Category: baseball

Well, THAT blew up in my face

Ask for something, be assured that you’d get it and then…not

Monday: can’t really remember 52 total pull ups; 5 sets of 6 chins
bench (Swiss) 10 x 134, 3 sets of 6 x 150, 10 x 134
high incline: 2 sets of 10 x 94, 5 x 105
curls
5k commuter walk (2 walks)

Tuesday (the lunch day) 6.3 mile course (out and back, Corn Stock loop) in 1:37:02 (wet pavement); Chiefs game..win 5-3 on Education Day!

Wednesday (almost no sleep the night before) 3.22 at 15:59 (a bit faster really) after
pull ups 10, 5-5, 10, 5-5, 5-5 the sets of 5 were chins and last were mixed grips
bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134 Swiss
low trap 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225
curls: 3 sets of 10

Cold and empty

The workout notes:
Wednesday: 10 sets of 5 pull ups (they were a chore). bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134. low handle: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225. high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94. curls: 3 sets of 10. Then some ragged chest taps; 3 miles of commuter walking.

Thursday: I did the out and back plus the Corn Stock full loop: 6.3 miles at 15:02. Just didn’t have any “ompf” in my walk.

Wednesday night: a looong (almost 4 hour) 12-4 shellacking at the hands of Eastern Illinois. The Panthers raced out to a 6-0 lead though it was cut to 6-4 at one point.

How time flies

Workouts:
Sunday: 2 mile walk; deadlifts with the trap bar:
10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230 low
4 inch: 3 sets of 5 x 300
Monday: 1 mile over lunch; it was coming down in buckets.
pull ups: 6, 6, 10, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5
bench (Swiss) 10 x 134, 4 x 154, 6 x 150, 5 x 150, 5 x 150
high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94
curls: 3 sets of 10

Tuesday: 10k course in 1:30:03 I was barely chasing 15 minute miles up until the end. Then a lunch stroll with B

Chiefs baseball:


In Saturday’s game with Tracy, the Chiefs rallied with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7’th and got strong relief pitching in the 8’th and 9’th to win 7-5.

Sunday’s game was a slugfest: they used a 4 run 3rd inning to help them to a 10-1 lead. The Kernels cut it to 10-6 in the 7’th but the Chiefs came back with 2 in the 7’th and 4 in the 8’th to win 16-6. The sun drove the center fielders nuts; there were 3 dropped fly balls early in this game.

Here you can hear Tracy talking about a retirement home experience during the game:

And how the week flies!

My last post was on Monday. Now it is Friday. And so my boring life goes.

Workouts:
Tuesday: 10K course (Bradley Park) in 1:25:42 (13:49 pace)
Wednesday: 5k of commuter walking (two parts). The weights: got 50 plus pull up reps, bench was 10 x 134, 10 x 134, 5 x 150 Swiss, low trap bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225, high incline: 10 x 94, 2 sets of 5 x 105 trying to keep things even.
Thursday: 10k course in 1:27:44 (14:08 pace); pretty day, but not much going.
Today: 3.2 worth of commuter walking.
Pull ups: 6, 4, 6, 6, 10, then 4 sets of 5 including 2 of chin and 2 of mixed grip
bench: 10 x 134, 5 x 154, 4 x 154, 6 x 150, 5 x 150
high incline: 2 sets of 10 x 94, one of 5 x 105
curls: 2 sets of 10.

All together, not much.
I did take Barbara walking a bit: Costco, and a couple of short (.5-.6) campus walks; the latter was half without the rollator.

Baseball: I could not make the Wednesday game. I made Tuesday and Thursday; latter had almost no one show up.

Tuesday: 7-2 victory, powered by a grand slam!

Thursday: a 12-10 slugfest that featured several home runs and, well, not great pitching. That the Chiefs held on to their 12-10 lead in the 8’th was a relief.

The social: Tuesday: Vickie, Harry, and I got to say hi to Chip, one of Barbara’s JUMP “husbands.”

Sometimes, it is our turn to give

And yesterday: 7.1 miles in 1:52:18 followed by a Dozer Park mile.
I saw the rain delayed end of the Bradley vs Southern Illinois game (10-1 loss) and the first 6 innings of a 6-2 loss (it was 4-0 when I left). The game was marred by a broken ankle from a second base slide.

This morning: 2 miles of walking and some light deadlifts:
10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230 low, 10 x 260 4 inch. I was all good.

Then after Indian buffet I watched Bradley go out to a 4-2 lead only to lose 13-5. The game got away in the 6’th and again in the 9’th.

Second sleep period

I know it was just a half marathon, but it was a good effort for me. But that means disrupted sleep patterns. Next time: I have to take care of hydration and rest.

