Running:
Monday I took an off day from running. My legs didn't feel bad at all yesterday after the three hour effort on Sunday. Not wanting to get injured again I just felt a day was in order. This morning I got out early for what I call my 60/60 workout. This is basically the non track/fartlek version of 400 meter repeats. I started off with a 10 minute warm up. Then I run repeats of 1 minute hard with 1 minute slow. The fast pace segment I try to get up to 5K pace, which for me I still consider 6:30 per mile. This can be challenging when the fast portion occurs while running up a hill. The slow portion I don't worry about time. I just make sure it's slow enough to get the wind back before beginning the repeat. I did this for 50 minutes or 25 repeats, then just ran in the remaining portion. Including warm up and the last segment I completed 8.5 miles in 1:04:20.
Hunting:
Hunting: I did finish planting the seed in the food plot yesterday. Now I'm just praying for rain. There is supposed to be some tonight. I sure hope so. I did buy a little extra of the same seed just to go over the spots that may sprout unevenly. By next week I should see what's coming up.
Gardening:
I went to FleetFarm yesterday and got a new tire for my lawn tractor. They had it done before I finished work so I stopped on my way home to pick it up. I got the tire on and actually finished mowing last evening. It took me until 8:30 to finish so I was mowing in the dark for the last 20 minutes or so. I swear the neighbors probably think I'm crazy sometimes. Maybe they would be right.
60/60 workout idea seems interesting..i think i shuld try this..may be 10-15 repeats initially and moreover no hills over my track will make it somewhat easy.
ReplyDeleteThat workout is much harder than it sounds. Starting out with fewer reps and no hills would be a good idea if you were to try it.
ReplyDeleteYes Jeff, I did only 12 repetitions and was able to feel the thrust...i think you are doing as part of marathon training?
ReplyDeleteYes Rajat. My next marathon is scheduled for the first weekend in October. Now that I've built my base of miles back up I intend to work on increasing speed over these last 5/6 weeks.
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