On Saturday, my goofing boy managed to swing his sneakered foot just so. It met with my unprotected, sandaled big toe on my left foot, cracking the nail deeper than I imagined possible, and testing my restraint as I managed to avoid unleashing an obscenity-laced tirade at my kid. I’ve managed to do some temporary repair using surgical tape and stretchy 3M elastic tape.

Sunday

Plan: 30 minutes non-run cross-training. Completed: 30 minutes of beach walking.

We spent Sunday at Half Moon Bay, playing beach baseball and soccer, walking in the sand and digging giant holes. Life with a preschooler can be beautifully simple sometimes.

Monday

Plan: 30 minute easy run. Completed: 23 minute run that felt anything but easy.

For as amazing as I’d felt on Saturday, Monday was a tedious slog. If I didn’t know better, I would have guessed that my shoes were filled with lead. I did 23 minutes before throwing in the towel and heading home.

Tuesday

Plan: Team circuit training. Completed: Morning kickboxing; evening Team Circuit Training.

I clearly didn’t learn from my last Tuesday night TNT meeting, and I once again doubled up on workouts today. Kickboxing was a bit challenging, considering that I had to adjust my left foot kick to protect my sore left toe from impact, but I suspect that my new, modified kick is actually closer to the correct form. Maybe this was a blessing in disguise.

Then there was TNT circuit training. It went like this:

• 1 mile warmup run
• Set 1
  • Bench step-ups (step onto bench, knee to chest)
  • Push-ups with one leg in the air
  • Snow angels (ab work)
• Run .5 miles
• Set 2
  • Mountain climbers
  • Lunge-to-jump
  • Squats to sideways leap
• Run .5 miles
• Repeat set 1
• Run .5 miles
• Repeat set 2
• Walk 10 minutes (about .75 miles) to cooldown
• Stretch

The strangest part? My per-mile time was the best I’ve ever had over that much distance, most likely because I ran the whole time. Granted, it was broken into bits, but I was plenty tired. There’s no doubt that I’ll be feeling this tomorrow.

Tags: abs, circuits, cross-training, kickboxing, lunges, push-ups, running, squats, team in training

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