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Sub 40?

Dog Day 5 Mile Run in Surf City this past Sunday went really well! I hit the 3 mile mark at 23:08 - which would have resulted in my best 5k time since last year's half marathon training. Hit the 4 mile mark in 31:20 and then picked up the pace. Figured i could easily finish within the 39min mark. Got to the finish line at 40:18...


I remember these things because that was a great run for me - especially considering my lack of wodding and my hip issues the past two weeks. Got to the print out and expect to see a sub 40 and see 40:25?!? Either the timer on the road was off or i will lose faith in the compuscore system. The llocfme did great as usual - ffl got 3rd female overall and in only one week of training, the head of KDPI breezed in under an 8:40 pace :) Fell asleep at the beach for a little bit and had a productive Sunday evening.


Family comes home this week - and now my big 'day' is Thursday not Friday - as none of the principals will be there on Friday. Big changes ahead :)

Good News

Meeting went extremely well on Wednesday night - they are going to recommend my change of use application for approval to the Planning Board on Sept 7! (Have i mentioned that Sept 8 cant come soon enough?) Went home to see Rebeca, Pat and Noah and saw Noah take not only his first step, but his first three steps! They were so confident - from the couch to his father sitting on the floor - we were all so shocked that he just.did.that. So we tried to get him to repeat the feet (haha) and this is the best i got:

ill definitely get better video next time i am home. Went out with Mike for some gimlets to finish off a very cool wednesday.


Thursday was pretty solid - went out to an awesome cuban dinner and paleo beer with the llocfme and while i couldnt exact my bowling revenge, i did whoop them in banagrams (and had i not received a "z" as my last letter in the second game, it would have swept the series that night). brain over brawn i guess ;)


Friday morning was interesting - on the way home from inspecting a new job site in newark, i saw a certain someone driving a certain german car and my heart stopped. first time in 7 weeks. couldnt really get into work mode when i got back to the office, so i went to my gym instead and got it ready for the upcoming week. overall it turned into a productive day.


hip has been out of whack since august 9th. (paleo hasnt been much better so im getting a fresh start on monday.) recovered and felt comfortable with it by tuesday night to do the endu wod:


5min on, 5min off
4min on, 4min off
3min on, 3min off
2min on, 2min off
1min on


i took it easy the first 5min and only got ~1050m. picked up the pace on the second round and got ~950m in 4min (i guess i took it really easy on my first 5min) third round ~750m ( i was really happy with that round) fourth round got ~525m. last round got 350m - slipping sweet! got to talk to a dad, who was at the track "coaching" his 10yr son to a 6:24 mile, after my wod about the benefits of cf and not LSD training. always spreading the good news :) overall i was very pleased with the evening - but my hip has paid the price since :/


i was supposed to do tabata treadmill this week - but pushed that off. need to get this checked out. i'll be sure to update on how my 10 mile time trial goes this sunday - if it gets done at all.

Photoshop Plug

clearing my phone and was saving this picture to try and figure out what the heck this photo was:

tried inverting colors in paint - nada. enter photoshop:

(and after checking the timestamp) - its the only photo i took at Jason's wedding. my PI skills are getting better ;) but now it looks a little creepy so... im not saving it anymore.

Quickie

Got to spend some quality time with the niece and the nephew (when he finally woke up that is). he's just about ready to walk! Weekend went fairly well starting with Friday night, then 4 newbies at the Sat class, then helping Bean and Sue pick out counter top for the kitchen in 'my shore house', then a housewarming party at my ffl's new place, and then a productive sunday that ended with me starting to watch TLOTR trilogy again :)

Big town meeting tomorrow that i got a phone call this morning about - seems like i will have to lead a discussion about the town's concern with my apparent lack of parking - keep me in your prayers!

Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising

Bean and his dad Bob have been indispensable to me at my box - I can't thank them enough - but i attempt to by feeding them every time they help! As you can see, the final (major) wall came down today and the vision of having the room for more than two people to wod became a little more clear.

It may not be that clear to the naked eye - but i can see it!


I really tweaked my hip yesterday during the endu wod warm up - to the point where it hurts to walk. im taking tomorrow off from wodding (but ill still be cleaning up the above mess) so i hope to be healed and ready for my double session on Thursday.


Half of the Munoz clan came home today so i after the demo, i drove to Hillside to see them. Even though it was only a little over two weeks - Cecilia looks so much bigger! Can't wait to see the already ginormous Noah!

Filler

Its the same day in, day out - wake up, engineer civily, coach, work on box, sleep, repeat - Sept 8 cant come soon enough. im clearly confused when i mix up a dc inspired tshirt with some marvel accesories

(see im slowing going nuts) Need to jot a few things down though.


going back on my definition of strict paleo for 30 days. told myself that 1.5 weeks ago but just finished the carrot cake that i bought this weekend before coaching today - so now its official since ive blogged about it.


why am i so good at the car game (the one where you can tell what make and model the car is from as far away as possible) and why does every car have to be a C300? its like Mercedes is giving them away - dont they know that hurts my feelings :/


tonight was an endu wod was 16x200m, 90sec rest with my ffl. we started it at 930p. averaged 38sec and stayed within 3sec of that (even though we were allowed 5sec deviation) so i was pretty happy about that. hope to get a reg wod in soon but i need to work on mobilizing my lower back more.


a small portion of my family returns from Portugal tomorrow - so it will be nice to see the nice and nephew again!


here are some in progress pics of the box:

front room before

front room after

back stairs before

back stairs after

shower may be the next big project...

The Book Rises

Yup - i went there.


Saturday was a not as much of a recovery day as i had hoped for as i ended up being woken up at 1000a (less than 4hrs of sleep) and not going back to bed until later that night.


Hung out with the fam on Sunday as they all were leaving for Portugal and Spain for the month on Monday - must be nice :)


I volunteered to help transport them to the airport Monday night at 400p sharp (for an 800p flight that up until Sunday afternoon everyone thought was a 1000p flight) as i had to be back in summit to coach my CFV class. I show up at 440p and no one is even ready. That was hectic to say the least. Get a call from my dad the next day from his cell (didn't think it was a global phone...) and he informed me that he was unable to get on his plane due to administrative errors on his travel documents. wow. that is my family going on vacation in a nutshell.


Spent a good portion of the week starting the demo work on the box. even got some help from my friends:

reg wodding was relatively nonexistent but i kept up with my endu wods thanks to my ffl. i like the structure that being busy provides but looking forward to a break some point soon.


went to bean's house again on the weekend and took down four cabinets to put them back up closer to the wall (long story - dont ask) but i think we are finally done with the main parts of his kitchen

now all the married couple needs to do is pick a countertop already!!! (oh and they got a dog this weekend too)


this is week has been more of the same - but at least i am making killer progress on CFV. I finally got some coaches shirts

and the new stairs at the box should be done Thursday! not posting any more progress pictures online (figure its more prudent to not invite unwanted attention from the town that will mar my progress with inspection after inspection) - just a physical album at CFV once everything is done. now i need to go through and post new pictures on the CFV FB page