2/18/2013: Reboot Achieved

Yesterday I managed to squeeze in time to get my Weeks 5 - 8 exercise schedule filled out, printed, and pasted to my chart.  It's just a week late, Week 6 started yesterday!  It feels good to get a schedule back up on the wall.  It is similar to my first four weeks, except I cut the swimming back to one 1500 swim a week and I changed the 2 five miles runs to one 6 mile run (on Saturday) and one 3 mile run (lunch hour).  I now have 3 lunch hours planned during the week, I will be using my lunch hours to do my two 38 minutes bike rids and my 3 mile run.  I hope this schedule feels a little more manageable.  I think it will.  I finished week 5 strong, with a 1500 meter swim followed by a 3 mile run.

Week 6 started with a bang, as well.  Yesterday Jack and I played raquetball, followed by a lower body workout for me and 45 minutes on the ellipitical for Jack.  I continue to improve at raquetball, I have not won a game yet, but I am consistently getting into the mid to upper teens by the time Jack gets 21 points.  Keep in mind that I still get my handicap.  I can score a point when I serve or when Jack serves.  Jack can only score points when he serves.  I'm doing a better job tracking the ball and figuring out where it is going to be so that I can hit it.  I still have a hard time hitting the ball out of the corner, particularly my backhand corner.  It seems like I need to use a little more wrist in that backhand shot.  When the ball is in the corner and very close to the wall, there is not enough room to get a swing at the ball. 

My lower body workout yesterday was rough!  I came home from the gym knowing I had worked hard!!  This morning's upper body workout was not much easier.  It seems as if Jeremy has kicked it up a notch, recently.

This morning's weight:  152.8