Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sunday Ruck light and loose



A surprise today as my legs felt light and loose from the start, something I didn't expect after yesterday's training. It was hot and humid very early this morning but it didn't bother me at all, a very good sign my heat tolerance is getting better.

I should be in stellar shape by the end of the summer

Even the full 50lb ruck felt light on my back. Time to bump it up a pound or two.

50 lb ruck
12 laps
10 30 sec pause squats
1:55 min
11th lap pace = 8:05 !!
( wasn't even trying. SO nice when the legs are loose)

Definitely starting to feel like I have some autopilot in my legs now. I remember this feeling. You just turn them on and they go. Don't have to 'pick em up and put 'em down' one step at a time although this only lasted 8 laps.
The last four were hard. Not super hard but hard enough.
Still very happy with conditioning and recovery

75 % presses tomorrow 90 lbs for 8 x 3

datsit
neverquit

2 comments:

Kikolu said...

I always wondered what your marathon pr is?

Mark Reifkind said...

I only ran one official marathon, 6 months after I started running 4:23.
I knew then that road races were not for me and started training for ultra's on trails.

More press mistakes from today

 1) Gotta engage the rhomboids when setting the low rack position.Lock in 2) Elbows up is crucial 3) 'Straight  up' on the unracking...