Today’s run was slow, although it was only 5 km. WO and I were being particularly social, so the middle 1.5 km were on his pace and scheduling of intervals (per one of the weeks of the Couch-to-5K program) rather than my usual. I experimented with running 800 m and 1 km around my time with WO, though, and both were doable, although the 1 km needed to be slow. So 800 m it is for this week. I’m not stretching my calves enough, evidently, because I fought legs and lungs today, which is no good. So stretches before bed and after waking up. I also ate well today, despite…

Weightlifting Thursday didn’t go particularly well. It may have been too soon after the heavy lifting of Tuesday, but I had all sorts of trouble throwing the weights around. Leg press: 13/9 @ 55 lb Bench press: 15/9 @15 lb Lat pulldown: 15/12 @ 144 lb Shoulder press: 15/11 @ 5 lb Anterior tibialis: left: 9/6, right: 14/8 @ 10 lb There’s obviously stagnation there, and maybe even a step back. I may be pushing too hard (too close to failure on the sets), and I’m definitely sure I’m not eating right. Some of the eating is stress, but all of it is ultimately me not exerting some willpower over…