Rexius Run, Pushups, and cramps

04 Mar 2009 - Eugene, Rexius Trail On Wednesday I did a nice run in the rain at Rexius. I had felt a bit of pain in my knee from Monday's run, so decided to go back to something flat and "safe". I knew two laps was a bit too short, so I did 3 laps, but the first two laps used the earlier circle, which I believe probably cuts out about 1/4 mile, so my guess is it was about 2.5 miles. Took 19 minutes I think. Felt pretty good, and was actually feeling a bit tired towards the end, but also it seemed like I was getting into that zone, and had good focus, so was a bit sad to stop. I felt this was the right thing to do though. I came home, lingered a bit, and then tried to do week 5 day 1 of Hundred Pushups. FAIL. Big time fail. Strangely, I was cramping in my quads, I guess from the run. This is odd, as I haven't had this happen, and, well, just seemed strange. This didn't really contribute to failing at the pushups, but it definitely didn't help. I was only about to do 3 sets of the 5, and failed on the third. I've been a bit under the weather, and also just feeling kind of weak, so this didn't surprise me. I almost didn't even try, but am glad I at least made an attempt. I had debated whether to do a week "4.5" instead, but I think what I'll do is just keep trying week 5 day 1 until I can do that well. If I can do that either Friday, or Monday, that'll work out well. If I can't do it by Monday, then I'm going to be behind and in a bit of trouble/danger for ability to succeed, so hopefully it works. Another clothing report, which worked perfectly in today's conditions. As said, it was raining, pretty solidly much of the time, and temps were around 46 degrees: * Icebreaker GT 220 top * Pearli running knickers * Smartwool heavier wool socks * my usual Brooks Cascadia shoes * Pearli running gloves This was darn near ideal. If I'd gotten into running too much longer, the top might have gotten warm, but then again I had it zipped up the entire time, so probably could have simply unzipped and handled 20 minutes more. The gloves were key and I'm glad I had them. My hands get cold easily, and these were quite welcome. Knickers were good. I recently picked up some tights, but I'm starting to wonder if I'll really ever wear them. I'd meant to get another pair of knickers, but they didn't have them, and I haven't gotten around to ordering them online, figured the tights would work. However, even on the coldest of days (like the 27 degree day at Spencer Butte a month ago), I haven't really felt like tights would be any more advantage, but we'll see.