Track Workouts Are Back!

Early yesterday morning before the sun had come up to join us, Elle and I made our return to the UNC track!

We’re both training for the Tobacco Road Half Marathon , and it was time to get back on track (literally) with speed workouts!

Obligatory sweaty/tired un-cute photo

We had a great workout! Here’s what we did:

• Warm up jog (2 laps – 0.5 miles)
• 2 laps of sprint the straights, jog the curves (0.5 miles)
• Boot camp move– Star Squats! These are hard but fun – basically squat down, then jump up and widen your legs and arms. See photo demonstration below (animation made via gickr ) – I didn’t get a picture of myself fully extended but you get the idea.

• 2 laps of sprint the straights, jog the curves (0.5 miles)
• Boot camp move – pushups with alternating mountain climbers & alternating leg hops
• 2 laps of sprint the straights, jog the curves (0.5 miles)
• Boot camp move – triceps dip & balancing leg lifts (Elle demonstrating below!)
• 1 final lap of sprint the straights, jog the curves (0.25 miles)
• Cool down jog (2 laps – 0.5 miles)

Great workout! We ended up covering 2.75 miles total for the run portion and left feeling like we got a sufficient whooping.

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I need to buckle down and get some serious homework done today. Happy Wednesday, friends!

Do you incorporate track/speed workouts into your training?