Monday
Kept things simple and did 30 minutes of cycling at the gym and some free weights
Tuesday
AM: 4 mile course - 1.5/1/1 with .2 walk between
Improvement of 1 min and 45 over previous best
I decided to 'spice' up this workout and took pictures as I ran!
I think the race on Saturday helped me realize I can actually run a little faster than I do...I beat my previous best for the course by a minute and 45 seconds! That is a lot for only 4 miles, over 26 seconds per mile!
It wasn't a perfect blue sky day, but it was pretty nice!
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| Leaving work - about .2 miles to intersection |
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| Running by start of Orchard Hills Park route - which is the 3.2 loop |
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| Pretty flowers above me |
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| On a clear day - this is all the Rocky Mountains - my favorite part of run and ultimate vitamin D kick! |
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| Almost home - Jen's neighborhood! |
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| Middle Earth |
PM: swimming 46 lengths - 15/15/16
Wednesday
Rode my bike to work!!
Course was 16.4 miles and gained about 550 ft of elevation.
As I mentioned after my previous ride home from work, it would take a bit longer since it was all uphill. I was very pleased with my 1 hour and 17 minutes! I was super energized at work too. My goal is to try and do this once a week. I rode the light rail home :-)
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| Right before entering in Cherry Creek Park |
AM - 3.2 mile course (intervals) .5/.5/.5, walk .2, .5/.5/.5
improvement of 45 seconds over previous best
Interval training! I decided to do the 3.2 Orchard Hills loop doing intervals - this is one of the things I have been missing in my training.
After reading lots and lots of blogs - I realized that if you hit the 'lap' button on the watch it restarts the auto-lap. I reset mine to .5 miles today so that would be my interval length. Since I walk .2 in the middle - I can just restart the lap and know exactly what I get for my running part after I walk. It is so simple, but I was SO excited that it worked! Can you tell I have never run a lot?
Below are my laps - my plan was to run normal for the first .5 miles, run fast for the 2nd and then recovery for 3rd. Then walk .2 miles and repeat.
The first set of that went great, I had 10 min pace then 9 mile pace then 11 min pace! For the second set, my first and second were almost the same pace (9:45ish) and then cool down of just over 11 min pace. If you take out the running, it works out to a 10:15 min/mile pace. I also beat my previous record for this course by 45 seconds!
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| .5 mile laps (with .2 walk in the middle) |
PM: 30 lengths - continuous! 20 minutes
Tonight was a shorter swim, but the longest I have ever done without stopping! I was telling my sister on the way home when I first started I would do 4 lengths and stop for a few breathers. Tonight I did 30 lengths! It is great to see my progress of the past few months!
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| Rec Center where I swim! |
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| Volleyball craziness at Wash Park - every night of the week! |
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| View from light rail bridge - why I don't drive :-) |
Sorry for the length and excess amount of pictures! Lots to update I guess!
Tomorrow I am hoping to do arms/abs/push-ups at the gym. Maybe a little cycling if I am not too tired. Saturday we want to go for a long hike, but the forecast does not look promising!
From all my new blogs - I like how people end with a question. I talked with my sister Molly today who has been doing great on her quest to run her first 5k! We talked about motivation and how this is the first time she has ever looked forward to running!
What keeps you motivated? What activities are you looking forward to this summer?
Love the details and the pictures--keep them coming! Don't have a good answer to your question as my motivation has been down a bit, but I'm looking forward to being home a bit more and being more active!
ReplyDeleteThanks for continued support and reading!! :-) I agree pictures are good! Hope the time at home is helping and motivation is up!! I was reading a quote today - "you only regret the workouts you don't do" :-)
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