Invictus

May 18, 2024

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Location:

Washington,DC,USA

Member Since:

Nov 28, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:
5k: 18:07 (college, indoor banked track)
10k: 38:31(6/14/2014, Lawyers Have Heart 10k)
Half-marathon: 1:28:35 (9/5/2010, VA Beach Rock N Roll Half Marathon)
Marathon: 3:05:14 (4/15/2013, Boston Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Next two years:
5k back under 19:00.
Half marathon under 1:25:00.
Marathon under 3:00:00.
Lead a 5.10a (climbing).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete an Ironman.
5k under 18:00.
10k under 38:00.
Marathon under 2:52:00.

 

Personal:

Running is my first love, but I also enjoy rock climbing, lifting, biking, and swimming.

"Invictus" comes from my college class ring and this poem:

"Invictus"
By William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

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B - small 1/4th cup of smoothie (blueberries, banana, chocolate soy milk, vanilla protein powder)

I went to the doctor. I have bronchitis. He gave me some medication. Picked up the meds and returned my bad car battery ($12 rebate) in one trip. Feeling accomplished.

L - 1 slice French toast, 1 tbsp 1 fruit compote, breakfast potatoes, 1 scrambled egg, 1 slice of turkey bacon, small sip of dark chocolate mocha from Whole Foods (dislike)

The sun is out, and I decided I needed to try sweating out this sickness, so I went for a 8 mile jog near the water. It felt good to be out in the sun. The first three miles were fine. The last three miles were not very good (felt overly warm, then cold, then warm, started coughing every time I had to stop at a stoplight).

TRX Workout

2 x 15 TRX Suspended Lunge (each leg)

2 x 10 TRX Single Leg Squat (each leg)

2 x 12 TRX Sprinter's Start (each leg)

2 x 10 TRX Hamstring Curls

2 x 10 TRX Hip Press

2 x 20 TRX Hamstring Bicycles (each leg)

2 x 10 Biceps Curl (15 lb dumbbells)

2 x 12 Triceps Extension -- behind head (20 lb dumbbell)

 

2 sets (superset): 

10 TRX Side Plank with Reach Through (each side) 

10 TRX Push-up with Suspended Crunch

10 TRX Body Saw 

 

S - 12 oz. Gatorade (orange), blueberries, pomegranate arils

D - beef pho (thanks to my boyfriend for picking some up), orange juice, water

I played a game of Stone Age with my boyfriend tonight. He beat me (again). I did manage to get all my meeples on the board and max out the food/field/harvest. I ended up with a total of 220 points. He won with 268 or something... 

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