12 miles of hills and strides. $0
Done for the day by 6:30 AM. Priceless
Man, it feels so good to get done with a run, especially a hard workout, right away in the morning. Afterwards, sitting in traffic in the rain didn’t even bother me.
This morning I did a similar workout to Tuesday’s hills and strides. The only difference was that I added in another stride during each circuit. I thought I was ‘bounding,’ but I re-read an article that Mike sent me and it sounds like I’m ‘springing.’ I don’t know if it matters. I do know that it’s work.
During my cool-down I was calculating how much of this run was actually “hard.” Of the 96 minutes, only 12 minutes were spent on the hill and 8 minutes spent doing strides. Only 20 minutes of work, but it sure feels like more. The last two times I started this workout, I felt really good. By the time the cool-down rolled around, my ass was dragging. I could barely make up little hills in my neighborhood.
I need to keep this in mind when I look at my mileage graphs. What used to be 90-100 mile weeks are now 70-80 mile weeks. 31-day rolling totals that were 380-400 miles are now 340-360 miles. Fewer miles but more, harder miles.
This quote of the day probably should have gone with yesterday’s
post:
“Don't let a few minutes of discomfort lay to waste hours and hours of training.” Eric
Here's Eric trying to hold off Jim at the Human Race.
it is so nice to be done at 6:30 am...too bad I usually don't wake up till 8 ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are geting in some quality training!
Susan, I think you get the award for most loyal commentor.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, 8 AM? Seriously? You must be a night owl.
You must be a night owl.
ReplyDeleteNight owl is when you're up at 4:30 running, because you still haven't gone to bed yet (-; I haven't achieved this yet, but I've done a few midnight runs/workouts.