Crunch Time.

Okay today first of all I have to give huge brownie points to one of my friends for randomly IMing me last night and deciding to come up and visit. For those who didn't know, visiting me here at UCSB is like the coolest thing a person could ever do. To date only three people (including this most recent person) have done it, and one was required, so that doesn't even really count. We're talking like two million brownie points in my book forever. I do love randomly showing up at other campuses across California and surprising people, but being visited is just as special. So yeah this person rocks.

Okay now on to the topic of the day. Starting this week, there are exactly five weeks left. On the final Saturday, I graduate. This weekend I did a whole lot of organizing/planning, figuring out how things are going to go over the five weeks. I redid my reading schedule to include everything post midterm, and have it set up so that as long as I stay on top of it I should never have books full of reading to do like usual. I'm back on my morning workout schedule, and actually felt pretty good today even though I didn't compelte the entire workout. The repetitions I did complete had quick times, with the second 800 being even faster than the first, which is basically unheard of. I did blow out an air pocket at some point, so I'm trying not to do anything to hard until I get a new pair of shoes. Shin splints haven't reared their ugly head in quite some time, and I'm loving it.

I tried a pool workout yesterday, was pondering adding that in the mornings, and that pretty much killed my eyes, going to have to invest in a pair of goggles before I try any more of that. On the one hand it adds good cardio, on the other it will tire me out so that my workout times will slow down, and I'll feel like I'm making less progress. The good news is on the bicep curl side of things I've seen drastic improvement, it's very visible. Unfortunately while sick I've been slacking on the pushup reps, so I'll probably have regressed a week or two when I start it up again.

Anyway long story short I've set various goals, that I hope to achieve by June 14th, which is the day before I graduate.


Weight: Current: 185-188 Goal: 180
2400 Time: Current: 10:21 Goal: 9:00
Mile Time: Current: 6:38 Goal: 6:00
Pushups (2 min): Current: 45 Goal: 60
Situps (2 min): Current: 60 Goal: 80
Bicep Curl (10 reps): Current: 50 Goal: 70
Bench Press (10 reps): Current: ? Goal: 145
Lateral Pulldowns (10 reps): Current ? Goal: 125
GPA: Current: WHO KNOWS Goal: Good enough to Graduate!

So there you have it. Not actually sure where I'm at in the last two weightlifting exercises, going to start adding the lat work with my bicep work on running days, but benching will probably have to stay out while I'm doing hardcore pushups workouts every other day. I figure that should improve my bench just as well anyway. Maybe I'll throw a random set in on one of those days just to see how far off I am.

The mile time is possible, although I'm still a ways off, running two 800's separately today I only managed a 6:15, although if I was trying to break 6 in a mile I could probably eek some more speed out. The 9:00 1.5 mile is a lot more of a dream, 90 second laps for that long will probably require a bunch of guys on the track with me, along with some very vocal spectators. The last day of training before I go home I'll probably run a 1.5 mile time trial, and try to not only break the 6 minute mile barrier that I haven't crossed since high school, but also sneak under the 9 minute mark at the same time, which might be possible if I do manage the first mile under 6.

Basically if I achieve all those goals I'll be in fabulous shape going into OTS. At those levels of running pushups and situps I'll be at a 359 score out of 500, not quite the 400 I'm shooting for long run, but after ten weeks of getting my ass kicked, I'm sure it's possible. Then again most people will come in hoping it will "get them in shape" having not run more than a half mile in the last few years of their life, and not even be able to pass the 140 point passing level. Sucks to be them.

Probably the hardest goal is the 180 pound barrier. I've been hovering in the high 180s for what seems like forever. Yesterday I weighed in at 185 after a normal day of meals/exercise, today I weighed in at 188 after the same. Starting this week I've gotten a lot more serious when it comes to eating though, so I should finally start seeing the number inch downwards. No more food after 8pm unless it's the apple and banana I jacked at dinner, always eat breakfast and an early dinner, squeeze salads onto the tray instead of pizza. It's turning heads, but should do be good.

Okay have I been boring enough today talking about my health, yeah I think so.

More later about the coolest video ever I downloaded.