07 July 2009

Stationary Bike and 7x400 on the Treadmill

I flew back to Indiana from Orlando today. Even though I'm glad to escape the humidity, I'm not all that thrilled to be back in Princeton. I'm getting pretty close to reaching critical mass on moving elsewhere. Just gotta figure out which elsewhere. It's a big country.

Workout

July 6, Monday
4:15 p.m. ET
Planet Fitness, Orlando
Duration: 1:02:50
Distance: 17.something miles
Stationary bike, "cascades" @ levels 7 & 8
RPM 95-100

This was a good workout, but was pretty much soaked by the end. I wanted to get in about an hour of cross-training, but I didn't want to kill my legs since yesterday was a long run.

July 7, Tuesday
7:55 p.m. CT
Warm up: .5 mile walk
Distance: 5.5 miles, treadmill 1%
2 miles@5.3: 22:54, HR ave 140, max 147
2.5 miles 7x400: 25:48, HR ave 156, max 177
[6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.0, 6.8 with ~1 min recovery walks@4.0]
1 mile@5.3: 11:28, HR ave 154, max 160
Duration: 1:00:10
Cool down: .5 mile walk
Shoes: Pegasus 25

I didn't much want to be on the treadmill, but it was too late to run outside and do speedwork. My legs felt pretty good, but I had some trouble breathing on the intervals, especially the last 100-150 meters of each one after the first couple. After running, I did three set of bench press with dumbbells just to give my triceps a little work.

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