Daily Exercise Logs: Tuesday, June 1st through Monday, June 7th 2021

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Tuesday, June 1st:

Tonight's evening run was 10 miles, mostly quiet neighborhood streets, with about 3 miles of trail. About 1100 feet of elevation gain, so not insignificant. It all adds up!

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Wednesday, June 2nd:

Strength training day! My stated goal after my last strength day was to do core and leg exercises. Today I did 5 sets each of:

* Yoga trapeze dip hold leg raises. Basically, use the middle handles to elevate into the "up" portion of a dip, engage the triceps, and then do leg raises. Combination of a static hold exercise for the upper body (traps/ triceps) and a core exercise with the leg raises.

* Weighed lunges, 20 each set, with 15 lb dumbbells (total of 30 lbs x 100 reps).

* Put the dumbbells down and grip them on the ground for a slightly elevated pushup. Keep the core engaged.

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Thursday, June 3rd:

4 miles walk with the kids at Spruce Meadows at sunset. Beautiful views and cool fresh air. By the end, my son was complaining how tired he was, but he survived! 

Wildflowers were abundant! 

After the walk, I headed out on my evening run. Standard route, Rock Island Trail east, flat and "fast" for the most part. The last two miles, I started to feel a bit crashy and had to push harder, and even still my pace fell. I figured that this was partly because of the walking miles before the run. 8 miles run, total 12 miles for the day.

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Friday, June 4th:

5 sets each of:

* Barbell bicep curls.

* Standing machine straight-arm pulldown. 

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Saturday, June 5th:

Sets to failure of:

* Machine butterfly

* Machine full-body row

I am trying to pull back a little this weekend on the exercise, as I might be able to do a long one on Monday (tentative.)

In any case, I figure doing two exercises a day for two days in a row, but doing both very well, can be as or more beneficial than doing 4 or more exercises each session.

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Sunday, June 6th:

We decided to explore a little this evening and drove up to Cheeseman Reservoir. The drive up went quickly and the lake was beautiful at sunset. We did do a short walk at the shoreline of the Goose Creek arm of the reservoir.

Bell Rock, off of Highway 67.

My son and I by the riverbank.

My husband and our kids by the South Platte River.

Some sights near Cheeseman Reservoir, including a big bird of prey we spotted overlooking the road in a dead tree.

Another gorgeous Colorado sunset! At Cheeseman Reservoir. 

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Monday, June 7th:

Decided to put off my longer run for Wednesday. Instead, I did an early morning jog that ended up being a little more than 7 miles, with a little more than 800 feet elevation. I saw a shooting star 🌠  with a really long tail in the pre-dawn sky, just before the birds started singing.

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Next is a longer adventure on Wednesday! Taking a rest day on Tuesday.