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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Another Good Day

Another positive day today started off with an hour of walking. I followed this by heading off to the CrossFit gym for today's WOD. Today it was 21-15-9 of overhead squats, press ups and running (150m, 100m, 50m); obviously I'm not able to do this at the moment so I scaled it accordingly. I did the overhead squats with just a plastic tube (ie no weight whatsoever), doing the squats slowly and going only so far as was comfortable. Interestingly, I have a good range of movement to the bottom end of the squat but cannot straighten my leg fully at the top. Press-ups were no problem, and I walked the run. All in all, I was very happy just to be participating again.
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2 comments:

Sags said...

Nice one Mick. Any cycling plans?

8 August 2011 at 10:58
Turbo Man said...

Sags - No plans for this year, just steady improvement. However, I've already signed up for this in May next year:
http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/events/bike-rides/city-to-coast-bike-rides/london-to-brighton-night-ride.aspx
I'll be riding with a group from Portsmouth and we'll be doing it the hard way. Cycling from Portsmouth to London. Doing the London to Brighton starting at 0100. Then after a big breakfast in Brighton cycling back to Portsmouth. Initial estimate is between 180 and 200 miles. Should be fun!

9 August 2011 at 08:49

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