It had been at least 4 months since my feet had hit that rotating belt; I have a good relationship with treadmills, for the most part, but this could go either way…
We opted for the hotel in Kansas – 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 7 adults (plus two kiddos!) doesn’t usually translate to pleasant. There was NO gym (what?!); instead, as hotel guests, we had access to the YMCA right around the corner. I’ll take it!
It wasn’t open until 7 a.m. on Thursday, which wouldn’t have left me enough time to run/get ready/head out the door with everyone else. There was NO running on Turkey Day for me – but I tried to make up for that…
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Day 1: Wow, it’s also been 4 months since I’ve been in a GYM. Weird! Had we not been on a little time crunch, I would’ve spent the morning wandering around doing random machines/exercises. I had about 45 minutes to get in a good workout and had a Tempo run in mind. When on the treadmill? Run fast so you’re done quicker!
warm-up @ 8:34
2 miles @ 7:41
1 mile @ 7:30
cool-down @ 8:34
Sprint @ 6:30 (9.0 – and cue fear – hope I don’t fly off this thing!!!)
5 miles, ~39:40
Day 2: The fam had hit the road (12 hours of driving ahead! I’m thankful for airplanes) and I had some time before I needed to leave/check-out and be at the airport. Hello, belt! Let’s do this again….
Not thinking two speed-workouts in a row would be the smartest choice, I opted for an “easy 4″. In theory? Great. On a treadmill? BORING. That plan changed pretty quickly….
2.5 miles @ 8:51 (ah, So relaxed…..wait…. Bored ….ah!)
1.25 miles @ 7:30 (go go go!)
0.25 miles @ 6:30 (keep moving, legs!)
33 minutes later I was done, and happy about it. Too much sweat, not enough spots on the wall to entertain me, and a flight to catch back to DC!
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After lounging around most of yesterday morning, eating brunch outside of a cafe with a friend because it was that nice out, and unpacking? I Finally hit the trails and sidewalks for a run!
After looking at my Monthly totals on the RW Log, I realized that 7.2 miles would bring November’s total mileage right above October’s (by 0.1 miles….). Well, that settles that! I set out for at least 7.2 miles….
7:55-8:37-8:07-8:20-7:51-7:5-7:45-7:13-6:56 (0.05 )
8.05 miles, 1:03:50, avg 7:55 min/mile
I have NO idea where that first split came from, but it definitely had me thinking “ Oh yah? take it EASY. Geeze. “
This was another of my usual solo-runs; through Rock Creek, along the Potomac, passing a few monuments and loving this city that I now call “home”. You can’t go wrong with 60* and sunny afternoons at the end of November!
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Hope everyone had a great holiday/weekend! Four days away from the computer has me behind on this blog stuff; I’ll be catching up with ya soon! For now, it’s back to work……
It had been at least 4 months since my feet had hit that rotating belt; I have a good relationship with treadmills, for the most part, but this could go either way…
We opted for the hotel in Kansas – 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 7 adults (plus two kiddos!) doesn’t usually translate to pleasant. There was NO gym (what?!); instead, as hotel guests, we had access to the YMCA right around the corner. I’ll take it!
It wasn’t open until 7 a.m. on Thursday, which wouldn’t have left me enough time to run/get ready/head out the door with everyone else. There was NO running on Turkey Day for me – but I tried to make up for that…
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Day 1: Wow, it’s also been 4 months since I’ve been in a GYM. Weird! Had we not been on a little time crunch, I would’ve spent the morning wandering around doing random machines/exercises. I had about 45 minutes to get in a good workout and had a Tempo run in mind. When on the treadmill? Run fast so you’re done quicker!
warm-up @ 8:34
2 miles @ 7:41
1 mile @ 7:30
cool-down @ 8:34
Sprint @ 6:30 (9.0 – and cue fear – hope I don’t fly off this thing!!!)
5 miles, ~39:40
1.25 miles @ 7:30 (go go go!)
0.25 miles @ 6:30 (keep moving, legs!)