Even though I was tired (that seems to the theme for the week), I had a good strength session today, which was meant to be “4 reps at 90% max”, but I managed to achieve some PBs, albeit possibly not necessarily 90% of 1 rep max, because I’ve never pushed myself to get to a big number on any lift.

I managed to bench press 32.5kg, which is my heaviest ever. Prior to this, my max was 30kg, albeit for more than 4 reps. But I’m always a bit worried about bench press, because I think it’s really dangerous… the bar can crush your chest or neck. But I only dared to do 32.5kg because the coach was nearby to spot, and encouraged me to add a bit more weight, as the 30kg seemed easy enough. I also did 70kg for my trap bar deadlift, which equals my max barbell sumo deadlift max weight. Apparently trap bar deadlift is meant to be easier, so I should be able go heavier. But my 70kg barbell high water mark was set in April 2024, so I think this was a good outcome.

I was wondering whether I should do a run today, per my Garmin programming. But since I’m tired, I ran yesterday, did a strength workout today (during which I felt a twinge in my upper left quad), I think I’ll leave it for the weekend. Can’t decide if I want to try to run tomorrow morning, before my planned Hyrox class (I’ll be exhausted going in), or leave it to Sunday, which means I won’t have a rest day.

On the job hunt front, I had a good conversation / interview this afternoon with the Chief Customer Officer of the company I’m interviewing – one of two interviews this week – which I had been nervous about. I think I gelled really well with the girl, which is great. But apparently they are bringing new candidates into the process, who they are trying to catch up process-wise, which does not sound promising. It must’ve been the stupid lady from the Investor who dinged me. I had a feeling she was not a fan. I hope I get sufficiently positive feedback from the CTO and CCO, that the CFO / hiring manager feels confident enough to proceed with me, and drop the other candidates. Or maybe they will prefer to run with multiple candidates to the end. Who knows. I hope this one goes through because I don’t see anything promising on the horizon given I haven’t been diligent in filling up the top of the funnel. I just want this to go ahead, and get a new job locked down, so it’s one less thing to worry about, and I can move on in life. Albeit starting a new job can be stressful.

I’m feeling nervous and discouraged and feel like just going to sleep. But it’s too early, and will fuck up my entire circadian cycle. More Virgin River it is… or maybe my much neglected studying. Or maybe I should start clearing out my kitchen before MHH and ‘Donut’ come by next week for my home improvement project….