took the day off on friday - didnt do much but go to the beach and relax. but i follow the boy scout motto so i did end up thinking of crossfit in so far as i told myself that i need to purchase an extra set of headphones for my run since my sweat caused a "Johnny 5" on my previous backup set of favorite running headphones - and please tell me that someone gets that...
Saturday i was determined to do last mondays wod (800m-50 pushups-800m-100supermans-800m-200situps-800m) since i wasnt going to go to the box. did my first 1/2 mile in: 4:14. hmm that was a bit slow. again pushups are a goat of mine and i struggled after 30. next 800m split was 4:30. really? supermans must have looked funny to the couple who saw me doing them face down on the lawn as they walked out of their house. finished everything in 39:17. ouch. i rechecked my distance and it was over 900m but i think the fact that i had laid in the sun for about 2 hrs prior to wodding and did the actual wod in the high noon heat were what played a role in my subpar time. im happy i did the wod, i wish the time was a better reflection of what i thought my effort was during the wod.
sunday was my 10k time trail. i started at 8am - as im going to do for the next few weekend tempos. i want to prep myself for running the half marathon first thing on a sunday morning - clearly earlier than i want to get up and therefore clearly out of my comfort zone. ill spare you the inner monologue but my mile splits were 7:42, 8:00, 8:08, 8:13, 8:15, 9:12 and the home stretch was 2:01. i thought i kicked it up a notch during the last mile and home stretch so i was surprised with that low a split but i was really happy with my overall time of 51:31. i felt really good after that tempo and now i know i can easily get under 50min for a 10k and that is very encouraging for my half marathon prospects.
had my favorite arthur's burger when i got home - as an aside, if anybody ever wants to go just let me know and ill be there, i can have their smokehouse burger multiple times a week - and looking forward to this upcoming week.
here's a muñoz fun fact o' the day that i cant help but share: found out this weekend that my dad has pitbull and will smith on his ipod on-the-go playlist. that's right - a) he's got an ipod and b) he has "i know you want me" and "getting jiggy with it" among other atypical songs any father would have let alone on a playlist that he specifically made for being in the car. im incredibly impressed that he knows how to make a playlist and im ok with the fresh prince - even though its a little dated - its the fact that he likes blasting pitbull - and sings along to it. now we all know pitbull isnt the most couth artist (and i quote: "mami got an (gluteus maximus) like a donkey") - and although my dad only sings along to the spanish chorus - im not sure if my dad picks up on the nuances of pitbull's flow nor how uncomfortable it is for me and my sisters to hear him signing along period. i can only imagine that its a similar feeling to when you were younger and sang the lyrics to "oh what a night" and your parents had to suffer through you singing about a one night stand before you had even gone through puberty - again this is only speculation but still uncomfortable nonetheless and therefore i just felt the need to share - enjoy.
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