The magic of pacing

Last night I was telling my husband that I can't get past the 2 minute run/1 min walk.  I know I'm sick.  I know I just started a month ago - but good grief this is getting old.

Today I laced up my sneakers and Becky had a plan - she was going to set the pace - 13 to start and go faster the longer we run.  Today we have 25 minutes.  So we went up to the movie theater parking lot where there is no traffic and it's flat.  She was all geeked out with a garmin watch on one wrist and a running watch for intervals on the other.

She set the pace and it is slow, but I am a fast walker - basically shuffling my feet faster than I walk.  When we finished the first 2 minutes I wasn't even sweating.  We continued for about 3 cycles of 2/1 and then I ran as long as I could without stopping.  12 minutes!!!!  I ran 12 minutes straight!!!  At the end I had a nice rhythm of about 11 - 12 min/mile and could breathe!!  Even with my cold.

Saturday we have 3 miles to do based on her training schedule.  Today we did 2, so I'm not dreading 3 miles as much.  Now I just need to find a good app for my apple watch to set the pace.  The workout app built in to the watch tells me the average, not what I'm running.  Any suggestions?

Leg Day :-)

I love leg day - I think that is kind of weird since most of the guys at the gym rarely do leg day - they are always working upper body.  But, on the plus side that means I get the Smith Machine without any arguments :-)

I injured myself during a hike last May and got sidelined until winter, so I focused more on weightlifting than cardio until January.  Now that I am running (and I use that term loosely) I have to do higher weights and less reps on leg day.

So, I put on my sparkled Converse and killed it :-)

I follow the workouts provided through Fighter Diet and tweaked it a bit to hit my goals.