When you cross that finish line -
no matter how slow, no matter how fast
- it will change your life forever.
~ Dick Beardsley, Spirit Of The Marathon

December 4, 2012

Getting my pump on (in the garage)

Since lowering my weekly running mileage a while back, for the sake of my knees (who were hating me) for all I've put them through these past three and a half years, I decided it was time to take my cross training & weight training to a new level.  Like Mac (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia), I've been getting my pump on!

Ronald "Mac" McDonald....getting his pump on!

Last night, I put our crappy little bathroom dressing mirror in the garage so I can check my form as I workout.  (Mirrored walls were something I'd gotten spoiled with when I had a gym membership.)  As soon as I stepped into the garage to start my workout, I noticed a few muscles I hadn't ever noticed before.  In my legs...but also my arms.  I wasn't expecting to see anything different from what the bathroom mirror shows me each day.  What a great treat!  Here's to P90Xing, AKA: getting my pump on, in the garage during the rainy winter months in Washington state!
Me, prepping to get my pump on.  Check out my quads!  
After lowering my mileage for a few months & getting my pump on, I should be wicked ready for training season starting January 1st.  :)

4 comments:

  1. Looking forward to getting my own pump on after my marathon. Going to take a year off from "major event training" and do some strength and speed work for a while. Look forward to hooking up with you sooner than later!

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    1. Next year is for sure going to be a work on fitness instead of racing year for us, too. We have one half marathon we'd like to run. Other than that, just focusing on muscle definition and strength. :)

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