Exercise, cancer, and crabs.

This morning I got up a bit early and did my push up test (to give my arms as long as possible between the test and bowling tomorrow night as I could and still progress in the program quicker :P ), and I am proud to say that I was able to do 12 push ups before my arms said "no." Coming from 2 on my first day, that's just awesome. So, I'm not yet strong enough to move on to week 3 (ah well), but I did move up a rank and two columns. On Wednesday I'll be starting on my w3, but on a progression of w1c3.

Then tonight I went running and ran for 25 minutes. Let me let that sink into you for a bit.

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You get that? I ran for 25 minutes, but here's the absolute sick part. I could have kept going. For once I finally got it into my head that yeah, I really really REALLY need slow down and go so slow it feels like I'm barely moving, and I hit that pace, that pace that felt like I could just go on forever. It was awesome. My 30 minute walk at the end didn't seem like a recovery walk nearly as much as an I can still go, look at me go walk. And, I was able to walk at my actual normal pace (which is really fast). Boo ya.

That said, I did get an ache in my left knee today, not a sharp pain, or a cramp, just an ache. Not even enough to make me stop. And I got a few blisters on my toes. I usually wear size 8 1/2 shoes, but the summers here are so brutal that last summer I noticed that my feet swelled pretty badly, so I bought some size 9 shoes in anticipation. My feet don't quite fit in the 9s, and I was wondering if that had to do with some of the weird little, I don't even know how to put it, I feel like my pace is off, like where I put my feet, so today I switched back to the 8 1/2s. I'm not going to make that mistake again. From now until I go home, it's 9s for me.

I also went at 7pm, and watched a beautiful sunset that I got a few pictures of. I'm actually looking forward to next week, it's nothing but 25 minute runs. From here on out for the next 2 weeks, it's nothing but straight running, just adding 3 minute on the end each week until I hit 30.

Tonight, I also did my exhaustion test for crunches. I was able to pull 46 out of nowhere. I thought I was done at around 30, but got disgusted with myself and actually went up to 46. My initial test was 21. That's more than double in 2 weeks. I'm stoked. Now, I'm not doubling the program's numbers or anything, just going by actual numbers. So with that total, I'm actually going from a progression of w4, skipping w5 and going straight to w6, column one. Boo. Ya. Ka.

In other news, they may have found a cure for cancer. I really really really hope it works.

And, June 21st is kani no hi (crab day), because when you go through the japanese alphabet, ka is the 6th character, so June, and ni is the 21st. So, kani no hi. I thought it was awesome when I heard that. From a teacher no less. And I understood what she was talking about before the other teachers. Because that's the way my brain works. Rock.