John Kerry's got Nothing on this Flip Flopper

Sunday, June 22;

You may wonder how I get through workouts quickly? I have this really sweet distraction technique. I think about how I will title the blog. I was in the political frame of mind on Sunday after spending all weekend writing my first Grad school paper, and spending Saturday night at Stewart's party. Then of course my lack of running shoes made me hone in on my second choice foot garb (my flip flops). The obvious next step, if you put flip flops and politics together is John Kerry is the political nickname that followed him during the 2004 Presidential Campaign. Then I thought, what a great tactic and how damaging. Four years later I can remember the 527 campaign ads aired against him. It showed him saying, "I voted for the Iraq war, before voting against it." Ouch!! His campaign was doomed. Clever on the behalf of the Republicans.

I digress.. My point is that I kicked John Kerry's "flip flopping" butt today much more than President Bush did in 2004. (That's not really saying that much.. thanks Ohio). As I mentioned before, I forgot my running shoes, so I had to curse when I realized that we were heading outside for the day's workout. I was inspired by pictures of Charlie's performance sans running shoes earlier in the week, and I figured what the heck. Running in flip flops is just like working out barefoot on mats.. maybe just a little bit more noisy. Another more noteable moment for me was going overhead in a workout. It was the first time I had gone overhead with a heavy barbell in a workout. It went well too, so I was thrilled about it. It hurt the first few times, but the key was to stick the bar into a solic, active shoulder. Get there and get down quickly!

Workup:

Push press:

35lb x5, 45lb x5, 55lb x5 (I think I stopped at this point.. didn't want to push it.. pardon the pun!)

Workout:

5 Rounds for time

15 Clean & Push Press

400 meter run

Total: 15:49

wanted to finish in under 15, so I was kind of bummed. I'll take this one though.