Decathletes are Cross Fitters

I can breathe today since I managed to run 6 miles on the Tam High School track in 51.38. It wasn't pretty but it was also at 4:00 am so no one was there to witness it other than a few deer. The bad news is my lower calf is still sore but the good news is that the pain did not get worse during the robble (run/hobble). 8:30 mile pace is definitely not going to get me to a 1.30 let alone beat Mike but I am optimistic.

On the strength side, the Creatine has kicked in again - my weight workouts are getting easier, my squat (160-10) and bench (200-12) are slowly going up as is the dips I do in my office every day (every office needs a dip bar to pound out sets of 32 twice a day).

Here is a thought. Decathletes are probably the most versatile athletes in the world - they have speed, strength, endurance and agility, and are pretty much trained to do anything. But while they might have world class abilities, they don't come close in any event to world class times because they don't focus enough on any one event. Which is what Cross Fit Endurance is all about. It prepares you to do workouts that while impressive, are not the actual event (I'm back to the specificity of training) in which you want to excel. Of course hobbling 6 miles at 90 seconds slower than race pace isn't exactly specific training either.