Today’s workout was solid but nothing new - 3 iterations of the standard circuit workout with an 800M run before each one. The weather was much nicer than it was yesterday, and I felt moderately strong through it all. I did notice that I had more speed through both the runs and the drills than some of the people I was used to pacing, finishing up solidly mid-pack.

The one exercise I continue to have trouble with is the lower-ab workout. I know that I need to do more ab work on a daily basis, I’ve just been letting it slip.

After this, we did five repetitions of the high-jump hurdles - not on the track, these were maybe 12″ high and we had to do six of them, going for vertical height and a fast speed, with our feet together. Lightweight fun, except that we have such a crowd now that the afternoon workouts are too hot to handle that we spent quite a bit of time waiting to get around again.

After that, we had run out of time, but Gilbert gave us a preview of an exercise to come - the chicken fight. You’ll need a partner to do this properly, and I have no idea if I can describe it adequately here or not. Squat down so that you’re almost sitting on your heels, with your legs spread somewhat for balance, and bounce up and down just barely leaving the ground on each bounce. Hold your arms out in front of you, and try to - well - bounce at your partner, trying to push them over, touching hand-to-hand. Every contact will, of course, try to push you over as well. Do this for a minute at a time, if you can.

Weird, eh?

One thing I didn’t mention: on both the warmup and the cooldown runs, and at various points on the 800s when I remembered, I tried to keep a fast turnover, and I’m pretty sure that I succeeded. It was at least faster than usual. This time, I didn’t feel like I was getting too tired after a quarter mile or so, so I’m probably doing something right.

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