Invictus

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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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Travel day to Pittsburgh.

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Three or four easy miles.

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Christmas Day! First time I've taken it off in a long time...feels weird...slightly liberating.

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Intended on running when I got back to DC. There was an accident and a lot of slow snow traffic on the way back from Pittsburgh. It took me 10 hours to drive a 4.5 hour route, so I scratched the running plan.

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Two mile run (7:15-7:30 pace).

Jumping jacks, gate swings, bodyweight squats -- dynamic warm-up.

3 x 15 leg press

3 x 15 leg extension

3 x 15 bar squat (wide stance)

3 x 15 standing calf raise (weighted)

3 x 15 calf raise on leg press machine

Half mile warm-up, one mile fast, half mile cool-down run.

2 x 25 ab circuit

5 x max pull-ups (9-7-5-4-4) 

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Eight mile run.

Stretch.

3 x 15 DB shoulder press (10 lbs)

3 x 15 DB front raise to T (5 lbs)

3 x 15 DB lateral raise (5 lbs)

3 x 15 rear delt raise 

1 x 10 yellow band hitch hiker, each side

1 x 10 yellow band scarecrow

2 x 25 ab circuit (regular crunch, crunch-cross each side, reverse legs with 5 lb DB, reverse crunch)

 

My shoulders are my weakest muscles, but I am determined to work on them! For a few weeks, I will be on a workout split of biceps/back, triceps/chest, legs, shoulders/abs...modified (continue to run and do abs each day). Just testing it...I do enjoy a 3-times-a-week full-body routine... 

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Snow/rain. Planned day off. Played board games. My new favorite is Bang! It has a cool theme and is a lot of fun to play with friends and enemies alike. :)

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