I totally killed heart disease today!
- 1 hour 49 mins elliptical
- weight lifting, achilles lifts/stretches, jump rope 6 x 30 seconds
Today was fun. :) I did 8 "threshold" miles out of 13. The last 2 were really tough. All in all, it felt like 4 tempo miles on the roads. I feel it mostly in my respiratory/cardiovascular system since there is no impact whatsoever. Luckily everyone wanted the treadmills, so I didn't have to get off when the 60 minute auto shut off came...I just reset it and kept going. ;) You should see me flying on those things. I even had my hand held water bottle for the threshold miles so I could take a quick sip. When I got home, I mimicked to James what I looked like on the elliptical compared to everyone else and he laughed. Us runners are seriously psychotic. :)
My achilles is feeling great! I didn't feel it until mile 12ish and it just wanted to be stretched is all...we're now at 2.5 hours post workout and there is no crepitus whatsoever!
Elliptical details:
- Ramp #12, resistance #12
- Recovery strides/min = 120-130
- Tempo strides/min = 150-160
- Mile 1: 9:40 min, avg HR 129 warmup
- Mile 2: 7:49 min, avg HR 163
- Mile 3: 7:30 min, avg HR 177
- Mile 4: 8:46 min, avg HR 166 recovery
- Mile 5: 7:39 min, avg HR 178
- Mile 6: 7:45 min, avg HR 181
- Mile 7: 9:17 min, avg HR 166 recovery
- Mile 8: 7:38 min, avg HR 180
- Mile 9: 7:50 min, avg HR 181
- Mile 10: 9:32 min, avg HR 162 recovery
- Mile 11: 7:49 min, avg HR 176
- Mile 12: 7:43 min, avg HR 180
- Mile 13: 9:58 min, avg HR 155 cooldown
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