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Doing well

I have shed 1.5Kgs this week. Now doing 30 mins run.
Cheers
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Maintenance Training

I am on week two of the 200 squats programme. I must say squats are easy. And I will do 200 squats easily. I dont even need the program: its just that it gives me a daily target.
I have increased my runs to 25 mins. I added 4 Kgs last week. 4 Kilos in one week! And yet I was still running!
4 fuckin kilos! Amazing shit.
Anyways, I have got disciplined on my diet now and hope to shed at least one by the end of the week. I am wedding next week so I am quite busy. I will start regularly updating this blog mid-march when I am on track with training. Right now, its irregular and mainly maintenance training.
Here is Bisping, ready for Wand (Wanderlei Silva) at IFC 110 in Feb 6th

Cheers.

Getting on well

Injury Prevention Runs getting better. Wedding plans in full flight.
Here is Cyborg vs Carrano.

Knees knees

My knees feel weird. Damn.

Injury Prevention

Still doing Injury Prevention runs.

Dan Stevenson. Serious shit.

 

His tattered face bore proof of the abuse he sustained at the hands of lightweight king B.J. Penn in the UFC 107 main event, but the gruesome gash above the left eye of Diego Sanchez was evidence of yet another weapon in the Hawaiian’s vast arsenal. After beating on Sanchez for nearly five full rounds, Penn ended their one-sided encounter with the only head kick he threw the entire fight. Bone met flesh, and the result was not pretty. Sanchez might as well have been struck by a meat cleaver. -- Brian Knapp, associate editor

W6 D6 - I am through!

I did the last day of the two hundred situps challenge today. The sets were: 39, 39, 50, 50, 39, 39, 33,33, 110 (Max 105). Those are 432 situps with 45 seconds breaks between the sets.
I think I will move to 200 squats after this.
Today I give you Rampage standing next to his toy. I support Rampage but prefer Rashad. Its probably because, whereas Rampage is a good wrestler, he is too one-dimensional: punches - while Rashad does kichs and submissions and is now back to his wrestling roots.

20 mins run

Still doing small jogs. My right knee is twitching. Here is 2009 My Olympia, Jay Cutler. Examine the anatomy closely.

W6 D2 - One more day to go!

I did W6 D2 today. 33,33,45,45, 36,36,32,32, 90. It took me about 30 minutes to complete the 9 sets. I have to admit, 200 situps is way easier than 100 pushups. I may just consider going for 200 squats after this 200 situps challenge. It is excellent for the abs. Today I give you Branch Warren. I love his ferocious training as captured in the Texas Chesr Massacre.

Put in 23 mins

I did a 23 mins jog. I am at the injury-prevention phase. Nothing much.
Evans at work against Thiago Silva in UFC 108.

W6 D1

I did W6 D1 today - 70, 85, 52, 45 and 90 (max 85). Rashad beat Thiago Silva via a unanimous decision in UFC 108. Still taking it easy with 20 min runs.

20 mins run

Nothing much. After all, its the new year - almost.

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W5 D2 - 8 sets

Yep, did 30, 30, 36, 36, 27, 27, 33 and 80 (max 70). I am getting quite good at this. But man, have I added weight! O'wise, I am relaxin and downloading movie torrents like hell.
Cheers

20 mins run

I did a 20 mins easy run. I am definitely on my way back. No plans yet. Still reading.

W5 D1

I did W5 D1 today. i.e.54, 60, 45, 36 66 (min 60).
I have added some weight but I am starting running again. Slowly.
Cheers.

W4 D2

Yeah, did 38, 45, 38, 38 and 60 (Max 54). Then ran for a Km. Hehe, ran for 1 Km. Can you believe that shit?
Meanwhile, Eric Ndiema won this year’s edition of the Baringo Half Marathon on Sunday (20th Dec 09) in 1:02:14 and in the process improved from the sixth position he attained last year. He was the only top ten finishers from last year who remained in that bracket this year.

Below is Eric Ndiema (159) leading Yusuf Songoka (092) and Vincent Kiplagat (198) at the Baringo Half Marathon 

W4 D1

I did 32, 38, 32, 32, 50 (Max 48).
Meanwhile, Strikeforce's Cung Le suffered his first loss under Scott Smith.

Here is Smith in attack mode.

Week 3 Over

I did w3 d3: 33,42,30,30, 50 (max 45). I dont feel the need to do an exhaustion test this weekend.

Eddies Weddo

W3 D2

I Did W3 D2 today 30,38,23,23,45(Max 40). Twasnt that hard - no sweating yet. Meanwhile, Dan Hardy will face the UFC welterweight champion at UFC 111 on March 27 in Newark, N.J. Whereas I think the winner of Hardy/Koscheck fight should have faced GSP, I dont mind seeing Hardy go against GSP even though I dont think Hardy can neutralize GSP yet. But Hardy is as solid and technical as they come.
Meanwhile, I am a sponge going through Daniel's Running Formula

D1 W3 - The Books Arrive - UFC 107

I did W3 D1 with the sets being: 21,27,21,21,33 (30Max). It wasn't hard but I am getting better at it and I think I will fnnish week 3 w/o incident.
The books arrived though I am yet to collect them
 UFC 107 took place on Sato. I havent seen it. Mir bounces back and Penn establishes himself as the best at 155 pounds. Here are some photos (viewer discretion is advised)

This is Sanchez after Penn opened up his forehead with a kick.

