Jelly arms & a milestone
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I did day 2 of the 100 pushup challenge today and it was tough!
Day two calls for 5 sets of pushups (12, 12, 10, 10 and max (min 10)) with at least a 90 second break inbetween each set.
I have to admit that when I woke up today my pecs were sore. Yesterday they were fine funnily enough. Anyways, I did the first set no worries, the second set I started to get worried and by the third I was thinking uh oh. I nutted out a fourth set somehow and then had a two minute break to recover. I was determined to beat Bill who did 13 for his max but today I have to admit he was the victor. I had jelly arms by about pushup number 6 and it was all I could do to do the minimum 10. Nonetheless I did it. I’m thinking I may be having to repeat a week or two here and there but I’ll keep plugging away at it.
In other news, my gym was holding a mini sprint triathlon today and I’ve always wanted to participate but have always been too unfit too self-conscious to do it. However, my confidence levels are so much higher nowadays so I jumped in and had a go.
The way it works is you have to row for 1000m, then cycle for 2000m and then grind for 1500m. Your cumulative time is what counts including changeover. I haven’t been on the rowing machine or the grinder in well over a year so I thought it would be quite tough as it’s a hell for leather kind of event.
Well, the rowing wasn’t too bad. I decided that I would settle into a rhythm and try and stick to it rather than go hard out and fade rapidly. For the last 250m I pushed it a bit and ended up with a time of 3:42.
I then jumped on the bike and cycled 2000m. In hindsight I went too easy on the bike as I think I could have pushed quite a bit harder. Cumulative time 7:20.
The grinder was tough. About two thirds of the way through my heart rate was above 200 bpm but I stuck to it and finished with a total time of 9:41.15.
That put me in second place behind last years winner! Before you get too excited I was at the gym bright and early and was only the 3rd person to compete. ;) I’ll go have a look at the final standings tomorrow. I’m just really pleased that I got the gumption to give it a go this year. And I know I’m not going to be last! 
And a big shout out to my lovely wife who started C25K today! The running bug seems to be spreading.
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