At first I did not want to get up for my sub-6:00-am wakeup run; that is, I was really trying to think of every excuse possible to justify a 20 minutes of sleeping in. However, eventually I got out of the door and loved every minute of my short 1.7-mile morning run in my Vibram Five Fingers. For this wakeup workout, I ran over to Big Cottonwood Park and completed two laps of the softball complex before heading back home. Once I got started, I actually felt like going for an eight-ten-mile run (which would have actually entailed a sub-5:00-am run), but I had to get to work.
I was not planning do intervals today; however, since my legs felt strong and considering the busy week ahead, I decide to just go for it. As a result, after work I ran 4 miles of half-mile intervals (i.e., the slow halves at 8.7 miles per hour, while the fast halves at 10.7) and completed it in a time of 24:43. I followed this interval workout with a 0.4-mile cool-down run (0.1 of a mile at marathon pace and 0.3 of a mile at an easy pace).
Today was also another repeat of day eleven (i.e., week 4, day 2) of the Push-up Challenge. For the second straight Push-up Challenge day, I completed 128 push-ups over the following five sets of 25, 25, 25, 25, and a max out set of 28 push-ups. In addition, I was able to accomplish 200 sit-ups, 130 (50, 40, 30, 16 lbs) curls, and 20 (60, 50 lbs) reverse curls. | 