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inspired by Sean's recounting of his herculean workouts, i'd like to note for the record that i started boot camp again yesterday.
the first two days are for assessments, so we haven't gotten into the real workouts yet. we took body measurements and tested the following:
- situps in 1 minute: 30 (got 23 the first week of the session i did in Feb)
- sit/reach: forgot to look (13)
- pushups (without stopping, not timed): 23 (24)
- 1.5 mile run: 16m ?s (20m 34s)
i was a little bummed at doing worse on pushups than before, but whatever. i'll get a lot of practice with that exercise over the next several weeks. i'm gunning for 60 in the end of session assessment.
the real shocker was the run. i don't recall the last time i was able to run (albeit slowly) an entire mile and a half without stopping. maybe when i was 18. doubly surprising was the fact that i just got back from a month plus of vacation in Texas, New York, Paris and Amsterdam where i took up smoking after six months off, knocking out a pack a day towards the end of the run, and drank wine and beer almost all day, just about every day. didn't feel it at all this morning. not sure what to make of that, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth, right?
i've quit smoking and am limiting myself to one or two drinks now and again for the duration of this session (six weeks). this means i'll probably get my hermit on even more than i usually do. i don't like to be out at bars if i'm not binging on cigs and booze. so don't be surprised if you don't see me for a while. maybe i'll be a little more svelte next time you do!
