April 4, 2009

An uplifting story.

An interesting illustrated blog post from the NY Times.

A good blog I follow.

Decided to take 4 days off instead of a week, starting a few days ago, Thursday. Felt more mentally tired than physically. Whenever I get mad or upset about something, instead of doing something to release my aggression, I get apathetic and borderline depressed. This is what happened so I decided to go ahead and give myself a break.

I still have a thin layer of fat preventing me from fully seeing my abs. One of my side goals is to be able to see a six pack by May 1st but that goal looks like it might remain unfulfilled until I return from backpacking. I'll have lost plenty of weight by then.

I figure if I run more I'll thin down enough by then but what is more important is being ready for the trip itself.

Tuesday of this week, I'll have a month until I quit Pizza Hut and Thursday will be a month until I start my trip. A lot of things are winding down like college, my training, my time in TN and with friends. And others will be taking their place: grad school, training for a half marathon (?), making a new life in Seattle and others. But before even those things begin, I have camp in the summer, which I am more excited about after having been interviewed by my future boss, Mike. I look forward to it as a buffer zone, a time of peace.

Once I get to camp, I'll spend some time relaxing. I'll keep up with running and abs but I'll chill for a while. I'm already thinking about new fitness goals after this trip. I'm thinking I'll invest in a better weight set and start doing a whole bunch of full body workouts, like split squats, cleans, deadlifts, and other exercises that require a lot of muscles working instead of just one (like curls, which are retarded and useless exercises). And I'll keep running, but put some days of sprints and jumps in there. Jumps would be fun.

I might not be ready for this trip yet, but I feel ready. That's probably more important anyway.