Penn and Sanchez.

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W2 D3 - Kebede's Record

Did W2 D3 today. Wasn't that hard though I got close to sweating. I did 24,25,21,21,33 (max 30). Exhaustion test on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Tsegaye Kebede has only been running marathons for two and a half years, but in that short span of time he has reached a level of accomplishment that no one else has in history.
Kebede's 2009 was so superb, that he also managed to become the second fastest ever for total time of his two fastest races, 4:10:38.
Haile Gebrselassie heads the double fastest list, not just breaking 4:10, but going sub-4:09 as well in 2008. He started off with the then second fastest time ever, 2:04:53 at Dubai in January and then posted the still standing World record of 2:03:59 at Berlin in September.

Gebrselassie and Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru are the only men to go sub-4:12 total in two years.
 

W2 D2

I did W2 D2 today. I struggled a little and almost broke to sweat after the last set. I did 24,24,18,18,27 (max 26).
Meanwhile UFC lost Dan Henderson to Strikeforce.

W2 D1 - Jones gets a DQ

I did day one of week 2 today. I did 21, 21,15,15,25. It wasnt that hard since I have found the proper form but I had to put in some effort. It will get thick pretty soon.
Jone Jones lost the fight to Matt Hamill through a disqualification (illegal elbows). But he dominated Hamill and established himself as one of the best future LHs in the MMA world.

Week 1 over

I did W1D3 today, 17, 21,14,14, 22 (20Max). I didnt struggle too much but I feel much better than before I started the situps.

2010 IAAF calendar

Cheers.

W2 D2

I am adding weight.
I did the situps. 15,18,15,15 and 18 (18Max). I struggled today.

Here is Jon Jones, one of my favorite fighters.

Damn.

Test and D1 W1

I did the test and didnt want to push myself so just ended with 21 situps - just enough to place me on the third column.
I started day 1 week 1 today and did 15,18,10,10 and 17 (max 14). Still easy.
I expect to have bulging six packs at the end of the program so I took some "before" photos. I am about 82Kgs so my weight is not so bad.
I am still undecided which proper form to adopt for these situps.

Above is the Austrian, Gunther Weidlinger who won the 2009 Great Australian Runbeating Wanjiru to 3rd place. Weidlinger sprinted to the line in 43:01, 21 seconds slower than Haile Gebrselassie last year. Birmingham followed 18 seconds behind with a national title and a personal best: Martin Dent, Australia’s leading finisher in the world championships marathon, also passed Wanjiru for third.

Cheers

100% Wooooohoooooooo!

All injuries gone! I can now bound up the stairs and feel nothing in my knees! It feels like God!, er, heaven!
Damn!
I have also added some kilos but no problen, I will start attacking them next week.
The books have not arrived but I am rearing to go. Still enjoying making excuses and procrastinating a little...
I get my inspirations from all over. This is Forrest Griffin again from UFC 106. Running is not for pussies so we runners and fighters are kindred spirits. The only difference is that we have two opponents when we are running: a) ourselves and b) The distance/tarmac.

Cheers.

One more week - 200 situps?

I am now about 100% fine - my knees took the longest time to be okay. I want to take one more week just to ensure I have actually taken a whole month off exercise.

I am considering starting the 200 sit ups challenge next week. This will be aimed at increasing my core strength. I considered doing the 100 pushups challenge (I can do 45 pushups at a go right now) but put it aside because my arms are quite strong and I dont want my upper body to bulk. I considered doing the 200 squat ups but also avoided it because I dont want bigger legs. Squats are the best way to bulk up spiny legs.

I will do the initial test soon.
Cheers.
J

Getting Better

And stronger....
This is a pic from the fight where Rua was robbed of his victory over Machida in UFC 104.

And here is Cheruiyot being trailed by Meb in the NY Marathon.

Getting Serious - Ordered for Running Books

I placed an order for two books on Running from Amazon. I am buying The Competitive Runner's Handbook -  The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons (Paperback) and Daniels' Running Formula - 2nd Edition.
It will cost me about 5K in total and they should be arriving next month. They should help me ensure I dont run in "no man's" land (read the reviews of Daniel's book on Amazon) and help me focus every training to ensure I dont just run to be fit but to be faster and stronger to ensure that I resonably exploit the running potential in me and kick substantial ass in races.
We have agreed with Sikuku to get the AK (Athletics Kenya) calendar so that next year we do at least five races.

I want to get scary serious with this running shit. I want to be fast, tough, chiselled, free, strong and light. And I want to run a sub 19mins 5K and a sub 38mins 10K. An elite amateur for all intents and purposes.
My calf is now 80% okay. The problem now is my knees (75%) and the back of my left knee (80%). Two weeks rest should do. I want to be 100% before I start the next quest.

What inspires me? When we were in Mwea Classic half Marathon in September, I saw our "coach" glide away so easily. So effortlessly yet I was laboring hard. The guy is probably ten years older. It is such things that make me tell myself "I want to run like that"
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