So, I have started training again. I am excited I am doing three different things than I have ever done before.
1. I am hitting the weight room 3 x a week using the stronglifts app. It is a super fun workout that my buddy Kevin Grabowski recommended. I am already deadlifting over 100 pounds!
2. I am signed up for the Tuscobia 75 mile race and I have started training pulling a tire. I have run 10 miles pulling a tire and 12 miles pulling a sled with a 40 pound bag of ice.
3. If I am not running with the tire, all of my runs are being done at MAF pace this is running at your heart rate that is 180 minus your age. So my runs are all being done at 144 beats per minute.
I so far have loved adding the weights the 5x5 is a pretty simple program and uses all of the main body muscles that you would need to get stronger. I am a little nervous because I am a skinny fat guy. I have never truly done a weight system so I am pretty lean, but I have a pretty high fat percentage >13% and I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that I have never developed a strength routine.
I am interested in seeing the results.
The pulling the tire is a blast I love it and it is running really really slow but hard. Tuscobia is going to be a challenge because the trail ends up being more like an eighty miler and involves pulling all your own gear. THERE IS ONLY ONE AID STATION! (more on why I chose this race tomorrow)
Finally the MAF pace. My friend Mark and Jessica has been telling me to run at this pace for base training for a while but it has felt like death. The first couple runs i have done have been super slow (8:30- 9 minute pace) but it is something that people have seen success doing.
Call for comments: What do you think? Does this look like the plan of someone who is on their way back? What are your thoughts on these workouts/programs? Let me know!
