After the 1st running workout on Tues, was really surprised at the soreness of my hamstrings despite the minimal amount of sprinting - 4x100m. Goes to show, there is really nothing that can completely substitute for the training of actual sprinting in terms of the legs. I opted to push a bit faster than I would if I were doing a true intensive tempo session. Instead of 4x100 w/ 30 sec, I ran a faster 2x2x100 with rest between sets. Felt good to actually sprint, even though my fastest was only 14.5. Doing a 4x100 w/ 30 sec, I'll have to slow it down to 16-17 sec/ rep.
Very warm today, maybe the last warm day, about 85ยบ high. Cold front coming, rain storms tonight and tomorrow morning, after that a bit cooler, sunny and dry for the next 8 days.
I felt I needed 2 full days to recover from the running as I could feel a bit of weakness in the knees. Felt better today and by Tues, should be able to complete another running workout.
Today, I just did 4 bike sprints:
Bike sprints - 4x400m
Top speeds: 28.8, 27, 27.9, 28.4 mph
Felt ok, decent workout. I need to go to the gym tonight, will do some strengthening.
Weight back up after 2 days of no exercise: 144 lbs.
Back into work full scale and I'm preparing for a performance, some solo guitar, guitar quartet, and duos with flute. Haven't actually performed at MTSU as a soloist in almost 5 yrs, so it's taking some time.
Still love my job, despite having to make the commute from this beautiful place. I normally would have Monday off if it weren't for the Faculty Senate meeting. ;(
It’s great that you love your job. I have a love hate relationship with mine. I love the discovery process in designing fundamental experiments, and working with the lab scientists and my colleagues from other departments to get to the root of the problem. I hate the senseless time consuming action items and the effort it takes to steer micro managing managers away from bad decisions that they want to make as they just don’t have the depth of understanding any longer but still want to play engineer. I also love they paychecks- I have far more money than I ever dreamed of having and it will be near impossible to run out (with current lifestyle) and we should leave a good amount to my daughter. But greed inspires me to keep going. Basically I’m month to month, I think I will make it to my next birthday. If my new director calms down and stops dictating stupid stuff to do I would like to keep working to 67. But it is really frustrating to spend countless hours generating data and writing reports, presenting as clearly as possible to deliver a message and it gets turned around into something that supports pre conceived notions and then useless action items assigned. The biggest issue with that is there isn’t time for the useless stuff- it is displaces the important stuff that is not compressed. I really enjoy working with such incredibly smart people. All PHD’s, except me of course. Think about all of the advancements in computers, phones, about everything. The basis of it comes from the advancements in computer chips, which has been my career, the last 10 years in advanced R and D. But to some extent it’s a sweat shop. Long hours. Nothing is free, everything else you pay for.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to stick it out another few yrs. My only worry is of a market collapse and having to work a yr or more to get back to where I am now. Same, could comfortably retire now but going to double the size of my house here in Sewanee, which I could still do even if I retire. But greed.
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