Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A Dry Day


This morning the ground was wet but the air was warm and dry. As long as we kept the rubber side of our outer cover down, we were comfortable. In fact, the super friends who wore their every day crime fighting uniform were dry and never cold.

Taking it easy again, Team Triple Nickel and Princess Boot Camp kept the mileage tame. Both ran 2.5 miles. We all exercised our legs, hips and butt muscles. Everyone did 800 repetitions of various lower body exercise (Lunges, Squats, Leg Lifts, Kicks). The participation is good. The fitness is really good. We welcome new comers to join but understand, this is a tough crowd.

Gary 16
Kaffee 16
Mary Blythe 16
Matthew 16
Shanna 16
Caroline 15
Fred 15
Love 15
Susie Mac 15
Charlie 14
Irene 14
Mike R. 14
Jenny 13
JoEllyn 13
John O 13
Lisa 13
Liz 13
Michael S. 13
Allison 12
Amy 12
Dave B 12
Harriott 12
John S 12
Kristen 12
Miller 12
Jimmy F 11
Kathleen 11
Lisa M. 11
Mary 11
Anne M 10
Charles 10
Prancey 10
Christine 9
Cleve 9
Kristin 9
Leslie 9
Mary D. 8
Michael 8
Carolyn 7
Dave D 7
Marc 7
Arnaud 6
Steef 6
Sally 5
Missy 4
John Mears 3
Lucy 3
Slawek 3
Holly 0
Jennifer 0
Kerry 0

Monday, November 29, 2010

Day 16 of 30, First Day Back

Big crowd today. Everybody was eager to get their program started again today. But wait just a minute. Many of us raced last week or weekend and even more of us sat on our hamstrings in the car or on the plane or on the couch for hours. We decided we should ease back into physical training. So today was toward the easy side.

555 - 3 miles, 560 reps of core exercise
830 - 3 miles, 440 reps of core exercise

There are 14 more Boot Camp days to work out this year. Make them all.

Caroline 15
Gary 15
Kaffee 15
Mary Blythe 15
Matthew 15
Shanna 15
Fred 14
Irene 14
Love 14
Mike R. 14
Susie Mac 14
Charlie 13
Lisa 13
Jenny 12
JoEllyn 12
John O 12
Liz 12
Michael S. 12
Allison 11
Amy 11
Harriott 11
John S 11
Kristen 11
Miller 11
Charles 10
Dave B 10
Jimmy F 10
Kathleen 10
Lisa M. 10
Mary 10
Anne M 9
Christine 9
Cleve 9
Kristin 9
Prancey 9
Leslie 8
Mary D. 8
Carolyn 7
Marc 7
Michael 7
Arnaud 6
Dave D 6
Steef 6
Sally 5
Missy 4
John Mears 3
Lucy 3
Slawek 3
Holly 0
Jennifer 0
Kerry 0

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The day before the day before

Today is the day before the day before. Saturday is the day after the day after. That makes Thursday "the day." The Day is going to be a hard day for most of us. After taking our bodies to their physical extreme in output, we sit at a table and take those same bodies to our physical extreme in input. So how do we prepare for this extreme day? Tuesday is easy, Wednesday is medium and Thursday is hard. We like to follow up with a medium Friday (playing football with the kids in traditional family Turkey bowl) then an easy Saturday (watching kids play football on TV).

We will be meeting at 7AM on Thursday & Friday. Everyone is welcome. This means you and anyone who feels guilty enough about pigging out.

555 & 830 - 3.5 miles on the grass, 600 reps all upper body

Monday, November 22, 2010

Race Day

From the book"BORN TO RUN" by Christopher McDougall:

They remembered that running was mankind's first fine art, our original act of inspired creation. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain.

Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and with her you ran off to start a new life together. You had to love running, or you wouldn't live to love anything else. And like everything else we love-everything we sentimentally call our "passions" and "desires"- it's really an encoded ancestral necessity.


We have a group of folks running a race this week. They will be exercising their ancient ancestral tradition.

555 - Church Run 3 miles 800 reps all lower body
830 - Church Run 3 miles 800 reps all lower body

Friday, November 19, 2010

Friday Fun Day

Studs everywhere. What happens is: 1) we get into a routine 2) the routine continues 3) We wake up one day a stud

Please bring at least one pair of old shoes to donate

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Day 9 of 30

There is still plenty of time to get in shape this year. We have 21 more workouts after today. If we work out one weekend day(run 3 miles Sunday before Church), that gets us up to 25 days before this session ends. For those of us really looking to kick it into the new year, there are 43 more opportunities to: run, eat, sleep, repeat.

