Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Great Start

I had a great workout to start the day today. I was already in a much better mood because I actually Slept last night! What a relief. I coughed viciously when I first went to bed but somehow I did in fact sleep.
The workout:
60" run with 10 x 1 " Hills in the middle. It went like this: 25" run to warm up. The first 5 hills were at 6.5% incline at 7:47/mi pace. 1" EZ between The last 5 were at 7.5% incline with a 7:41 pace. 15" run after to stretch out the legs.
My legs were burning. I've done this workout or some variation of it many times and I really feel it helps. When I ran the Midwinter Classic earlier in the month, the hills felt effortless. I do a hill workout like this almost every week.
Today is already a better day. My body is alive. I love starting the day with a workout. It makes me feel energetic and ready to go. The sun is shining and it's beautiful.

6 comments:

Fibo said...

NICE Blog :)

GetBackJoJo said...

Glad it is a pink day and glad you had a fab. workout!
That hill workout sounds deliciously hard. I'm slogging along in zone 1, hoping someday I'll get to run fast again!

Anonymous said...

Glad you're feeling good today :)

Great hill workout!

That's a great pace on the incline...I don't think I can run that fast on a flat road...LOL!!

Marni Sumbal, MS, RD said...

Hope you feel better soon. Looks like you are getting faster every day!! What an amazing pace on that high incline!!!
keep up the great work. Enjoy the day!

Jamie Anderson said...

Way to rebound from being sick. Good workout for sure, and the weather was indeed gorgeous today!

Rachel said...

I love days like that. Enjoy.