Keating

Hiked yesterday with Karl. Okay trail, nothing too special. Nice to be out in the woods though.

Today over lunch, Karl, Taylor, Bryan and I ran the 3+ mile loop. I'll GPS it on Wednesday to find the actual distance. The first mile, we warmed up by running Karl's easy pace. Then, we picked it up for a mile. A short tempo. They all want to improve their running performance, so I'm training them. Bryan did awesome! He stuck with me the whole time, running about 7:30s. Taylor did his best to keep up, and turned around once and awhile to encourage Karl. Great attitude! He's a phenomenol asset to have in the workout crew, and a good human being too.
After the tempo, we cooled down for a little over a mile, then did PT.

The 11 various push up workout. 1x10 of 11 different kinds. Explosive, explosive stagger, divebombers, hand tap, side tap, rotational, alligator, elevated, shuffle. Actually, we only did 9. Shoot. I forgot about the spidermans. And the one-arms.
They all did pretty well, and gave it their all. That's the most important part. My triceps and anterior deltoids burned a bit, but not too bad. Inbetween the pushups, I did 20 atomic situps. except the last two. So, that's...um...6 sets of 20?
My arms were burning, but weren't tired, so I decided to do some pullups. Bryan jumped in too. Our goal was 10. It was easier than I thought. Bryan did 9.5. Still, he kicked ass.

Tonight, we played at the admiral's again. It's always fun to sing for him because he gets such joy out of it. Plus, he's kind of like my adopted grandpa. Cool cat.

The best quote I heard today, exhibiting Taylor's attitude. I congratulated him on keeping up. He said, "No, I didn't. I won't be keeping up, until I actually keep up." Meaning his goal is to match me rep for rep, stride for stride. I jokingly said, "Well, tell me when to slow down." Here comes his quote:

"NO! I'LL KEEP TAKING IT UNTIL I CAN DISH IT BACK!"

Taylor is MVP for the week.