PBC, 6 1/2 miles, 400 repetitions of various core exercise.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/57085234

The hot moms ran from PRUMC to Chastain, around, and back. They stopped 4 times along the way for 100 reps/stop. They averaged 9 minute miles but regularly pushed it along the way. The splits show best pace in every mile averaged 7 minute pace.

Triple Nickel - COMBINATIONS: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/57085238

We combined workouts and exercises. Weather this week has required us to switch up our normal routine. Also, with the hard workout Tuesday, we had to take it easy today. We have arranged the week: medium, hard, medium, esay, medium effort. The theory is that our bodies takes 48 hours to react to stimulus. So, if you are running a race Saturday, you should take it easy on Thursday, crank it up a little to medium on Friday then, strap them on for a hard effort race day. For this week, we hammered Tuedsay (the day before the day before today), so we went easy today.

We combined crazy eights and the old school brick workout. We did 400 combinations of exercise utilizing our upper and lower body simultaneously. That makes for 800 reps in my book.

Attendance:

Gary 9
Kaffee 9
Mary Blythe 9
Matthew 9
Shanna 9
Charles 8
Fred 8
Harriott 8
Jenny 8
Kristin 8
Liz 8
Love 8
Mary 8
Michael S. 8
Mike R. 8
Susie Mac 8
Amy 7
Caroline 7
Charlie 7
Irene 7
JoEllyn 7
Kristen 7
Lisa 7
Miller 7
Allison 6
Anne M 6
John O 6
John S 6
Kathleen 6
Cleve 5
Dave B 5
Jimmy F 5
Leslie 5
Lisa M. 5
Marc 5
Christine 4
Mary D. 4
Missy 4
Prancey 4
Arnaud 3
Carolyn 3
Dave D 3
John Mears 3
Lucy 3
Slawek 3
Steef 3
Michael 2
Sally 2
Holly 0
Jennifer 0
Kerry 0

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Day 8 of 30

Everyone is talking about leaves. Atlanta is a beautiful city that explodes with color every Spring and Fall. This week seems to be the peak for Fall colors. Brilliant yellow, red and orange are canvassing the concrete jungle. In addition to being the exact perfect temperature for outdoor exercise, we get the added bonus of breathing clean air, hearing birds chirping and seeing the seasons change.

Triple Nickel (a.k.a. 555am) ran 2 miles North and 2 miles South. Since the North bound trip is up hill, we stopped a dozen times and exercised our middle, then kept running. The peak elevation is at the front steps of PRUMC. From there it is all down hill back to our cars. 4 miles, 700 reps

PBC had a joy filled Church run. From PRUMC, we hit all the good grass on Peachtree down to Church Turn, then weaved through Garden Hills back to PRUMC. 3 miles, 500 reps.

Gary 8
Harriott 8
Kaffee 8
Mary Blythe 8
Matthew 8
Shanna 8
Amy 7
Caroline 7
Charles 7
Fred 7
Jenny 7
Kristen 7
Kristin 7
Liz 7
Love 7
Mary 7
Michael S. 7
Mike R. 7
Susie Mac 7
Charlie 6
Irene 6
JoEllyn 6
John S 6
Lisa 6
Miller 6
Allison 5
Anne M 5
Cleve 5
Dave B 5
Jimmy F 5
John O 5
Kathleen 5
Christine 4
Leslie 4
Lisa M. 4
Marc 4
Missy 4
Carolyn 3
Dave D 3
John Mears 3
Lucy 3
Mary D. 3
Prancey 3
Slawek 3
Steef 3
Arnaud 2
Michael 2
Sally 2
Holly 0
Jennifer 0
Kerry 0

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Legs

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56931261

Before we jump into the deep end of the pool, we better make sure we can still swim.

Triple Nickel this morning did a little track workout. We started out with the accelerated warm up of (4X200) at 5k race pace. Then we stepped to the line. We did the old 4 laps, 3 laps, 2 laps, one lap cut down at 5k race pace with active recovery. "Active recovery" this morning was stair step aerobics, running stairs, leg presses, leg curls, leg raises, lunges, kicks, all things lower body.

This workout is designed to simulate 5K race conditions. We get out hard, settle into hard work, then hold on and finish with a kick.

Most of the workouts we do are most suitable for those trying to maximize their 3 mile pace. 3 miles is a great distance. We can race it many times a year without killing ourselves. We don't have to be rail thin to be successful. We can carry an extra 10-20 pounds of muscle so we look good at the beach. And, we can go anaerobic which is a speed that introduces a hint of adrenaline with endorphin which mixes nice for a sweet enduring natural buzz with little lasting side effects.

