my legs were like lead during yesterday's bike workout. i found a new hill interval workout that made the hilly parts longer and it was damn near impossible for me to keep my rpms above 100 for the entire interval time. the thing about biking, unlike running, is that there is a point where my muscles just want to stop. while i can always at least put one front in front of the other when i'm pounding the pavement, there's an interval in nearly every bike workout where my legs just can't push the pedal and once i pass that they are moving so slow and with such effort that it's seriously laughable. the logical solution would be to decrease the resistance, but seriously people, i was on level 6, not 10. i'm just hoping that with time i'll pass the wimp stage and be able to go longer, faster, and harder.
thankfully, today's running interval workout went much better. on the docket: 20 x 400 @ 10:53 with 30 seconds recovery. i won't go through every interval, but including a 1 mile warmup, i ended up running 7 miles in total in 1:22:40. at the 60 minute mark, i had to reset the treadmill. apparently, the guy next to me was impressed because he gave me a big smile and a high five. i guess all the people at my gym aren't morons.
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Was he cute?
AWW -- teacher woman beat me to the punch. My first thought was, "Was he hot?"
trust me ladies, i would have definitely said if he was hot. and no, he wasn't :(
20x400! Are you serious? I'd be dead after 10. I had to laugh about the guy on the treadmill. Look at it from his perspective. Hot girl on treadmill kicking my ass ... no wonder he was high 5ing.
If I ran for that long on a treadmill I'd be totally saturated with sweat and I'm always disturbed by those people that talk to me when I'm in that condition.
It's ironic that I feel just the opposite about biking and running. With biking, I can always keep pedaling and at worst, I'll have enough momentum to keep moving if I stop pedaling for a few minutes. However, with running, if I stop moving my legs, which I'm tempted to do from time to time, I will stop moving. That's motivation to keep on trucking though, I guess. Or maybe it just means I'm still a cyclist and not a runner.
Ick, treadmill.
So I glanced at your 69 things below. And your claim to petiteness is tall compared to me. I am an even 5 feet. Oh, to be another 3 inches might mean that the "short" length on jeans would fit me.
Wowzers! 20 intervals! You're a glutton for punishment!
Seriously. I don't think you'll be behind me at the half marathon!
So, I'm not the only one who doesn't have bike-forever legs?
And I'm not sure if it's the ability to stop pedaling (whether or not its a stationary) and, therefore, the temptation? Or maybe I just need more practice. And more intervals.
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