Sub-7!!
# of Miles Run: 2.25
# of cheeseburgers devoured after: 0 (!!!!)
Legs: feel like a total 10 today but I'd probably actually give em a 6. Could be worse hahaha (Its one of those incredible occurences that make you feel much hotter than you actually probably are. Wooo!)
I took yesterday off from any physical activity, as I worked a double, which is physical enough for me. It already involves a lot of walking and standing up, so just moving that to anoooottther location didn't sound like super amounts of fun. The rest probably did me some good though, as my legs were pretty much ready to murder me from consistant speedwork (which I used to do only verrrry occassionally, opting for longer, slower runs instead). I figured I have to day off today, so why not get out today, before I let my superpowers of laziness and sloth take back over. So I did more speedwork (which I have to say is by far more motivating. Even if you don't want to go, you know it will be over fairly quickly!)
I used to same plan I did Sunday, with one new goal. Go faster lol Mile One (the slightly uphill run) ended in 7:12. Mile Two (same road, slightly downhill) in 6:48. Freakin THRILLED to have broken 7 by such a sizeable amount. It may have been downhill, but that leaves me a 12 second window to account for the uphill next time.
I should probably mention that I do NOT do these 2 miles one right after the other. I give myself a ten minute recovery time during which I walk, stretch and do crunches and pushups before taking off for the second mile. It might sound like a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things, but ten minutes is prettttty long. I'm planning on keeping this schedule until either the 23rd or the 30th (seeing how times are improving) and then I will cut down the recovery time to somewhere around 6 minutes for the following 2 or 3 weeks. Aftter that, I will knock it down to somewhere between 2-4 for another 2 weeks. Then I'll add more distance. Maybe half a mile at a time for about two weeks at a shot.
A few times in there I will run the mileage straight through at a slightly slower pace (maybe 8 or 8.5 minute mile) to keep up with endurance, but the point of the recoverys is that I can push the hardest through each of them. This improves your need for a recovery time and you'll find that by doing two, three or even four of these sets helps your running exponentially. If for whatever reason you are trying to run a mile in under 6 minutes to win some money (a bet with a poor, unsuspecting friend maybe?) you can go all-out on that one mile, probably make your time, and accept your prize money without hurling on the poor loser. Which makes everyone a winner haha
Anyways, I didn't get through all of my crunches and push ups so I will do them later. No workouts tomorrow. I'm working another double instead, but Friday morning I will be back to it. For now, I'm raking grass clippings and then studying a bit. This section is taking FOREVER to get through. I'm finding I love A&P, but I never had it as a class before, so everything is new. Eek! lol
P.S.- no one probably cares, but I updated one of my playlists and have found that it is so effing fantastic to run to. Here goes (in no particular order as I keep it on shuffle anyway):
Modest Mouse- Dance Hall
Bjork- Bachelorette
Silversun Pickups- Future Foe Scenarios
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Dani California
Pink- So What
Portishead- Roads (my FAVORITE cool down song ever)
Dropkick Murphys- Rocky Road to Dublin
Moby- Alice
Madita- Ceylon
VNV Nation- Chrome
Smashing Pumpkins- Tarantula
Lisa Miskovsky
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Black Tongue
Everclear- Santa Monica (for moderately paced runs)
Dresden Dolls- Good Day
Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire
Social Distortion- Story of My Life
You might already know some of these or not like some others (or all haha) but maybe it will help someone find a new awesome song. Downloading Pink's "So What" is what actually got me out of the house this morning lol
# of cheeseburgers devoured after: 0 (!!!!)
Legs: feel like a total 10 today but I'd probably actually give em a 6. Could be worse hahaha (Its one of those incredible occurences that make you feel much hotter than you actually probably are. Wooo!)
I took yesterday off from any physical activity, as I worked a double, which is physical enough for me. It already involves a lot of walking and standing up, so just moving that to anoooottther location didn't sound like super amounts of fun. The rest probably did me some good though, as my legs were pretty much ready to murder me from consistant speedwork (which I used to do only verrrry occassionally, opting for longer, slower runs instead). I figured I have to day off today, so why not get out today, before I let my superpowers of laziness and sloth take back over. So I did more speedwork (which I have to say is by far more motivating. Even if you don't want to go, you know it will be over fairly quickly!)
I used to same plan I did Sunday, with one new goal. Go faster lol Mile One (the slightly uphill run) ended in 7:12. Mile Two (same road, slightly downhill) in 6:48. Freakin THRILLED to have broken 7 by such a sizeable amount. It may have been downhill, but that leaves me a 12 second window to account for the uphill next time.
I should probably mention that I do NOT do these 2 miles one right after the other. I give myself a ten minute recovery time during which I walk, stretch and do crunches and pushups before taking off for the second mile. It might sound like a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things, but ten minutes is prettttty long. I'm planning on keeping this schedule until either the 23rd or the 30th (seeing how times are improving) and then I will cut down the recovery time to somewhere around 6 minutes for the following 2 or 3 weeks. Aftter that, I will knock it down to somewhere between 2-4 for another 2 weeks. Then I'll add more distance. Maybe half a mile at a time for about two weeks at a shot.
A few times in there I will run the mileage straight through at a slightly slower pace (maybe 8 or 8.5 minute mile) to keep up with endurance, but the point of the recoverys is that I can push the hardest through each of them. This improves your need for a recovery time and you'll find that by doing two, three or even four of these sets helps your running exponentially. If for whatever reason you are trying to run a mile in under 6 minutes to win some money (a bet with a poor, unsuspecting friend maybe?) you can go all-out on that one mile, probably make your time, and accept your prize money without hurling on the poor loser. Which makes everyone a winner haha
Anyways, I didn't get through all of my crunches and push ups so I will do them later. No workouts tomorrow. I'm working another double instead, but Friday morning I will be back to it. For now, I'm raking grass clippings and then studying a bit. This section is taking FOREVER to get through. I'm finding I love A&P, but I never had it as a class before, so everything is new. Eek! lol
P.S.- no one probably cares, but I updated one of my playlists and have found that it is so effing fantastic to run to. Here goes (in no particular order as I keep it on shuffle anyway):
Modest Mouse- Dance Hall
Bjork- Bachelorette
Silversun Pickups- Future Foe Scenarios
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Dani California
Pink- So What
Portishead- Roads (my FAVORITE cool down song ever)
Dropkick Murphys- Rocky Road to Dublin
Moby- Alice
Madita- Ceylon
VNV Nation- Chrome
Smashing Pumpkins- Tarantula
Lisa Miskovsky
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Black Tongue
Everclear- Santa Monica (for moderately paced runs)
Dresden Dolls- Good Day
Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire
Social Distortion- Story of My Life
You might already know some of these or not like some others (or all haha) but maybe it will help someone find a new awesome song. Downloading Pink's "So What" is what actually got me out of the house this morning lol