Do you like spring ahead or fall back time change again?
Besides the change this week has been CRAZY at work, so I am really looking forward to spring and especially April vacation! I felt great on Monday after the race and had no soreness!! I took yesterday off from running and climbed some stairs and elipticalled instead and I did a few chess and bicep exercises as well.
However, today I was excited to run again. I think the sunny weather put me in a good mood. But (don't yell at me) I ran on the treadmill instead of outside. I had a speed workout planned and I usually prefer to do those on a treadmill. I am hoping to run outside on Thursday, I hear it is going to be 60!!!
So, on the treadmill I did not have a specific plan, just run fast! Here's what I did at a .5 incline:
Minutes Speed
0-2 6.3
2-4 6.5
4-6 6.8
6-8 7.0
8-10 6.3
10-12 7.5
12-13 6.3
13-15 7.5
15-16 6.3
16-18 7.5
18-19 6.3
19-20 6.5
20-22 8.0
22-23 6.3
23-25 8.0
25-26 6.3
26-28 8.0
28-29 6.3
29-30 6.5
30-32 8.5
32-33 6.3
33-34 9.0
34-35 6.3
35-36 6.5
36-37 6.8
37-38 6.5
38-40 3.5
I completed 4.5 miles after 38 and then cooled down and walked for the remaining 2 minutes. A goal of mine during the run was to have less recovery time than on previous Tuesday workouts, so as you can see I recovered for only a minute versus 2 in the past. I definitely felt this change because I was huffing and puffing a bit more than usually. I also was getting tired towards the end of the workout. But all and all it was a good speedy workout!
I came home and refueled with one of my favorite meals: Chicken, ziti, broccoli, mushrooms and pesto! YUM!
Have a great night!
Great workout Lauren! I'm looking for more speed workouts, do you have any that you can share with me? :) I am always so lazy and run everything at MP, which is SOO stupid. haha
ReplyDeleteHi! Other speed workouts I have tried are 6-8x 400s or 4-5 x800s with a warm up and cool down. Hope that helps and will let you know if I think of any other ones.
ReplyDeleteI don't know which change I prefer more. I do know that I didn't feel particularly "thrown" by it this year, which seemed to be a good thing because I think a lot of people were? Go figure.
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