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Hey all! Sorry for the lack of updates lately. My scale batteries died and I've been too lazy to replace them so I haven't had a weigh in for a while. I'm pretty sure I'm maintaining around 190ish.
So as some of you know, I've been attempting to recover from a knee injury. I have patella tendonitis in my right knee, so running downhill has been pretty bothersome. I've been slowly increasing my mileage back up trying to focus completely on form and not worry about speed. This seems to be helping, especially with any downhill portions of my runs. I still get soreness after my runs, but with ice and some ibuprofen I'm good as new the next day.
This Monday I'll be starting my half marathon training plan for my trail run in August. I'm going to try to find some good trails around here to prep myself as well, along with some new trail running shoes! I'm hoping my knee will hold up through the training and I can compete in my first half marathon.
Next Sunday I have my second mud race, Warrior Dash! This race is only a 5K, which is good for my knee, but I'm really excited to have fun with some muddy obstacles again. If any of you love running and obstacles, I really suggest you try to find a mud run like this around you. They are so much fun.
So as far as lifting goes, I have been taking it much more serious lately. I joined a neat site called fitocracy. It's a website game where you track your workouts, and "level-up" based on what you do and different "quests" or goals you complete. It's pretty neat because it tracks PR's too! If you want an invite let me know and I can send one over.
So recently I've been trying out some new supplements...I got a new multivitamin, a thermogenic, and a new preworkout supplement, along with creatine. My gains so far have been amazing and I'm hitting new personal records every week. Here's a list of what I'm taking now:
1. Opti-men multivitamins
2. GNC Green Tea Extract
3. Jack3D pre-workout.
4. Micronized Creatine
5. Recreate by USPLabs thermogenic
6. Whey Protein Isolate
I hope everyone is doing well, and I've been checking through your journals every day but I've been pretty busy lately and haven't been able to post very many responses, so I apologize! You guys are awesome and I hope you all have a great week!
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