Road to American Ninja Warrior

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So.... I pretty much immediately crumbled.

I looked for my fitbit for a bit... realized it was pretty much a fitbit in a ~~haystack~~ bunch of grass, gave up and immediately ordered a new one... it should be delivered tomorrow. (Side note : How does Amazon make any money?)

This means though... that I went on a run today without tracking it... what's the point of that... I mean, sure I'm fitter and a bit more conditioned, but without fitbit tracking it, it seemed like such a waste. Man, I've so been primed to just accept AI as my overlord and master, sheesh.

Anyway, I did about 3.8km... but still had to walk in the last 10 minutes... so I'm not thrilled with that.. but it was definitely less uncomfortable than every previous effort last week. So, improvement, yay!

Smashed out this guy:

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AWNE Test	26th Feb	5th March	12th March	26th March	16th April	23rd April	30th April	15th May
400m	1:49.21	1:43.54	1:45.21	1:49.57	1:40.10	2:00.07	1:46.91	1:47.17
3 min deadhang	1:40:03	1:11:20	1:30:49	1:09:12	01:13.2	01:19.4	1:21.16	1:02.12
16 pull ups	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

I was super sore from yesterday, especially in the hamstrings and lower back, so my run wasn't great... but it wasn't terrible either... I definitely felt strong at the end, which is definitely positive. Still not getting any closer to that 1:30 second time I'm aiming for.

As soon as I jumped into the deadhang I realized...

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... instant regret.... my hands would have straight up murdered me if they could move. After yesterday's ninja play, plus wood choppin' plus lawn mowin' plus country livin', they were toast... and I only lasted a minute in the deadhang, and every second sucked.

But that's how we grow right? By doing things that suck.

Chased that suckage down with some slackline practice and balance worked... and then by the time I was completely over it... I did 24 jump squats... just to make sure my body really hates me. We might be divorced tomorrow.

Doing balance work every day has already proven itself worthy of that time investment, I'm so much better than I was... really excited to stick with it.

Cardio

30 minute run

AWNE Test

400m sprint

1 minute dead hang

16 pull ups

Balance

15 minutes slackline, rollerboard and pipe.

Jump Squats

4 sets of 8 reps.

Had a bath to start off, to try and reduce the DOMS in my legs and lower back. It worked a treat... but then I was running overheated... so still need to work that all out.