MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Hope does not discriminate. It does not matter how dire a situation may seem, how much pain or angst you are feeling, or how badly you are beaten down. It doesn't matter who you are, where you are, or in what direction you may be heading. Hope is always there. Like the prodigal son did, you must seize it. Once you do, God will be there to welcome you into His arms. Listen for hope's whisper." - Genelle Guzman-McMillan with William Croyle, Angel in the Rubble
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TRAINING
Session 1
HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 12 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 10 min jogging
Stretch 20 min
Session 2
Run 7 miles @ 4.4 min/mile pace
Went to bed at 0500, beginning from the start to rewatch the anime series Trinity Blood (one of my top five anime) to help me get to sleep. Unfortunately, I was still awake at 0630, taking me until close to ~0800 to drift off into the blackness, waking ~2 hours later...An hour after that I headed out for my HIIT Run. My body was sore and a little sluggish today, and heading out uphill into the wind didn't help either. From the first sprint I knew it was not going to be one of my better HIIT sessions and only did 12 sprints, each one feeling slower than the last, despite giving it my all...Back at the hotel, into the sauna for 30 minutes and then the spa for a "leg massage", before finishing my recovery with stretching...Not really "feeling it" today, and a little frustrated at news and events going on, I decided to make it a "chillax" day - if I COULD - and continued on with my episodes of Trinity Blood. Started feeling fatigued ~1600, passing out ~ 1700 for ~1.5 hours, definitely NOT feeling like doing ANYthing in the evening, least of all going for ANOTHER run (running seems to exhaust my body quite a lot, but that and cycling are the BEST modes of cardio for me re leaning and fitness, so they HAVE to be done). Yes, you know I would have kept talking to you, silvertongue, but my run had to be done, so off I went, making my way back uphill into the wind in the direction of the gym. I felt slow (although my final average pace indicates otherwise) and have never been more relieved to FINISH a run...Feeling so much BETTER a couple of hours after my run, pleased but not pleased with how I am going with everything. That said, I have my two weeks pre-photoshoot training schedule all planned out, as well as nutrition, so if all goes as I want for next week, then I will be sticking with this protocol before any future ones henceforth...And yes, you give me a smile, even though you are doing what you are. I still have HOPE and I am holding ON to it with EVERYTHING I AM!!!
