jumping Jacks

30 Cherry Pickers

10 Windmills

10 1/2 Windmills

10 Trunk Side Stretches

Workout

Repeat 3 Times

100 Meter Run

10 Kettle Bell Thruster (30lb KB)

5 Clean and Jerk (50lb Sand Bag)

10 Kettle Bell Snatches (30lb KB)

20 Sumo Dead Lift (30lb KB)

50 Butterfly Sit-ups

50 Flutter Kicks

PM: Interval Run

4.5 Miles