Well, the first full calendar week came and went without any major catastrophes (no injuries). I did get a fair assessment at my current fitness- pathetic -but my motivation has been growing by the day. Right now by my and other estimates I would run a marathon in about 5 hours and 15 minutes. That's 67 minutes slower than my PR and 90 slower than my goal...I will need to knock off over 3 minutes/mile for the entire marathon! Despite this overwhelming challenge my motivation is not phased and that is in large part because of YOU and the progress we have made in fund raising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Just ten or so days into it and we have already raised $275- over 25% of our fund raising goal! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
If you haven't had a chance to contribute please go to my St. Jude Fund Raising site.
As many of you are aware I am not going to be doing your traditional endurance/marathon training. I think it takes too long in terms of required training hours and the speed of progress. Instead I am using only CrossFit and CrossFit Endurance. With that, some might find it interesting that my total workout time this past week, including warm up and cool down, was only 4 hours and 45 minutes. Should be interesting to see what kind of results I get in 96 days.
I found this today. If you have never done "Helen" then it will be hard for you to grasp the physical accomplishment that this is. For some context, when I was in great shape I did "Helen" in about 9:15. Five months ago when I was in okay shape I did it in about 10:30. This past week, over 13 minutes...this guy goes sub-seven minutes. Oh, and that big metal ball he is swinging is 53lbs. For those of you that have done "Helen" prepare to be amazed. Enjoy!
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