Runs this week

I ran a really hard & fast run on Monday. I knew pretty soon after the start that I was running at race pace and I refused to look at my Garmin to see it. The only time I did see the time was after hearing mile 3 beep on my Garmin. Yep, pretty fast. So I kept going until I finished 3.5 miles. Final time? 29:41. Yep. 3.5 miles under 30 minutes. Crazy!

Tuesday I felt my knee hurting a bit. I think it's from the hard run and then from crossing my legs all the time at work. I try to remember to not cross them but I always catch myself when they're already crossed. Can't stop it!

At weights on Tuesday, I decided to try the way of lifting weight to actually gain muscle bulk. So instead of doing the leg press at 100 lbs, I lifted at 160 lbs. The lat pulldown I normally have 50 lbs and I upped it to 70 lbs; same with the hamstring curl. The seated cable row I normally have 20 lbs and I went up to 40 lbs. Nearly all of those, I could only do about 6 or 7 reps, some especially the arm moves, I could only do 5 or so. So that was awesome! I really thought I would feel sore either tonight or today but nope, nada. Must not have done it enough then. :-)

Tonight was a run on the treadmill. I wanted a soft, consistent run. 6.3 miles at 9:31 min/mi in 60 minutes. First mile was at zero incline. Next two miles were at .5 incline. The final 3 miles were at 1.0 incline. TOUGH! I'm feeling it in my butt right now, just a few hours after the run. I could have ran this outside but it was overcast but the same temperature as it was on Monday but the no sun just didn't encourage me to go outside.

After I got home, I immediately made a Green Monster. Those things are A-MA-ZING!! So good for you too! And now I'm enjoying Peach Sorbet. First time having it was on Sunday night with Luke and he's allowing me to have the rest of the small carton!

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 857 ft Location: DeKalb, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 03/22/10 Up/Downhill: [+141/-141] Time: 04:32 PM Difficulty: 1.9 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 51 F temp; 30% humidity 51 F heat index; winds N 15 G 21 Performance Distance: 3.50 miles Time: 0:29:41 Speed: 7.1 mph Pace: 8' 29 /mi Calories: 381 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 10 -0' 19 7.3 +0.3 +33 ft 2 8' 20 -0' 09 7.2 +0.1 -23 ft 3 8' 48 +0' 19 6.8 -0.3 +20 ft end 8' 34 +0' 05 7.0 -0.1 -29 ft Versus average of 8' 29 min/mile

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Categories: DeKalb Nature Trail, treadmill runs, weight training