Retroactive post

Approximate 800-meter run (twice around the building) when tired from a workout: 4:18. Desired benchmark time for various reasons: 4:20. Whew. I wonder what my time was for exactly 800 meters; twice around the building is probably more like 808 meters. Vertical jump: 17.125 inches. Desired benchmark: 7 inches (I think). No problem. This was measured against a wall: first how high you can reach (marked with chalk on the fingertips), then how high you can touch the wall when you jump. 400-meter run after three slow ones: 1:30. Desired benchmarks for same various reasons: 2:04. No problem. But can I get that down to 1:09? Not without a lot more concerted effort than I've been making. The "various reasons" for the benchmark times are that these drills are part of a long list of benchmarks Dave has developed in order to gauge people's fitness in detail. I'm almost done with meeting all the Level 1 benchmarks. I just have to run a mile in under 9 minutes and I'll get a Level 1 T-shirt. The hardest thing on the Level 1 list is the 10-second L-sit with straight legs. Nancy and I tried this one day when we were not tired and we succeeded.