So, I think
I’m going to start posting a weekly update blog of everything of note going on
in my life. These will be catch-all
posts…hitting very briefly on numerous topics.
Or very few topics if I’ve had a boring week! This week, I’ll give more of a general
update, since I haven’t done one of these in a little while.
Softball: I’m currently playing in three softball
leagues a week…Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
However, this week will most likely be my last Wednesday game. I’m going to cut back to two softball games a
week, and I just enjoy the Monday and Friday teams more. We have jerseys for the Friday team now…Down
and Dirty! Got mine last night at the Monday
game (manager of Friday league plays on the Monday team as well)…and it looks pretty
sick. Looking forward to putting it to
use on Friday. Last night I finally hit
my first home run since I started playing softball out at Twin Creeks. Even better…it was a Grand Slam that gave us
a big lead. Sadly, we ended up losing in
the end…but it was nice to get the first jack out of the way! I had been pretty close to getting it out in
recent weeks. And I cleared the fence by
quite a bit…it was a monster shot into the parking lot. Felt pretty darned good.
Half
Marathon Training: This week is my third
week of my twelve week half marathon training schedule. Already, I’m feeling pretty awesome. My schedule consists of a long run on Sunday
(only up to 6.5 miles right now…7.1 this coming Sunday…but it’ll keep ramping
up), an easy 3.5 mile recovery run on Monday, alternating Tempo run and
Interval Workout runs on Tuesdays, middle distance running on Wednesday (4
miles for a few weeks…then up to 5.25…and even 6.5 one week). Thursday will usually be some sort of cross training
(bike ride, Plyometrics, etc.). Friday
will be another middling run at race pace (a faster 4 miles, usually). Saturday is for rest, and Sunday is the long
run again. So, yeah, lots of
running. But, as I said, I’m feeling
awesome on my runs so far. The 6.5 miles
I just did on Sunday felt like nothing.
Couldda gone another few miles, easily.
I’ll get a chance to get up there in distance very quickly…but so far so
good! Half Marathon is Sunday November
18th in Monterey…the weekend before Thanksgiving!
Weight
Training: On top of all the running, I’ve
continued my weight training and muscle building regimen. I’m doing a 4 days a week program that has me
focus on one muscle group per day (plus back and abs each day): Monday for chest, Tuesday for Biceps,
Thursday for Shoulders, Friday for Triceps.
I’ve been doing this particular regimen for a little over a month now,
and I’ve seen awesome results. And, of
course, I love it. So that’s been really
enjoyable! Hopefully the 5 days a week
of running plus 4 days a week of weight training won’t kill me. But I’m kind of insane, so I suspect I’ll be
fine!
Sean’s
Wedding: Sean and Christen tied the knot
this past weekend! Hooray! They got married at the Monarch Cove Inn in
Capitola on Saturday…and my oh my, we dialed up some phenomenal weather! I looked awesome in my sweet fitted tux. Hopefully I’ll get my hands on some of the
official pictures at some point…we were a rather studly group! The wedding was very pretty, and the
reception was legit fun. Lots of friends
there, which always makes for a great time.
The night before the wedding, we took Sean out for one last night out…and,
yeah, alcohol was imbibed in mass quantities…I was pretty wasted. And pretty hung over Saturday Morning. So, yeah, Friday Night was pretty
awesome! Saturday morning before the
wedding we went downtown, wandered through the Art and Wine Festival a bit, and
played some epic beach volleyball!
Really enjoyed that! All in all,
it was an awesome weekend…and a quality way to celebrate the marriage of one of
my best friends to a pretty awesome girl.
Congrats Sean and Christen!
Oakland A’s: The A’s have been winning! And winning!
And winning! Been thoroughly
enjoying this run they’re on! Hopefully
they keep it up. Would love to get out
to an Oakland A’s playoff game! Still
plenty of games to go, but they’re still in pretty good shape! Gotta keep winning! Check out the blog I wrote on them recently
HERE.
San
Francisco 49ers: The NFL is back, and I
love it! The Niners got a huge win in
week one, thoroughly dismantling the Green Bay Packers…in Green Bay! Awesome!
I wrote a little about Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers HERE. So if you missed it, check it out! Niners have a super tough schedule this year…but
if week one was any indication, they appear to be up to the task! They were so close to the Super Bowl last
year…and I’m really looking forward to seeing if they can take that next step
this year! Go Niners!
Yosemite: I’m going to Yosemite for my birthday. If you would like to come as well, let me
know! It’ll be the first weekend of
October. I’ll put together something more
formal in the coming days.
Mountain
Biking: My dad and I have been going
mountain biking some lately. I’m really
enjoying it! I’m not particularly strong
yet, but I keep plugging away on those mountains! It’ll only make me stronger. Once I’m done with my half marathon, I think
training for a triathlon will be the next challenge! Will have to keep strengthening my legs.
That’s it
for this week! We’ll see if I keep up
with this, or if this is more of a monthly thing. Not sure I have much fun on the docket coming
up…but I’m always keeping busy!
Hope all is
well with all of you as well!
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