Run a marathon and be seen.

Nov.7th.


Ran this morning for 3.5 miles. Slow but steady. Legs felt good so Its all good. My run was interrupted to do some Par course upper body exercises on each loop of the park. There is a now defunct official par course that was set up on 50% of the park, however, it was never used that much and fell in disrepair over the years and has the assholes of the area trashed the remaining sets. Now my version of par course is using the kids play ground as it has dip bars, over head ladders and some unever platforms for all types of upper body exercise if you know what to do. I also have a big stone to use for fronts squats. It also kind of low class Parkour for us senior citizens and BFF.


Today was the running of the New York City Marathon, which is a side show for fitness and brings out the best and all kinds freakos. It’s a big deal in my area being 60 miles from the city and accommodates over 45 thousand runners and BFF. There is so many running that they are set off in waves depending on ability and get into the race starting line in a reasonable time, and prevent slower runners from getting in the way of those who can really run.


I only ran New York marathon when It was run totally in Central Park in 4 loops. Anyone who has run in Central Park knows its hilly and you are running uphill or down hill. It was not until 1976 that they started to use the streets of New York as they do today. A world class time on the 4 loop course was about 2:30 due to the difficulty. However, the new route is faster, but it still has some hills to slow the pace so you will not get a world record. The other element to the change in race course, what brought about of a surge in running and the huge change of a few hundred to thousand runners in a few short years. The last thing I remember was the marathon running in the early 70’s runners wear cut off shorts, cheap flat rubber soled shoes, sweat cloths and looked the part with their lean physical appearance. There we no spectators, just family and friends.


Today the NYC Marathon is what they call a “happening” with thousand of spectators and runners, vendors and all that want to be seen at an important event, even though they can’t run to catch a bus. 150 dollar running shoes that insures you will have medical issues if you continue to run, 200 dollar designer warm-ups(for profiling or picking up chicks) and a 75 plus dollar race fee. My first marathon was run in a pair of 20 dollar track flats, running shorts and tee shirt and a race fee of 7 dollars. I can still run 40 years later except a little slower, so its all good.


Nov. 6th.


After a short rest I back to the salt mines to carry on where I left off.


This morning was a hodgepodge of exercises to cover all areas and see what training will have to be worked on as long as I plan on changing some of the old routines. I left off doing mainly 100 reps on most exercise, but then again most Crossfit and Kettlebell routines are high rep anyway.


Stretch bands, 1# Indian Clubs, jump rope, light dumbbells, pullys, and body weight. Kettlebell snatch


Kettlebell floor press


Pull-ups


Kettlebell cleans.


GHD back extentions


Kettlebell swings


SHOT on a wall.