Dies Decem Et Octo

I did another short march at 6 AM this morning, thankfully it's cooler today. Even with the rain I preferred it to the blistering heat of the past few days. The first march was 3 miles in a respectable 45 minutes, weighted of course. I had another mid day march which again was good, I was quite surprised how much I sweated yesterday compared to today. I had another evening walk but this was along the flat in my nearby town. In total I covered 8 miles. 

Labouring today was clearing shrubbery, I found the pull ups yesterday caused by the pullups. Over all it was still a good days work. 

Training wise I did another 300 200 100 workout consisting of squats, scutum and gladuis movements and burpees, this was without a weighted vest as I think the impact of the weighted vest when dropping during the burpee would be pushing it. 

Nutrition, I kept it simple with stew, although recently I found the sourdough bread giving me indigestion. I think it's just the amount I'm having (600g). Although I'm finding having only two meals a day good as it gives me more time to be productive !

Mentally, I'm still going good, over the past 3 weeks I would say I've had significantly less anxiety which is nice. Looking forward to tomorrow !

Roma Invicta ! 

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