5.5 miles, 500 reps

PBC did 3 miles and 700 reps. There is a group of beautiful, in shape women who are meeting every day and hammering. They are advanced in fitness. I highly recommend working out with them whenever possible.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Upper Body Exercise

Triple Nickel lucked out. There was no rain. They ran half way around the track, cut across the center of the field, then hammered up the center stairs where they turned left, ran across the top ridge, stopped for exercise then went down the far stairs and did it again. 3 miles, lots of stairs, 600 repetitions of various upper body exercise.

PBC was stuck in the gym. We worked on making our stride pretty, did the upper body exercises and jumped rope.

Daily exercise has many benefits: Sleep better, Eat More, weigh less, stronger, faster, healthier, get sick less, spend less money (go home earlier),have something to talk about, fun, rewarding, feel better, social, look better, live longer, stress relief, happier, good example to kids, ect..

Try to run a minimum of 3 miles a day for 40 days in a row. That will get you right up to Christmas.

Name attendance

John S 6
Kaffee 6
Liz 6
Love 6
Mary 6
Mary Blythe 6
Mike R. 6
Shanna 6
Allison 5
Amy 5
Caroline 5
Charles 5
Fred 5
Gary 5
Harriott 5
Irene 5
Jenny 5
JoEllyn 5
Kristen 5
Kristin 5
Lisa 5
Matthew 5
Michael S. 5
Miller 5
Susie Mac 5
Anne M 4
Charlie 4
Cleve 4
Dave B 4
Jimmy F 4
John O 4
Kathleen 4
Missy 4
Christine 3
Dave D 3
John Mears 3
Leslie 3
Lucy 3
Slawek 3
Steef 3
Arnaud 2
Carolyn 2
Lisa M. 2
Marc 2
Mary D. 2
Michael 2
Prancey 2
Sally 2
Holly 0
Jennifer 0
Kerry 0

Friday, November 12, 2010

Friday Fun Day

We enjoyed one of the mildest of mornings. The temperature was cool but not cold. There was mist, but no real humidity. There was no wind, no clouds, no weather.

We had loved friends return to us today, and wished a birthday girl her happy day. The route was new for the triple nickel. We had no idea where we were going. It was an adventure. The large group of good company made it fun. Everyone was excited about the weekend (football).

555 = 3.5 miles, 600 reps of core - copy and paste:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56423831

PBC = 3.5 miles, 600 reps of core - Lenox Rd.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Day 3

Triple Nickel = 5 miles crazy 8s, 500 reps - all core

PBC = 4 miles, 500 reps - all core

Allison 3
Amy 2
Anne M 3
Caroline 2
Carolyn
Charles 3
Charlie 3
Christine 2
Cleve 2
Dave B 2
Dave D 2
Fred 3
Gary 3
Harriott 3
Holly
Irene 2
Jennifer
Jenny 3
Jimmy F 3
JoEllyn 2
John Mears 3
John O 3
John S 3
Kaffee 3
Kathleen 3
Kerry
Kristen 3
Kristin 3
Leslie 2
Lisa 3
Lisa M.
Liz 3
Love 3
Lucy 3
Marc 1
Mary 3
Mary D. 2
Mary Blythe 3
Matthew 3
Michael
Michael S. 3
Mike R. 3
Miller 2
Missy 2
Prancey 2
Sally 1
Shanna 3
Slawek 3
Steef 2
Susie Mac 3

Day 3

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Pretty Good Workout?

It was great. The weather was great. Attendance was great. We paid special attention to our form today. It has come to our attention that if we do our exercises the right way, it will increase our strength and flexibility. Being stronger and more flexible will allow us to run for a longer time without our form breaking down. Running longer distances with good form allows us to maintain faster paces. Faster paces for more minutes burns more calories, make us thinner, does wonders for our ratings. Please show up on time for every workout. Rolling in 10 minutes late every day ain't good enough.

Triple Nickel 3 miles, 700 reps all lower body exercises.
PBC 4 miles 720 reps lower body.

Preachers Poem of the week by Charles Osgood.

Pretty Good
There once was a pretty good student.
Who sat in a pretty good class
And was taught by a pretty good teacher.
Who always let pretty good pass.

He wasn't terrific at reading;
He wasn't a whiz-bang at math;
But for him education was leading
Straight down a pretty good path.

He didn't find school too exciting,
But he wanted to do pretty well.
And he did have some trouble with writing,
And nobody had taught him to spell.

