August 2010 Fitness Diary!

Sunday, August 1: August began well with a 1 kilometer swim (my longest since pulling right lat muscle) followed by an hour in the gym: chest, shoulders, triceps, and 3 steep kilometers on the treadmill:

Tuesday, August 3: My regular gym is closed for the week and this just happens to be one week for almost a year that I don’t have classes. So it was back to the free taekwondo gym on campus for a 98-minute workout in the heat. Five kilometers on the treadmill and some light weights: traps, back, lower back, abs, sides, and calves. And I have never sweated so much in my life! Oh and someone stole my wallet too. Great way to start the vacation. Grrrr Angry!

 

Thursday, August 5: Another long session in the free gym on campus, but this time I kept an eye on my new wallet the whole time. Eight kilometers on the treadmill – it’s such a nice change to use a machine that doesn’t automatically stop after 40 minutes like the ones in my regular gym – and a pretty short chest, shoulders, and triceps workout. With 2 (or perhaps 3) half marathons coming up, I’m concentrating on cardio:

Friday, August 6: Back on my exercise bike for the first time in a few weeks for 25 kilometers in the heat while watching a season 2 episode of Star Trek the Next Generation:

Monday, August 9 (Australia):

Wednesday, August 11:

Thursday, August 12: A good long 1.7 kilometer swim today, the longest I’ve swum since injuring my right lat!

Friday, August 13: A marathon 12.5 kilometers on the treadmill to test out my new runners, inserts, and special running socks ($350 worth!) I began with my regular 4 kilometers up an incline and then after a couple of minutes break I ran 8.5 kilometers in just under an hour. That boosted my confidence for next week’s half marathon, but little did I know a cold was brewing inside me!

Sunday, August 15:

Monday, August 16:

Friday, August 20: Back in the gym after 3 days off due to a cold! A short 55-minute session that started with 3 kilometers on the treadmill at a pretty slow and steady pace and less of an incline than usual. Then a pretty light hamstrings, traps, lats, biceps, and lower back workout. Mmmmm supposed to run a half marathon on Sunday… heard it’s going to be 35 degrees and with my cold and my flight back to Korea tomorrow I think I should pull out….

Sunday, August 22 (Korea): I ran the first 3.5 kilometers of the 2010 Daegu World Firefighter Games half marathon. I had a cold and it was almost 40 degrees. I really should have stayed in bed.

Monday, August 23: Back in my regular gym in the afternoon for a sharp weights-only workout: chest, shoulders, triceps, calves, lower back, sides, and abs.

Wednesday, August 25: A 600-meter night swim all alone in Spa Castle’s 25 meter pool:

Thursday, August 26: An early morning 70-minute jog in the countryside surrounding Spa Castle:

Tuesday, August 31: After 4 days of no exercise due to a severe case of the common cold, it was back to work this morning with 20 kilometers on my trusty exercise bike and a few sets of calf raises. It felt good to sweat again!

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