A Great Run
As I mentioned in a previous post, I restarted running after illness last Saturday. My chest is still congested and I get cough attacks in the middle of the runs but feeling better and at 100%. I started the Chalene Extreme workouts this week to complement my running and they are super tough.
On Monday, I ran 8 miles and they went well. One of the fastest runs in a while. Tuesday was a rest day because I had to take the kitties to the vet. Wednesday again, I ran 8 miles and they ended up being the fastest 8 miler ever. Today, was no exception.
I knew I had a tough workout ahead of me. The schedule called for Burn Intervals which ended up being intervals of cardio and weights. Boy I thought Turbo Fire kickboxing workouts were hard, but they were child's play to this. So, I met the running group with trepidation because my legs were exhausted. I shouldn't have worried!
I started the 7 miler with another member of the group who runs 5-6mm. He forgot his Garmin so he was unable to do his tempo run, so he chillaxed with me at a slower pace. My run started tough because I started coughing and would not stop. But everything worked out. I dropped him off at Mile 2 and started to push at a pace that would feel comfortable but not as easy as what we were doing. The heat was not that bad, somewhere between 81-84F so it was good. I kept looking at the Garmin in amazement because of the pace. You'll see the splits below.
The same runner joined me for the last mile and I was running at sub-9mm. We decided to sprint to the finish and finished the mile at 8:38mm. Pretty happy with myself. 7 miles in 1:04:43. That used to be my 10K pace and I used to run 6 miles in 1:10. Look at me now!
Oh, and I took a picture of me today and you can tell Turbo Fire and Chalene Extreme are working. Look at the abs:
On Monday, I ran 8 miles and they went well. One of the fastest runs in a while. Tuesday was a rest day because I had to take the kitties to the vet. Wednesday again, I ran 8 miles and they ended up being the fastest 8 miler ever. Today, was no exception.
I knew I had a tough workout ahead of me. The schedule called for Burn Intervals which ended up being intervals of cardio and weights. Boy I thought Turbo Fire kickboxing workouts were hard, but they were child's play to this. So, I met the running group with trepidation because my legs were exhausted. I shouldn't have worried!
I started the 7 miler with another member of the group who runs 5-6mm. He forgot his Garmin so he was unable to do his tempo run, so he chillaxed with me at a slower pace. My run started tough because I started coughing and would not stop. But everything worked out. I dropped him off at Mile 2 and started to push at a pace that would feel comfortable but not as easy as what we were doing. The heat was not that bad, somewhere between 81-84F so it was good. I kept looking at the Garmin in amazement because of the pace. You'll see the splits below.
The same runner joined me for the last mile and I was running at sub-9mm. We decided to sprint to the finish and finished the mile at 8:38mm. Pretty happy with myself. 7 miles in 1:04:43. That used to be my 10K pace and I used to run 6 miles in 1:10. Look at me now!
Split | Time | Distance | Avg Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 01:04:43 | 7.00 | 09:14 |
| 1 | 00:10:00 | 1.00 | 10:00 |
| 2 | 00:09:47 | 1.00 | 09:47 |
| 3 | 00:09:04 | 1.00 | 09:04 |
| 4 | 00:09:02 | 1.00 | 09:02 |
| 5 | 00:09:03 | 1.00 | 09:03 |
| 6 | 00:09:08 | 1.00 | 09:08 |
| 7 | 00:08:35 | 1.00 | 08:36 |
Oh, and I took a picture of me today and you can tell Turbo Fire and Chalene Extreme are working. Look at the abs:
You are doing so awesome! I hope to be as fast as you someday. Nice that you had a running buddy.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Look at that washboard. Keep it up. :)
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