Friday’s workout: Just your basic 3-miler after a rough day. Finished it off by hitting 6 free throws in a row. Not nearly my record (34), but it’ll do for now. 3 miles, 33 min.
Saturday’s workout: Official training start for the River Run 10-K. Weekend long run, so I set out to try 5 miles. Started at 10-minute pace, and was already gassed at 2.5. So I slowed to 12-minute pace, and decided at mile 3 that I’d keep going until I fell over. It was right about then that I glanced down at the “2%” that was flashing across my treadmill’s dial every so often. It took me that long to realize: I was going on a 2% grade the whole time. Uphill. Naturally, that motivated me even more. I kicked it back up to 10-minute pace after mile 4. I’ll never forget the feeling I had at mile 4.13, with David Crowder roaring in my ears, “There is no one like you…” I realized it for the first time all day: “I’m going to make it!” 5 miles, 55 min.
I don’t really put a whole lot of stock into the caloric readouts on the treadmills I use. But still, doesn’t 818 sound like a lot of calories burned?
Way to go! Good job pushing on the incline.
I'm looking at training schedules for a 5k.