When doing arithmetic problems,
Pretty good was regarded as fine;
Five and five needn't always add up to be ten.
A pretty good answer was nine.

The pretty good student was happy
With the standards that were in effect.
And nobody thought it was sappy
If his answers were not quite correct.

The pretty good class that he sat in
Was part of a pretty good school.
And the student was not an exception;
On the contrary, he was the rule.

The pretty good school that he went to
Was right there in a pretty good town.
And nobody there ever noticed
He could not tell a verb from a noun.

The pretty good student, in fact, was
A part of a pretty good mob,
And the first time he knew what he lacked was
When he looked for a pretty good job.

It was then, when he sought a position,
He discovered that life can be tough,
And he soon had a sneaky suspicion
Pretty good might not be good enough.

The pretty good town in our story
Was part of a pretty good state
Which had pretty good aspirations
and prayed for a pretty good fate.

There was once a pretty good nation.
Pretty proud of the greatness it had.
But which learned much too late.
If you want to be great,
Pretty good is, in fact, pretty bad.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Day One - P. T. Test

We reunited this chilly morning for another day of fellowship and fitness. For those of us who are together all year long, this morning was special. We were outfitted in our warmest winter gear. We could have worn sunglasses half way through the work out. And, we welcomed a new comer and old friends.

We ran 4X200 (accelerated warm up), then lined up. We ran the 2 mile time trial. Then we did 2 minutes of sit ups and push ups. This is a standard Army P. T. Test.

http://www.army-fitness.com/

Who showed?

Michael - New Guy
Kristen - Back in the pack
Love - Home sweet Home
Christine - Former W1 turned turbo Mom
harRIOTt - Queen Mother
Kaffee - Like a Swiss Watch
John S. - Getting Company in the front
Leslie - Wants More
Matty - ready... finally
Amy - Come Back Kid
Mary - Kid
Jimmy - Stud's Standard
Gary - A Man's Mann
Oneill - Professional Runner
Nancy - who?
Fred - Most Improved
Mary Blythe - Dynamite
John Mears - Strong for the long haul
Dave D. - Easing back to the front
Charles - Guiding Light
Steef - Real Athlete
Sally - Sneaky Hot
Lucy - Hot Mom
Lisa - Executive Branch
Dave Baker - Prime Time

PBC is Back in Full Force. Started with a Church Run, Mrs. Bruce's Choice.

Kathleen, Kristin, Jenny, Susie Mac - Core 4
Liz - Lamb Chops
Missy - Instructor
Mary - Blondie Bombshell
Anne - Varsity Star
Shanna - Tennis Champ
Cleve - Former Champ
JoEllyn - Future Fast

Friday, November 5, 2010

Friday Finally

4 miles, 560 repetitions of various core body exercises; 150 of which were push ups. We ran the Bobby Jones loop which has become a regular workout on Friday.

Leslie Diamomd made 30 workouts this session. Working out every day has tremendous benefit with certain risk. So how do we manage? We have to be very mindful. This includes: keeping fresh shoes, drinking tons of water, eating with-in 3o minutes of the workout, going easy on the easy days, stretching after the workout (but not over stretching), putting ice an anything that hurts (20 minutes out of every hour), Epsom's salt bath, massage, acupuncture, and sleep.

The next session starts Monday and run six weeks until the week before Christmas. This has been fantastic year for us and the pack has improved as a whole. We look forward to finishing out the year strong. Thanks to everyone in the group. It is the pack that keeps such a high standard. Every single one of us contributes and benefits from the pack. It is likely none of us would do so much with intensity and tempo alone.

Please pass along the best kept secret in town.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/11/video-alberto-salazar-dathan-ritzenhein.html

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Old School Brick Workout

We had 18 folks show up to train in the rain. We ran two laps around the track for a warm up. Then we picked up a 5 pound weight for each hand. We ran a big loop around the school, going up the far set of stairs and through the breezeway past the stump garden and around. Then we did a shorter lap going up the center set of stairs through the courtyard past the cafeteria.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/55463255

We Stopped under cover every lap and exercised shoulders, back and arms. Total running distance with weights in hand was 2 1/2 miles, a new boot camp record. We also did 500 repetitions of various upper body exercise.

Please forward our web site and blog to at least one person you think would love thrive and survive PRUMC Boot Camp. All studs and aspiring studs are welcome.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

L.S.D.

Long Slow Distance: Dude, it was like trippy. We ran around all morning but like, didnt get wet. It was like, awesome, dude. We found trees with massive canopies and communed underneath them for centering our muscular output. Having totally smoked ourselves in yesterdays swaray, we chilled on the run.

