This Sunday morning, I woke up early and jogged three-fourths of a mile over to Big Cottonwood Park where I met up with my friend Soren and we proceeded to knock out 11.1 miles at a relatively easy pace (i.e., two mile at marathon pace and a 7:08 minutes per mile average pace). For this workout, we ran up to 2000 East and over to Sugar House Park then took a lap around the inner loop of the park before heading back. It was great practice on miles 4.5 to 8.5 of the Salt Lake Marathon course. Also, we did complete ten miles in a time of 1:11:38.
In order to get in a stair workout, I followed this run up by jogging over to Granite High School and completed 55 repeats on the slushy-snow covered bleachers. Hopefully by next weekend the snow will be cleared from the bleachers. On the way back home, my legs just felt like, to use a coach Sloan term, mash potatoes. Running stairs really exemplifies how weak my legs truly are. I believe there is a stair climbing machine in the corner of my work’s gym; therefore, I’m going to dust it off and give it a try because as of right now, I’m in no shape to complete very many climbs for the Fight for Air Climb, my upcoming stair race at the end of February.
Finally, for my daily non-running workout, I was able to accomplish 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, a 90-second wall sit, and a 60-second plank on elbows and toes. | 