Training Log: The 2009 Arnold Classic 5K Pump and Run
- Day 36
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 01-03-2009
Tagged Under : Arnold Classic, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, Pump and Run
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
LANCE ARMSTRONG
Today’s training inspiration (right) is a man who has done quite a bit to inspire a great number of people, not only for his seven consecutive Tour de France victories in competitive cycling, but for achieving all of these victories as a cancer survivor.
His overcoming cancer in the midst of a storied career – and then resuming his career and performing at the highest level – put him in an incredibly exclusive category of heroic athletes that includes the likes of hockey superstars Mario Lemieux and Saku Koivu.
However, few if any have taken their diagnosis and used it to the advantage of society to such a degree by promoting research, awareness and treatment fundraising.
After a 2005 retirement at the top of his game, Armstrong returned to competitive racing earlier in 2009 at the age of 37. He has been the World Cycling Champion, US National Cycling Champion, and won the Tour de Suisse among his many athletic achievements.
Like other great athletes, he has shown his prowess by dabbling in other physical endeavors, putting up an impressive time (2:50:58) in the Boston Marathon as part of an undertaking to raise cancer funding and awareness. This followed a 2:46:43 performance in the 2007 NYC Marathon.
If you’re going to go for it, go out strong.
With Lance Armstrong in mind (as well as my sore back and legs), I am going back to the stationary bike for a 10-mile today. Though I am only two days removed from my (by far) personal best on this test, I would like to put up something respectable.
TODAY’S PERFORMANCE
Bench Presses (115% Body Weight): 8 Reps
10 Miles on Stationary Bike: 25:23
Weights:
- Flat Bench Press (x11)
- Flat Dumbbell Flyes (x5)
- Flat Overhead Dumbbell Raise (Chest) (x5)
IPOD SONGS DURING TRAINING
Jay Z and Linkin Park – Izzo / In the End
Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge
Ky Mani Marley – One Time for My Warriors
Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight
Larry Greene – Through the Fire
Lenny Kravitz – Freedom Train
Liberty X – Being Nobody
Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
Lorna Vallings – Taste
Loverboy – Lovin’ Every Minute of It
Loverboy – Turn Me Loose
Madonna – Jump
Madonna – Music
The Mailman’s Children – The Bathroom Floor
Mark Safan – Win in the End
Maxi Priest – Close to You
Megadeth – Angry Again
Michael Jackson – They Don’t Really Care About Us
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney – Say Say Say
Mobb Deep – USA (Aiiight Then)
Moist – Push
TRAINING NOTE
Dammit. I made it through an okay 10-mile bike (one of my better times) but was walking like Quasimodo afterward. My back spasms have now infiltrated my low-impact cross-training. Once I can’t even do bike or elliptical without having to stop, I may be reduced to just staying in bed until race day and going balls-to-the-wall one time only.