Midnight Barefoot Jog & Body Weight Muscle Training

 Dec. 18, 2020

I got out in shoes. But it didn't feel right. So I returned home, kicked the shoes off, and hit the road again. This time it felt right though in no time both feet got numb from the freezing cold. The sky was so cloudless, and the stars were beautiful. The Winter Triangle is always the first one to greet me. It's so majestic. I like it when it looks as though it hadn't moved a bit when I return from an hour-long job. 

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6.2 K: 34:54.84

Body weight muscle training: 8:20.19

4 sets by [Single-hand push-ups (30 sec) + Slow pull-up (30 sec)]

※15-sec rest between exercises and sets

5:8 K: 32:43.47

Total 12 K: 1:15:58

New Hilly Course

Midnight Barefoot Jog Combined with Body Weight Muscle Training

Nov. 18, 2020

It was warm for the season. I dressed lightly. It's been a while since I last hit the road in bare feet. The course tonight is very poorly-maintained, and not very friendly to a barefooted runner. But nevertheless I went out without shoes, because I wanted to test my endurance. Or to be more precise, the endurance of my soles. 

As expected, much of the out and return course tonight was not comfortable to run on. But this discomfort is exactly what I asked for. Only outside the boundary of your comfort zone can you meet a stronger version of yourself. So I kept telling myself, I lapped the course twice to cover 14 K. 

Though 14 K is more than I usually jog for a daily routine, it didn't feel so long, mainly because the course is rich in undulation and landscape varies significantly along the way. 

Tonight I did some body weight muscle training in a park at the turn point of the our and return course. There are monkey bars there. I did pull-ups and chin-ups to hit lats, forearms, and bi-ceps. There is a significant amount of core engagement while holding a good hanging posture, also. 

I ate like a horse after coming home from training.

3.5 K: 20:27.87

Body weight muscle training: 7:16.08

3.5 K: 20:59.88

3.5 K: 20:29.58

Body weight muscle training: 7:48.16

3.5 K: 20:54.72

Total 14 K: 1:37:56

10 K Jog Combined with Body Weight Muscle Training in the Scorching Summer Heat

August 3, 2020

As my birthday comes closer and closer, I feel a tremendous amount of energy well up from with in. Though the sun was high and heat was unbearable to most this afternoon, I found myself throwing myself into my running gear when I got a part of    a project finished, and marching toward the nearby park in flip-flops, which were soon to be taken off once I got there.

The park was empty except for a young man who was working on agility by maneuvering with quick steps through plenty of round yellow objects placed on the ground at regular intervals. He appears to be one of those people who enjoy training when most others don't. I felt slight kinship with the young man.

There is a little platform in the park next to the parking lot. As soon as I got there, I took of my flip-flops, put them on the platform, and set off for a jog. One lap around the walking track in the park is 500 M. My goal today is to 4 laps to cover 2 K and then do some body weight muscle training, and go back to run 2 K again, and then do another kind of muscle training, and repeat this cycle until I hit 10 K.

To make a long story short, it was good training. The details are shown below:

2 K: 10.55.89

Body weight muscle training (1): 20 jumping squats: 45.05

2 K: 14:16.66

Body weight muscle training (2): 20 hand-clap push-ups: 59.35

2 K: 11:42.47

Body weight muscle training (3): isometric training 10 reps by 3 kinds:1:36.14

2 K: 11:51.56

Body weight muscle training (4): crossover knee-to-elbows 20 reps by 2 sets:2:38.70

2 K: 12:28.46

Body weight muscle training (5): pike push-ups 12 reps + 10 reps + 8 reps +6 reps=36 reps: 2:17.43

Total 10 K 1:09:31

When I stepped on the scale after a shower, I weighed 61 kg. That's 1 kg lighter than my regular weight. I didn't feel light, but there seems to be some tremendous fat-burning effect in combining long-slow cardio with high intensity body weight muscle training. I think I should do it more often.