Friday, May 7, 2010

Rest Day, Hell Night prep

No workout.  Gonna do some stretching and get my stuff together for tonight.  24-hr HN starts at 11pm tonight and goes to 11pm Saturday night.

The last time I did this, things went pretty smoothly.  It was well designed and stayed away from doing anything very dangerous.  We did a ton of walking... a ton.  Probably 15-20 miles of walking on hard NYC sidewalks with a weighted pack plus a weight vest at times.  That was the hardest aspect of the last one, it mentally digs away at you when every footstep hurts.  I expect to be very sore in feet and hip flexors, maybe in the knees as well.


I'm going to try to keep all my toenails this time, I've lost 4 since the January HN exercise, probably all of which were a result of my socks being too thick for my boots and therefore putting pressure on my toes.  I plan to only wear sneakers this time.

One aspect I'd like to pay attention to and improve upon this time is "staying in it" mentally: After 22 hours or so my mind starts saying, "ok you've gone far enough, now cruise til the end."  This time I want to have my head in the game the entire time.  I also got irritable towards the end of the January one, I need to stay in control of my emotion.

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