In order to recover from a busy work week and, most importantly, to catch up on my sleep debit, I slept in this Saturday morning. However, after waking up and getting some breakfast, I did a short 1.5-mile warm-up run over to Smith’s to pick up some groceries before heading back. Since I had tickets to the Utah game, I decided to run up to the University and really test out my new metronome. After I watched the Utes defeat the Falcons in overtime (Utah 23, Air Force 16), I ran back home for a round-trip distance of 13.6 miles at an easy pace. I mainly kept my metronome at 83 strides per minute and just tried to keep up with this pace; however, I did experiment with adjusting it up and down one stride per minute. The result: I can keep up with 82 strides per minute without a lot of effort; whereas, I really have to focus to keep up with 83 and 84 is just plain fast (i.e., difficult to keep up with for any real distance).
After I got home from the football game, I decided I was not finished running for the day. Plus, I really wanted to get in my weekly trail run. Consequently, I put on my Brooks Cascadia running shoes and immediately head back out. This time over to Big Cottonwood Park where I completed four laps around the trail that circles the parameter of the park. The total distance of this run was 5.1 miles and once again it was at an easy/comfortable pace (i.e., 7:44 minutes per mile and I was for the most part able to keep an 83-strides-per-minute cadence).
Finally, for my non-running workout, I completed 200 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. |