Workout Journal Entry #16 and Heroes

Yesterday was an off day and it was great- I was tired! Celebrated Graham's One-Month Birthday and the party wore me out! For as tired as this training is making me I hope I am making significant progress. In the past two weeks I have lost seven pounds and raised, with your help, $275 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital but it is still a little early to start measuring physical improvement. Maybe next weekend.

Moring Stats-
Blood Pressure: 102/55, Heart Rate: 51, Weight: 193 lbs.

Afternoon Workout

"Nancy"
5 rounds for time of:
400 meter run
95 pound Overhead squat, 15 reps (scaled to 75 lbs)

Time: 25 min, 55 sec

Notes: Didn't sleep very well because Graham was being fusy. Will probably move him out of our bedroom soon. As for the workout, this is the first one that I have had to scale. Overhead squats are extremely difficult and require a lot of core strength and hip and shoulder flexibility. Next time I should be able to do it as perscribed.

Tomorrow is the first day of intervals. Should be brutal!

These are the two fire fighters that pulled a woman and her two kids out of a burning SUV; an event that was all caught on tape (see Thursday's blog entry). Their name are John and Joel Rechlitz. They are BAMFs!

“It was horrific,” Joel Rechlitz told Holt. “The car was engulfed in flames and the child was in there screaming. All I could see was that child’s face, [which] seemed just perfectly fine, but you could see the car seat around the child was burning. The child was literally burning in front of me.

“It was horrific,” he reiterated. “It compelled you to act.”

Read more about their heroics here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32006584/ns/today-today_people/