That is me.
I mean I am usually pretty gross when I leave the gym, but today was a new level of sweat.
I had 4 miles to run and I decided to run it interval style (this weekone of your fabulous fitblrs mentioned how it would help and the pacing, however I can’t think of who it is, but if I remember or you realize I will give you credit.
I played around with pacing and I did for the first 2 miles: 1 min at 5.2 and 30 sec at 6.5 then for the second two miles I did 1 min at 5.2 and 1 min at 6.5
It was great. I felt really good with my quick bursts even towards the end it was easy to push through 10 more seconds knowing I’d get some sweet relief. In my first two miles I did it with about an 11:06 min/mile pace and the second two miles were at 10:18 min/mile pace. I took 30 second water breaks between each mile. I was so pleased with my time. I like shaved 4 minutes off my 4 mile time. I’m excited to see over the coming weeks how much I can push myself, but I want to make sure to push myself at a slow pace. I still have regular fears of serious injury (or like falling off the treadmill and bashing my teeth against it) and honestly I’ve never broken a bone or gotten a stitch, but as I get older and more of a gym rat the thought of getting hurt terrifies me.
So for those of you who want to work on speed or sweat more try intervals – figuring out what pacing works for you, but try it. I bet you’ll surprise yourself like I did tonight.
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