Following work, I hit the treadmill for some speed training. I ran 5 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 31:20. The first two miles of this workout were difficult; that is, it felt like my body had not woken up yet. I followed this interval workout with a 0.3-mile cool down at a marathon pace. After work I got home, I deiced to go out for an evening run in which I ran over to Big Cottonwood Park and completed two laps around the softball complex before heading back. The total distance of this run was 1.7 miles at an easy pace. Also, with the winds and brush fires, the air was particularly bad; therefore, I cut this run short.
For my non-running workout, it was another repeat of day eleven (i.e., week 4, day 2) of the Push-up Challenge. This time, I completed a total of 126 push-ups over the following five sets that consisted of 25, 25, 25, 25, and 26 push-ups. I felt pretty weak today; therefore, these push-ups were absolutely a challenge. In addition, I was able to get in 200 sit-ups, 25 push-ups, 50 (50, 40, 30 lbs) curls, and 20 (50 lbs) reverse curls. | 