Training log 3-21-16

I continue to get behind on both my reading and writing now as I am constantly being absorbed into meditation lately. I have been newly inspired to ramp up my practice due to a very clear presentation of the benefits of doing so. Yes I know a lot of the science on meditation is showing it's effectiveness for relaxation/stress reduction but I'm more empowered by some of the loftier possibilities, a larger write up of meditation specifically will ensue.

Monday

Slow run to the river, at least 4 miles round trip, foraged for edible greens, ran back

Tuesday

long walk from light rail, probably 3 miles or so

Wednesday

backyard training lashed a pipe to a tree which created a lot of new movement, tons of plyos/running pre, psh, pl, standard reps, getting easier though

Thu

repeat of wed but a little less, a bit sore, more slackline

Fri

walked to river, barefoot for the first half cold immersion, john is a beast, stayed in for 10-15 minutes straight, I had to keep going back in and out. Usually I go longer but it doesn't always work out

Sat

cycled to coffee republic, then walked to folsom prison, so probably 8 mile bike ride, 4 mile walk/run, went back to folsom lake after for some cold water and hammocking with good friends, so peaceful

Sun

Nothing at all but a lot of stretching. I have been following Kit Laughlin's book, Stretching and Flexibility. It feels so good to get my body to not be so bound up anymore even though I've come pretty far. I can almost hold a close squat position, my measure of success for this is complete relaxation in that position. 

Also I have been losing weight with another one of my house mates who is about the same weight/height for a little more incentive. It has been up and down for the last few weeks, I should have been down to 147 by now but things have not worked out exactly as planned. The lowest I have gotten this week was around 157 and I'm 158 today. 2 weeks ago I was at 155 so it's good to know that if I was ever to get into a survival situation, my body would hold to the sparse calories pretty well. I have my strategies though.

Updates for the future, to organize myself a bit better, I will do better to note my progress in:

Strength

Running

Parkour training

flexibility

meditation

weight loss