El Zen

Gotta beat these. Scheiss r** b***.

Good at fotball again!

Modern football is shite.

I came agonizingly close to meeting my 5k goal too today. 22:10, which is probably my fastest 5k ever recorded but still I’m kind of furious with myself for not running 11 secs faster. I had those seconds in me, I know that.

120 is impressive! Bench press is definitely psychological. On my attempt at 100, I think I forgot to exhale properly and became passive instead of getting the necessary adrenaline release to drive my push. I definitely didn’t use all the power potential I have. It’s not my best discipline anyway, bench press. Being tall and lean with long arms equals big range of motion, and I’m not terribly explosive. Given how easily I lifted 90, though, I’m sure I’ll break the barrier soon enough.

I’ve been doing well in the gym lately. I’ve returned to the old Stronglifts 5x5 that has served me well in the past, and made good progress after a long period of niggles and comfort-zoning. My goal for the winter is to bench press 100 kgs. I lifted 90 with ease yesterday, but came up just short on my first ever attempt at 100.

Well, cross the first one off the list. My new 10k PB is 49:40. I know I shouldn’t brag too much, but I’m really f***ing proud of myself.

Hey, if I’m doing 30 min 5ks at 66 I’ll be happy with that!

23:30 on the 5k today and it feels like I left a fair bit in the tank, never really touching red zone at all.

For various reasons, I haven’t been able to ramp up my running until the last month or so, but I’m getting some good work in now. I’m doing 4 min 1ks for interval work, and yesterday I pushed my 10k down to 52:30 without too much trouble. 11km/h is comfortably green zone on my pulse tracker. Considering I’m also doing some heavy gym work at the moment, I’m pretty happy with my progress. Haven’t done anything longer than 10k yet, though, but that’s ok. I used to do that once a month, but I’m not sure how much good it did my running. My goal for the winter is to get below 50mins on the 10k and below 22min on the 5k, which would both be PBs.

Giving a pen for that is scandalous. Not even close to the spirit of the laws of the game.

Norway.

He’s also gay, and if we’ve learned anything from 2016 and 2024 it’s that toxic masculinity wins.

First thing I see is a boy wearing a massive grin and a MAGA-hat. I kid you not. I had to go count to ten to stop myself from potentially losing my job.

Gotta head to work and spend my day reminding teenage boys there’s nothing funny about fascists winning elections. F*** neutrality.