Yesterday: I did some light weights: (trap bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184 low, 10 x 244 4 inch), walked 2 miles and went to Indian buffet.
Later: Game with Barbara. The Chiefs lead 4-3 in the top of the 9’th when the Cubs hit a 2 run home run to win the game 5-4.

The night before: the Chiefs gave up 8 runs in the 7’th to lose 9-3.

Baseball week

As expected, blogging gets non-existent when the Chiefs are in town and I am still teaching.

Here are the workouts:
Tuesday: hill course 4.14 miles in 1:01:05 (14:46)
Wednesday: short walks of 2 and 1.4 miles.
Pull ups: the usual 50 reps (a few sets of 6 were chin ups), bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134 Swiss, high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94 (trying to get “even”), trap bar dead: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 4 inch: 10 x 244
Thursday: 4.14 miles in 56:00, or 13:32 (felt it that day)
Yesterday: 2.1 commuter, light weights: 50 reps (5 sets of 6, 1 of 10, 2 of 5)
bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134, high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94

Today: in Springfield for the half marathon. I’d love sub 3 hours but..we shall see. Weather: high 40’s. Do I wear leggings under my shorts?

Chiefs: well, the first two games were interesting.

Tuesday: the Chiefs came out on fire and led 7-1 after the first and cruised to a 10-1 win. Wednesday: well, the weather was warmer and so were the Cubs’s bats. They shelled the Chiefs pitching for 17 hits and won 13-1.

There weren’t many there to see either of those games.

Finally, on Thursday, we had a nice game and the Chiefs got an insurance run in the 8’th to win 5-3. I didn’t see last night’s 8-6 loss as I was on the road, but I hope to take Barbara and Tracy to tonight’s game.

Saturday and Sunday

It turned out to be a good Easter weekend after all. I hope to cajole my wife into walking later.

First: the workouts. Yesterday: I managed my hilly 10k course (slightly wet and 50’s) in 1:27:31 (14:07). I was 58:30 at mile 4 so the last 2.2 was in about 29 minutes. Then I walked 1 mile (3 laps) in Dozer between the two Bradley Baseball games (12-3 and 9-4 losses to Evansville)

In an improvement, Barbara managed a 0.2 mile walk under her own steam (no rollator) after lunch on Saturday.

Today: slowish 3.2 mile walk at 16:27; just cruising around campus and on Moss. Before that: trap bar deadlifts.
Low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230
4 inch: 1 x 300 (felt bad so I aborted), 5 x 300, 5 x 300, 5 x 300. Felt ok.

Bradley Baseball: they suspended Friday’s game with the Braves down 7-0 in the top of the 5’th. I missed Bradley scoring 2 runs so it was 7-2 when I arrived. BU cut it to 7-3 in the top of the 9’th, when Evansville slammed the door with 5 runs to win 12-3.

Second: Evansville started out 3-0 and lead 6-0 before cruising to win 9-4. It is a long season for BU.

Easter: great brunch with Barbara and Jennifer. I forgot how much fun Jennifer can be.

Sunday-Wednesday

That I have not posted much is good, actually. Things have gone well at home.

Sunday: 5k walk after deadlifts:
10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230 low handle
10 x 260, 5 x 300 4 inch handle.

Monday: 2 mile walk to work.
pull ups: 50 reps; can’t quite remember how I got them.
Bench: Swiss bar: did 2 sets of 10 x 134, regular bar: 2 sets of 10 x 134 (sore shoulder)
high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94

Tuesday: 10k course in 1:24:32; 13:38 pace.

Wednesday (today)
pull ups: 4 sets of 5 (2 were chins), 2 sets of 6, 1 set of 10, 2 of 5 (one was chins)
bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134 Swiss
High incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94
low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230
2 mile walk over lunch.

Weekend baseball: I saw Bradley lose 11-0 and 14-3; not much more needs to be said.

My “get up and go” is gone

The day started out cool and never really got hot. But my stride was just sluggish from the start and never got better. I’ll call this walk 10.15.

I won’t say that it was difficult; it really wasn’t until that final steep hill.

I wonder if I’ve gained weight. The weird thing is that pull ups have improved quite a bit and that is inconsistent with weight gain.

Peoria Chiefs: they were down 2-0 early before a 4 run 4’th put the Chiefs up 4-2. But the Cubs got two of their own in the 5’th and it remained tied going into the 8’th. A new closer appeared to struggle, but in the end he kept the Cubs scoreless throughout a tense 9’th and 10’th…he even survived an errant throw made on a ground ball.

Then with 2 out on the 10’th, Cho slammed the ball off of the center right wall to drive in the winning run.