On Wednesday, I did 1.5 miles on of speedwork on the treadmill, including my new favorite 'mill routine:
- Walk for one minute at 3.6 mph
- For the two minutes, increase the speed every 20 seconds
- For the next three minutes, increase the speed every 10 seconds; if you're naturally not quick, like me, your ending pace will be a sprint
- Walk for one minute
I did that rountine first, followed by a half mile at 1 mile race pace (6.4 for me), followed by the first routine again. DH then wanted me to join him for a run/walk so we did another 2.5 miles.
Last night, I did 2.3 miles at "goal marathon pace": 4:1 run/walk with the run at an 11:30 mile pace. I followed that some ab work, lifted arms and then did something I haven't done in forever - swam laps. I am not at all a strong swimmer, but the Y has recently added flotation belts to their pool equipment, so I put one on and was able to do six laps (no idea what the distance is - help, swimmers!) in a slow twenty minutes. By the last lap, I was beat.
I've been working tweleve hour days all week, but get to take some much needed comp time off this afternoon to do some shopping. I'm also working this weekend, but have the morning off to do a work-sponsor Habitat for Humanity build.
What are you weekend plans?
Sounds like you've been doing great on the treadmill! Awesome job!!! :0) Have a great weekend!
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