Everything from the waist down was really sore until Wednesday. But I suppose 10 miles of running on the trails will do that to you. My right ankle was just a touch painful but it's completely fine now. Yesterday I strength trained which was awesome. Not sure what the hell I did to my legs, but they are super sore today. Like it kind of hurts to walk sore. Even though I am using strength training days to build my upper body and core, lately I am doing mostly compound exercises. They give you a MUCH better workout because all the various parts of your body were meant to move together. I think compound exercises will be the best for muscle building and obstacle race training. Also, it's good that I am giving my legs such a great workout. You'd think that running would strengthen your legs - which it does - but over time it also creates muscle imbalances in your quads, hips, butt, etc. Strength training helps fix that. I have noticed less aches and pains since I started paying more attention to my strength training. Yay for less ouch!
When you exercise alot, you aim for results. Firstly for yourself, but there's also a part of you that secretly hopes others will notice your efforts. And they do somewhat, but I still have pudgy areas i.e. my arms! For a long time I've felt like you couldn't look at me and tell I work out. Until the other day at work when Guy #1 commented on how big my triceps are. Then Guy #2 said "You could probably kick my ass!" Guy #1 "Yeah, it's probably that German in you!" Hehe. That made me feel kinda awesome. Even though I'm not much of a fighter. A warrior, yes.
I'm running Warrior Dash on Saturday! First, I gotta say I wasn't terribly impressed with it last year. I think it's a good beginner/fun run, but I kind of hoped for something more. It was not well organized, the obstacles were all kind of the same, and there was zero mud until the very end. But this year the Georgia race will be in Mountain City, and rumor has it that venue is pretty good. The other reason I signed up was because it was only $30. So Warrior Dash, I'm giving you one more chance. My goal is to dominate that course!
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