Log - Mon., 5/10/10

Workout:

weights

(all 1:30 rest)

deadlift, 195 - 3x15
front squat, 75 - 3x15
walking lunge, BW - 3x15
SL curl, 45 - 3x15
calf raise, 85 - 3x15

Comments:

The lifting session felt great.  I skipped the cardio (usually heavy bag work) to let my hands heal a bit.  I just ordered some better heavy bag gloves, which should help immensely, but I'll bet I don't get them for a week.  I also needed to get to work earlier, so there was that.

I'm reconsidering my goals of specific lifts and running a half marathon this fall.  I really am not feeling motivated by it, and I think that my problem is that the goals aren't really challenging.  I am sure I can hit all the lifting goals except for the squat already.  As for the running, my 8-miler a few weeks ago - slow but quite easy - reinforced what I already believed; I could run a half today if I wanted to.  So, what's the point?

I'm thinking of reevaluating, then.  I want both lifting and running goals, but am thinking of shifting my running to a 5k goal for time - like lifting a certain amount, that seems like a performance goal that should challenge me well, while not requiring a ton of extra time (which I don't have).  (By that last, I mean that focusing on time for the half would require a lot of long, slow sessions, a lot of speed work, etc.  With lifting and work and family and ..., it just doesn't seem feasible, nor is it something I really want.  The 5K, though, is more exciting to me.)  We'll see.