I did my 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike this morning, finishing 5.35 miles. Then when I arrived home from the gym, I took two of my boys out running. We did the first 1.88 miles together, with walk breaks, in the first 21 minutes. Then I semi-ran home, opening up a little more on the throttle, and finished another 1.27 in 10:54. It felt good to increase my speed a bit. After the race, I want to implement just a little bit of speed work. I'm undecided as to how much to give to this race, since I've only been on the road for two weeks, and I DO still have a marathon to prepare for in May. We shall see.
I've been experimenting a bit with eating some carbs prior to working out, because of an article I read on active.com, which said that you can get more out of your workouts by fueling up with some carbohydrates about a half hour before your workout. The article said you can work out much harder, thus burning more fat. I tried a bit of raisen bran yesterday, and about halfway into my workout, I started feeling really nauseated. So today I tried some homemade granola, and I felt great for the bike, but about a mile into the run I felt like I was experiencing a little hypoglycemia. I'm thinking I do better NOT eating before I workout...maybe my crazy blood-sugar issues can't handle the carbs without some balancing protein. I'm going to play with it some more, and see what I discover. :D | 