When not lifting and giving finals

This is the crazy week. And the Chiefs are having a 2 week homestand and Bradley is playing 3 this weekend.

Last Friday: I caught the second half of a double header that went late. Chiefs looked great in beating Beloit 3-1.
They won again 6-2 on Saturday; went with Tracy. B had dinner then bailed on the teeth chattering game.

On Sunday: Chiefs walked lots of batters and got bombed 11-7.

Then came the next week vs Wisconsin.
Tuesday: the Chiefs relief pitchers were horrible, walking 15 and hitting one batter in route to a 14-9 loss. They had lead 5-0 and again 8-5 before a horrific inning where they used 3 relievers; the middle one walked 3 batters in a row and hit another.

The Chiefs’ relief pitching was bad enough to attract jeers from the crowd.

Of course the Chiefs looked good on Wednesday during their day game (I couldn’t go).
Last night: they lost 3-2 but at least this time, it looked as if two professional teams were playing.

Bradley: won big 14-4 over Valpo, thanks to a huge 7’th inning. The first Brave to bat hit a home run. It WAS a close game for a while.

Week’s worth of workouts (almost)

Walking summary:

Saturday: 8.4 mile walk (to the Riverfront) at 15:52 (yes, slow)

Sunday: 2 at 16:23 (after weights)
Monday 5K commuter walk (just under 18 mpm)
Tuesday 6.35 mile at 14:41. Cornstalk 4.2 plus a 1.15 lower loop plus a Moss loop
Wednesday: 2 mile commuter walk
Thursday: 5.2 mile at 14:05 plus 1 mile commuter
Today (Friday) easy 2 miles before weights.

Weights:
Sunday: trap bar dead: (4 inch) 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 234, 1 x 305 (miss, make) then Farmer’s walks: 200 feet with 52 in each hand, 100+100 with 74, 100+ 100 with 100, 200 with 74, 200 with 52.

Monday: pull ups, (50+ reps, mostly sets of 6) bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 with 160, 2 sets of 10 x 94, 5 x 105, curls.

Wednesday: pull ups: sets of 7 to 35, then sets to get 50+
bench: 10 x 134, 8 x 155 (current record), 7 x 134 incline, 3 sets of high incline 94, 105, 105, trap bar dead: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 234

Today (Friday) pull ups 3 sets of 7 before walking, 2 sets of 7 afterward, 5, 5, 5.
Bench: 10 x 134, 5 x 160, 4 x 160, 5 x 155, 5 x 155
high incline: 7 x 105, 6 x 105, 5 x 105
curls: 3 sets of 10.

Assorted videos:

Friday before finals

Last night’s game was postponed to a double header tonight and this is my night off.
Today’s workout: 2 mile commuter walk; these are now under 17 mpm. Things are better. Weights in the morning:
pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 8 (7 counted), 6, 6, 6 (penalty reps). Varied the grip.

bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 160. Tough, but not quite as tough.
incline: 6 x 134. I was not going to get rep 7
high incline: 6 x 105, 6 x 105, 7 x 105
curls: 3 sets of 10.

This won’t win any strongman competitions but it was ok.

From Wednesday:

Today

Workout catch up

Baseball! Saw Bradley fight Illinois but lose 5-2 and then saw the Chiefs strand 13 runners and give up 10 walks in a long 4-3 loss to Beloit last night.

Workouts: Tuesday, 5.2 mile walk in 1:11:45 (1.2 mile loop after 4 mile lower loop course) 13:48 pace, then a 2 mile commuter walk.

Wednesday: weights: bench 10 x 134, 10 x 150. trap bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 224 then 10 x 280 6 inch. High incline: 10 x 94, 7 x 105, 5 x 110
pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 10, then two sets of 6 (varied the grip), 3 mile commuter walk.

Thursday: 4.14 at 14:43 (finished stronger) then a 2 mile commuter walk.

Switching it up

I am trying to get back on the M, W, F lift, Tu, Th medium walk, Saturday longer walk, Sunday: leg lift type of routine. So today, I did a 5k commuter walk over lunch and lifted in the morning:

pull ups: 5 sets of 5, 10 (sort of), 3 sets of 5, one set of 5 (55 reps, 5 of those were penalty reps)

bench: 10 x 134, 3 x 165, 5 x 160, 6 x 155, 7 x 150 (tired)
high incline: 10 x 94, 6 x 105, 5 x 110
curl: 3 sets of 10

Note: was sore this morning.

Note: this was yesterday’s course:

Progress

I walked a modified 8 mile course (8.25 is what I call it) that I walked last Sunday, but this time it was great weather. Time: 2:05…just over 15 minute miles, which is consistent with the splits I was seeing. It was interesting to see the neighborhood waking up as I passed from 8 am to 10 am.

So, do I aim for a half marathon in the fall? The Quad Cities is the day after the USC game. I’ll wait to see if the game is at night nor not. Day game: I am doing both.
Last April, I did 160 plus miles, but my long was only 6 or so. So, in one sense, I am ahead. But in May, I got to 8 and my pace was faster (14:30-14:40). So, I have some improving to do.

Later: Bradley softball: the women won 8-0 after 5 innings, getting a 3 run blast in the bottom of the 5’th while leading 6-0. The Braves completed the sweep.

Discipline

I’ll admit it: I am often lacking motivation these days. When it comes to working out, the joints are often stiff at first (just a bit). But I make myself do it.
Pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 10 (ok, a few shaky reps), 2 sets of 5, then a 30 second hold

Bench: 10 x 134 Swiss Bar. 3 sets of 5 x 160 straight bar.

inline press: 7 x 134. Miss at 155
4 inch trap bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 234
6 inch: 5 x 280 (sort of disappointing)
high incline press: 3 sets of 6 x 105
curl: 21 (7-7-7)
2 mile easy walk.

Later came a very interesting softball game.

We arrived at 1:30 expecting a 2 pm game, but they had moved Friday’s planned game to a noon Saturday start expecting a double header. We got there in the top of the 7’th inning and Bradley was up 3-0, thanks to 3 runs in the bottom of the 6’th. I figured that the game would be over quickly. Wrong.
Evansville loaded the bases and eventually pounded out 7 runs in the top of the 7’th. BU used 3 different pitchers in this inning!

Oh well…BU was probably out of it. Right? Wrong. Somehow, thanks to clutch hitting and errors, Bradley got 4 runs and tied it. So we were there for extra innings. Then came drama..and no scoring. 8, 9, 10, 11, no runs, and it was approaching 4 pm! Finally in the 12’th, Evansville got a couple of hits and lead 9-7 in the top of the 12’th.

And, of course, Bradley opens up with a hit, a walk and then the bases are loaded with no outs! One walk…9-8. Then a pop up and strike out..still 9-8. Ground ball in the infield…bad throw to 1’st, Bradley scores and it is 9-9 thanks to an error. Then another misplayed ground ball in the infield..Evansville tries to draw runner interference but no avail..Bradley wins 10-9 in a 4 hour plus game, and we saw 2 hours of it!

Miserable April

It seems as if April has had miserable weather on most days. Well, we had nice weather for a few hours.
pull ups: 9 sets of 5, one of 7
bench: 10 x 134, 3 x 165, 5 x 160, 4 x 160, 6 x 155 then 5 x 145 on the Swiss bar (tired)
high incline: 2 sets of 6 x 105, 5 x 110 (sloppy hips?)
curls: one set of 10
trap bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 234 (all 4 inch)

then a 2 mile walk at just under 15 minutes per mile, before taking Barbara out.

There was supposed to be a Bradley game tonight but OF COURSE, we had a pop-up thunderstorm that should delay things. Update: cancelled.