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Quote from: LBSS on June 15, 2020, 06:29:36 pm

- tennis with dad x 40 mins

awesome! haven't seen that in a while.

it's been a while! since last summer. hoping to make it a regular thing, maybe a few times a week. a little cross-training never hurts and we play at such a chill pace that i doubt it'd interfere with running at all.

on a related note, my dad has inexplicably lost ten pounds in recent months. he only weighs 145 now. he's otherwise apparently quite healthy, but he doesn't like being even skinnier than he's used to. gonna start doing some more workouts with him and my mom, they're both concerned about strength and muscle mass. i've been meaning to get going on the same, maybe we can keep each other accountable.

also i won $20 off my mom yesterday because i bet her she couldn't do a single pull up or chin up and she was very confident that she could. easiest $20 i ever made.

(btw adarq we need the crying-laughing emoji on here...)

apparently tacking on a session in a dry sauna after a bout of exercise can serve the purpose, yeah.

yeah that makes sense. i'm not worried about it, per se, just struck by how strong the effect was. heat adaptation might even be better for cardio fitness than altitude, so with any luck running slower this summer will help me get faster come fall.

the tests are available to everyone in my state, although there are only two locations each open twice a week for four hours. if you're asymptomatic and have no doctor or insurance (my case), it's the only option for testing. there are lots of places to get tested if you have a doctor's note.

- run 9.71 km in 49:48
same temp as yesterday but less humid and light breeze. also this route only had 65m of elevation gain, more than i'm used to but a damn sight less than yesterday. as a result, lower average pace (5:08) and more even splits.

- stretch

i'm gonna lean into the heat training this summer, with the expectation of adapting and then reaping the rewards this fall as and when races begin. or solo time trials if that's what it comes down to.

got offerred job yay

 

thanks adarq. trip was a breeze, there were only 28 people on my flight -- had an entire row to myself, window to window -- and the airports were empty on both ends. watched "ready or not" on the plane, which was fun.

back home now and it's 90/32 degrees out. smh. i feel a little woozy from the travel but i think i'll try to run this afternoon anyway. prob take it easy because, on top of the heat, home is hillier than london.

oh shit man, that sucks.