Believe to Achieve

Old mizuno precision faithfuls today.  This was a marathon workout.  Something Kelli does everyday.  This will probably only happen once in a blue moon--- although I felt quite well today.  This was the first morning I awoke in the last four to five weeks without very stiff calves.   I have stopped running in my Brooks Pureflow so I am thinking that I was right about the shoes for me. 

530am  TM  (was going to go easy and then well I got the notion to run "hills" on the TM)

2%  4 mile warmup:  8:34, 8:20, 8:06, 7:53.

Then  kept it at 7:53 pace for this:

1/2 mile 2.5%

1/2 mile 3%

1/2 mile 3.5%

1/2 mile 4 %

1/2 mile 4.5 %

1/2 mile 5 %

1/2 mile 5 %

1/2 mile 4.5 %

1/2 mile 4 %

1/2 mile 3.5 %

1 mile cooldown:  8:06 at 2 % incline.

I was going to ladder all the way back down but I was getting dizzy and lightheaded and quite hungry so I gave myself a break (which I don't do very often) and just drove home to eat some breakfast.

Next, I did weights at home in my basement-- chest, back, shoulders, biceps, and triceps.  Finished with Day two week one pushups.  I am starting out slow again and building up so the ones I have to do right now are pretty doable for me.  It is always when I get to week 5 that I quit.  Feeling stronger however.

Finally, I went to the gym with my husband at 9:20am and ran a mile around the track easy (8:34).  Went to spin class  for the first time since November.  If anyone ever goes with me I am pretty much like Jane Fonda and scream out with enthusiasm quite often.  "MAKE IT BURN"  was Jane's motto and I uphold that one :D.  Finished the 50 minute spin class (it is 55 minutes but I was running during the warmup.  Oh well.   For my cooldown I ran another mile on the track.  My legs didn't feel weird at all from the transition.  If I weren't scared of falling off a bike I would be so into Triathlons.  I am a pretty fast swimmer.  It is how I am built.  Last mile easy 8:22 pace.  Total 12 miles today.   I sure hope I can wake up tomorrow morning before work and run in the bitter cold with as much energy as I had today.