After work I did a speed workout on the treadmill by completing 5-miles of half-mile intervals (i.e., the slow halves at 8.5 miles per hour, while the fast halves at 10.5). In addition, I did a 0.1-mile cool-down run at marathon pace on the treadmill before taking off for home. After I got home and witnessed enough of the NCAA Championship game to see that UNC was going to route Michigan State; therefore, I went for a run over to Big Cottonwood Park where I did a single lap around the softball complex before heading back home. The total distance of this run was 1.3 miles at an easy pace.
Today marked another repeat of day nine (i.e., week 3, day 3) of the Push-up Challenge. This time I completed the first four sets successfully with push-up tallies of 22, 30, 20, and 20. For the max set I needed 28 push-ups to complete the day; however, I only ended up with 24 push-ups. As a result, I pushed myself by doing two extra sets (i.e., a sixth and seventh set) of 20 push-ups each for a total of 156 push-ups. Also, for my non-running workout, I did 200 sit-ups, 40 (40, 30 lbs) curls, and 20 (50 lbs) reverse curls. | 