The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Yes, yes, yes I owe ALL OF YOU a May Workout of the Month. We're 10 minutes till June and I still haven't gotten around to it.

BUT, if you go here. You won't be disappointed. I had fun with the drills.

I've been busying finishing up school, PTing like a BOSS, and reading up on Marine Corps knowledge. Which is exactly what all of you are doing right?

Right?

That's what I thought. Now go do some pushups. When you're done with those, do flutter kicks until I get tired.

New Marine drops 130lbs!

I had to share this article! Talk about MOTIVATION!

May 6th issue of The Boot.

Depending on when you click on the above link, you may need to search the archives for May 6th, 2011.

And here I'm thinking my 50+ is an achievement. Holy shit! Amazing!

Now hit the deck readers.

Marine Corp Knowledge

While I'm busy constructing May's Workout of the Month we should probably get our nasty brains pumped with some good ole Marine Corps knowledge.

If you click on over here at USMC Hang Out, read some knowledge. Test it out here.

Sit tight for May's WoM. If you crave speed then May should be a doozy!

Running for a new logo

Not exactly, but I placed a poorly made logo as you can see on the top of this page. It will suffice until the good one is ready! Also note that the web address for this blog has changed to http://janewarrior.blogspot.com

Ran outside once today and it sucked. Though if there is one thing I've learned about running, besides knowing when to rest, it is to celebrate any achievement no matter how trivial it may seem. Busted ankle be damn!* I'm running longer and better! I would not count speed yet.

Happy Friday and get running!

*In cased I failed to mention I sprained my ankle during a trail run in March and have started back up to regular running. Hence the suckage.

Achievement

Brief News

After a month of doing daily planks, tonight I was able to pull off a 4:10 minute plank. Straight shot.

Feels good! Working on a five minute plank is up on the slate!

Running still sucks. However, I've been order to get to PT location at 0600 for running work. I can only assume I will die blissfully at 0630 in a pool of my own sweat. Looking forward to it!

Oorah readers.

Challenge Month: Wrap up! THE SUSPENSE!

Oh I bet it's killing you.

Did I accomplish the 10,000 seconds of planks and 1,000 burpees in a month's time?

I fucking owned it! I've managed 10,000 seconds of planks, that's 2 hours and 20 minutes.

I've managed 1,000 burpees, and not a burpee more.

I feel pretty successful and proud. I also feel extremely sore. My shoulders, all of my core, heck even my joints, feel achy. I have definitely been popping fish oil capsules the past few weeks. There were many times I didn't think I could pull this off. There were days I slacked and paid for it dearly the following days. If I slacked one day, I had to make up the missing reps the next few days or I would have really slipped up. I couldn't give up! Not when I had thrown myself out there for all to see! But I did it, it feels great!

What I have learned this past month:
I can do it!
I may have better time management skills than I have previously thought of myself possessing.
The challenge is entirely mental. (Like boot camp right? Speaking if you are in some semblance of physical shape)
Doing a 10,000 challenge during a month with finals...may not have been the smartest idea, but doing burpees and planks helped me stay awake during the all nighters.
I still fucking hate burpees with a fiery passion and I hope to never do one again for a long long time.

I'm definitely looking forward, I say that now, for the next challenge!
Are any of you planning challenge months? DO IT!