5 miles, 400 repetitions.

PBC got "THE BEATING" in the little shop of horrors.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Track

555(triple nickel):
warm-up (2X200 w/20 lunges recover),
workout(12X400 W/50 reps lower body recovery, equal time)
total 4 miles, 750 reps

PBC:
Tresspassing 3.5 miles 700 reps all lower body

The link below is an acticle in The New Yorker this week.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/08/101108fa_fact_kahn

The principals and practices of PRUMC Boot Camp were handed down for decades through the generations of champion racers.

Running Family Tree:

Squires(Notre Dame Track) ---> Pfrangle, Rodgers, Salazar, plus others (Greater Boston Track Club)--->Owens, plus many others (Athletes Foot Juniors)---> You, plus hundreds (PRUMC Boot Camp)

Leslie 27
Kaffee 26
Harriott 24
John S 24
Gary 22
Dave B 21
Caroline 20
Fred 20
Matthew 20
Holly 19
Mary 19
Mary Blythe 19
Charlie 17
Cleve 17
Irene 17
Jennifer 17
Jimmy F 17
Miller 17
Allison 16
Amy 16
John O 16
Dave D 15
Lisa 14
Prancey 13
Slawek 13
Carolyn 11
Michael 11
Charles 10
Lisa M. 10
Sally 9
Kerry 8
Lucy 8
John Mears 7
Scott 7
Marc 5
Big John 3

PBC:

Susie Mac 22
Liz 21
Jenny 19
David B 16
Kathleen 16
Kristin 15
Mary 13
Missy 11
Anne 7
JoEllyn 1

Monday, November 1, 2010

Crazy 8s plus Sugar = Poison

The USDA has just issued its latest list of dietary guidelines. Compared to the older guidelines, issued five years ago, the new version does not malign fat as much, and it is slightly more critical of sweets, but it does not go far enough in identifying the real villain in the fight against obesity — sugar.
Candy, cookies, donuts, soda pop, pastries — they all are mouth watering, and they bring an almost ecstatic sense of taste pleasure to many Americans. Unfortunately, the ingredient that makes these foods so pleasurable is the same ingredient that is responsible for the proliferation of obesity in this country.
In a seemingly cruel and sadistic ploy, nature has addicted many of us to a food product that is our worst dietary enemy. Sugar is the direct cause of obesity, high serum cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure in some people.
According to government reports, 18 percent of Americans are obese.
This compares to a 12 percent obesity rate only 10 years ago.
The irony is that over the same 10 years, Americans have generally followed the guidelines issued by the USDA and the American Diabetic Association stressing a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
It seems as though a low-fat diet actually causes obesity, when the fat is replaced with sugars and starches.
The USDA originally planned to put out a new guideline advising Americans to restrict their consumption of sugar. But, thanks to lobbying from the sugar industry, the recommendation was toned down significantly.
“That’s a big defeat for health advocates who are fighting poor nutrition and obesity,” said Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
And it’s a big defeat for overweight Americans, most of whom will remain overweight unless they severely limit not only their consumption of sugar, but also their consumption of all high-starch products like refined flour and potatoes.
Dr. Merrill Wesemann, a Franklin physician, agrees that refined sugar and flour products are the real problem, but not just for the obese.
“Eating refined carbohydrates is not good for anybody —period,” he said. “Yet that is what the modern American diet mainly consists of, and that is why obesity is on the rise.”
Many health experts are beginning to understand that sugar and starches, not fat, are the real culprits in the onset of obesity and type-2 diabetes. Research indicates that excess sugar is converted to stored fat by the body more readily than excess dietary fat. Extra sugar also tends to increase cholesterol.

Triple Nickel drudged through 4.5 miles and 450 repetitions of various core exercises. PBC did 4 miles and 450 reps.

Attendance:

Leslie 26
Kaffee 25
Harriott 23
John S 23
Gary 21
Dave B 20
Caroline 19
Fred 19
Holly 19
Mary Blythe 19
Matthew 19
Mary 18
Cleve 17
Amy 16
Charlie 16
Irene 16
Jennifer 16
Jimmy F 16
Miller 16
Allison 15
John O 15
Dave D 14
Lisa 13
Prancey 13
Slawek 13
Carolyn 11
Lisa M. 10
Michael 10
Charles 9
Sally 9
Kerry 8
Lucy 7
Scott 7
John Mears 6
Marc 5
Big John 3

PBC:Liz 21
Susie Mac 21
Jenny 18
David B 16
Kristin 15
Kathleen 15
Mary 13
Missy 11
Anne 7