USMCPFT score: 73/300
Pull-ups: 3
Crunches: 35
3 mile run: 24:53 (Adjusted from 25:43 5k)
So close to a passing score. I just need to squeeze in five more crunches next time. This is my last run before the KPSF5K&HMFRPBPRC on Sunday and things are looking good. I'm learning the importance of pacing myself and through the application of this learning I was able to run the entire 5k tonight without pausing. This was a first.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Status update
Haven't been so good about running recently. After the last PFT, I ran a speed-mile1 and another 5k but nothing more than that. Had a long week of late nights at work, then a couple of long nights of bar-hopping, and you know how it goes. I need to get back on the wagon this week, however, since Sunday is my first real 5k race2.
I also have a new PFT-related project called the Coit Plan. In this plan, on every workday, I walk from the base of telegraph hill up to the park surrounding Coit Tower. It's about 450 steps to the top and makes my thighs pretty much want to explode. On day four, a dog came up to me in the park, tried to steal my water bottle from me, and then jumped his muddy dog-paws all over my pantlegs.
1. One of my running metrics is a one mile run as fast as I can go. As of publication, my best time is around 6:45.
2. The Kaiser-Permanente San Francisco 5k & Half Marathon Fun Run presented by PAMAKIDS Runner's Club
I also have a new PFT-related project called the Coit Plan. In this plan, on every workday, I walk from the base of telegraph hill up to the park surrounding Coit Tower. It's about 450 steps to the top and makes my thighs pretty much want to explode. On day four, a dog came up to me in the park, tried to steal my water bottle from me, and then jumped his muddy dog-paws all over my pantlegs.
1. One of my running metrics is a one mile run as fast as I can go. As of publication, my best time is around 6:45.
2. The Kaiser-Permanente San Francisco 5k & Half Marathon Fun Run presented by PAMAKIDS Runner's Club
Sunday, January 11, 2009
PFT #2
USMCPFT score: 52/300
Pull-ups: 3
Crunches: 32
3 mile run: 28:25 (Adjusted from 29:22 5k)
Note that this was my first run in a few weeks and I am still recovering from a pretty nasty cold, so the fact that I even did the run should be considered a win. I managed to get 3 pull-ups done, a passing score, which is nice because it means my little dumbbell exercises are not completely useless. That sit-up score still needs some improvement, though (passing score is 40).
Pull-ups: 3
Crunches: 32
3 mile run: 28:25 (Adjusted from 29:22 5k)
Note that this was my first run in a few weeks and I am still recovering from a pretty nasty cold, so the fact that I even did the run should be considered a win. I managed to get 3 pull-ups done, a passing score, which is nice because it means my little dumbbell exercises are not completely useless. That sit-up score still needs some improvement, though (passing score is 40).
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Setback #2
Two weeks have gone by since the last post (and since anything appropriate to include here has occurred). It was way too cold1 to run in mid-December and then when it warmed up we had to fly to STL for a two-week holiday vacation2. But now that the New Year has arrived, we're going to get back into this in earnest. Expect a real update January 6th.
1. Highs in the mid-40's?? C'mon.
2. It wasn't the vacation that kept us from running but the lack of proper attire. We actually scored a free one-week guest pass to a 24-hour gym but did not want to buy shoes, shorts, etc.
1. Highs in the mid-40's?? C'mon.
2. It wasn't the vacation that kept us from running but the lack of proper attire. We actually scored a free one-week guest pass to a 24-hour gym but did not want to buy shoes, shorts, etc.
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