52 Days...

Had a really good run last night. I started over C25K. My knee was definitely feeling it but I muscled through. Did a little ab work after the run. Overall a pretty good day. Hitting the tires and treadmill again tonight. I am starting to back in the groove.

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53 Days...

Had a decent tire workout last night. I am becoming increasingly aware how much I have slacked off over the last few months. I tried to run a bit but my knee revolted. I thought I could jump right back in to my Couch to 5K program where I left off...WRONG. I am going back to week 1. That puts me at week 8 for the mud run, which works. By the end of week 8 I SHOULD be about to do the run just fine. This is due as much to my knee and the fact that I have backslid so much. I am upset with myself that I got so far behind, but I did it and I am owning it and moving on. Either doing abs or boxing tonight.

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54 Days...

I aggravated my I'm-31-and-have-been-at-least-100-lbs-overweight-for-most-of-my-life kneed injury helping my friend move this weekend so no workout once again. I am sure you are beginning to ask yourself "Why is he blogging about training for this mud run when he actually has not done anything productive since he started doing this?" Well, that is a good question. The answer would be accountability. I am holding myself accountable for the good and the bad. I am also hoping that the continued posting of how craptasticly awful I am doing will inspire me to do better. Here's hoping.

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58...57...56...55 Days...

Still not a great end of the week. However, Saturday (Day 56) I got a helluva workout helping my buddy move. I spent the whole day with some great friends and thought we did some hard work with the move I still had a great time. We spent the whole day quoting movies, making "that's what she said jokes", and just generally being a bunch of dorky guys. I even made a few new friends. I may not have gotten a lot of working out done this week, but I got some "emotional cardio" on Saturday. I feel much better about things right now and, weather permitting, I am back to it Monday.

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59 Days...

No work out today. My "not in to it" work out Tuesday night was counter-productive. Since I was not focused I hurt myself. Need to recover a bit. Going to do some light work tonight and get back in to the swing. Lesson learned kids: focus and do it properly or it could be worse than not doing it all.

\m/ IS NO TRY \m/

60 days...

I did tires last night. I did 30 minutes but my head was just not in it. You really can't go through the motions on those tires, but it was not a great workout. Still fighting insomnia and crazy head space. Hopefully I can salvage the rest of the week.

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61 Days...

This is the beginning of a new series. This series will serve two purposes. The first is to force me to post more often. The second is to document my training for my mud run. On November 10th I am going to do the most difficult thing I have ever done. I am competing in the Might Mud Dash. It is an obstacle course 5K with 20 military-style obstacles... all in the mud. Watch the videos to see an example of some of the craziness I am about to put myself through. This is the culmination of my Fat Free Apocalypse and is really just to prove to myself that I can. The title serves as a countdown to the event. My plan is to post SOMETHING each day leading up to the event. Most of the time is will be a "review" of my workout the previous day. That being said... here is my first post.

My workout for 09/10: NOT A DAMN THING... I have been a bit stressed and depressed lately which has led to me getting very little sleep. Due to that I have been crashing out way early instead of working out. The way I see it, if I am falling asleep trying to eat dinner I clearly need the rest. I am trying to find ways to get my sleep patterns back on track and force the workouts. Hopefully tonight will be better.

Until tomorrow...

\m/ IS NOT TRY \m/