wednesday's speed workout: yasso 800s! wheeeeee!
2 mile warmup @ 13:00 each
6 x 800 with 5 minute recoverys:
3 x 800 @ 6.0 mph
2 x 800 @ 6.2 mph
1 x 800 @ 6.5 mph
then a 5 minute cooldown to round out a total 7 miles. total time 1:24:57
the surprising thing was how fun this workout was. by the end i was definitely feeling it, but not so much that i thought i was gonna die. obviously i had enough to crank it up at the end, and i think maybe i had enough in me for another interval. so maybe the next time i run these i'll do 8 intervals. and once i can get up to 10 start increasing my pace?
once off the treadmill, i made my way to the free weight area. normally i would have felt blech about it, but i was so pumped from my run that i didn't care that i was the only chick in the weight room, in a skirt no less. i blocked out the dudes grunting and did the following:
incline pushups on the Smith machine: 2 sets of 10 at three different heights
standing V pull: 3 sets of 12 @ 40 lbs
incline pullups: 3 sets of 10
ballet squats: 3 sets of 10
curtsey lunges: 3 sets of 10
grasshopper beats: 2 sets of 30
bicycle crunch: 2 sets of 20
double jackknifes@ 2 sets of 20
circle crunch: 2 sets of 20
it all felt pretty good, not too hard, but who knows how i'll really feel tomorrow. i'm hoping to get in the bike workout i missed yesterday and do some lower body.
10 comments:
Man, that looks like a lot of work! Good for you -- you hard little worker!
Yasso 800s! Well, aren't we fancy? Good job.
Sheesh, that's a lot weight exercises. You're gonna be ripped and no time, Girlfriend. I'm getting sore muscles just from reading about it.
You're a driven, speedy little chica! I love it! You make me want to get out there and do some interval work! Maybe friday!
(And you wanted me to send some of my energy in a bottle... how about you send me some!)
wowza chica!!!
thats freaking awesome! you blew my speed workout all to hell!! :)
I really thought I had posted a comment, but apparently I was just kidding myself. a hump day without speedwork would just be another crapy hump day, and what good is that. good luck with the strength training and enjoy your bike ride tomorrow...
Way to kick some butt today, girl!
Until my recent treadmill misexperience, I didn't have a concept of how fast 6 mph really is, so props to you for maintaining a great pace! And to follow it up with a free weights and additional exercises: you must feel suprememly accomplished! I feel shaped up just reading about it.
OK, you've done it! I'm going to start working out more thanks to your motivation. I'm good on the miles but I really need to step it up on the lifting and crunches. Thanks!
My heart rate went up to 170 just reading this! Maybe I have to get one of those skirts. Supergirl wore a skirt, right?
Doing 800's on the treadmill is fun but doing them on the track is even more fun. Glad to hear you're having fun. And if you get up to 10 of them you'll really have fun.
Intervals are tough, but they can make the workout go by alot quicker :-)
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