5, 325, 14000

Last night we hit another running milestone, hitting the 5 mile mark. It was the farthest Ali ever ran and the 2nd farthest I ever did. We did it at a decent pace as well, covering the distance in 48 minutes and change. I was really wiped afterward. Even after eating a big supper and drinking a big glass of water, I stepped on the scale and weighed 4 pounds less than the day before. I was so tired that I dozed off for the last third of survivor. Running distance really gives you a sense of accomplishment, a sense of mental toughness but on the flipside it really wipes you out like little other exercise can do. If we can do 5 miles we could do a 10k (6.2 miles). We will give that a go soon.

Today at the gym I benched 325, well not really but sort of, kind of. I was doing lockouts which are basically taking the barbell off the hooks to the extended position and then back down to the hooks. The theory is doing lockouts at a heavy weight (much more than you could do a normal benchpress) conditions your body to doing heavier weight. I was able to move 325 exactly 1 time. In total I doubt if I moved the weight much more than 6 inches but at least it moved. It felt like if I tried to move the weight down towards my chest it would cut me in half. How these guys do 500-600 lb bench presses is mind blowing.

The blog recently passed 14,000 hits. In comparison to big sites, 14000 is nothing but for me it is a big number.

Anyone see the commercial moveon.org is running that morphs a pic of Nixon into Bush? Even I think it is a bit over the top but hey anything that will wake people up can’t be a bad thing.

Yesterday we took the party van to work. Ali and Nicki slept in the back while I drove. It was kinda cool.

I sometimes watch Trading Spouses, a wife swap sort of show. Normally it is just fun watching the train wreck. This week there was a guy that was basically a jerk, he wanted everything his way, he ignored 2 of his 3 kids and seemed like a real asshole. Despite the efforts of the stand in mom to make him see the errors in his ways, he totally resisted and dismissed it all. Then just when we were ready to write the guy off as a total loser whom will never change or get it, he breaks down and admits he is doing things all wrong and if he doesn’t change he will wind up having kids that will hate him. It was a stunning reversal that totally changed his image to the viewer. It’s amazing how a little honesty and self reflection can be a powerful thing.

No more football, (the Pro Bowl doesn’t count), a bit of a bummer but it opens up my weekends to do a few other things.