Tag Archives: Treadmill

Early Run

May 31, 2012 2:11 pmLeave a Comment

Thanks to my delightful and adorable two year old I was awake at 5 this morning. I thought since I was up any ways and I had some late morning plans I would just get started. Unfortunately there wasn’t anything in my Hulu+ queue so I watched Whitney for six miles.

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If you haven’t seen this show I wish I was you.

Yesterday I only ran one mile, but I also did this work out.

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I’m actually kind of sore in the legs. When I am training for races I don’t work my legs because I don’t want to tire them or make them sore for my training runs or races. Right now I only have a 5K on the books so I have been working on them much more than normal. It is good to spend some time on them since they are my trouble spot.

Off to get ready for work!

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Speed work fun

March 29, 2012 1:21 pmLeave a Comment

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t love speed work. It hurts and makes me feel pukey and it’s hard. I neglect it way more than I should. Well inspired by all the bloggers out there and the fact that it was too cold to run outside with Will I decided to tackle mile repeats today.

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It was pretty difficult and very obvious that I have been neglecting my fast twitch fibers. I did four miles at 7.8 on the treadmill which is 7:42 pace. Last year I would have done mile repeats faster, but considering I have been stingy with the speed work I thought it best to aim a little lower and thank heavens I did. I warmed up for 1 mile and jogged a quarter mile between repeats and then cooled down for a mile. I felt pukey a couple of times and my clothes were soaked when I was done.

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Nothing exhausts me more than speed work. I feel like I could take a serious nap. Glad I did it.

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