Dreadmill. It sucked. We have actual snow on the ground here. About 30 degrees so I decided to run inside b/c I am clumsy enough without help from Mother Nature when I'm out running. I was totally inspired by Kelli's speed workout of 7 miles on the treadmill the other day. So I thought I would try something like it. I ran a .50 warmup. Then ran 1 minute at 8 minute miles and walked one minute for 10 reps. Then I walked on 10 incline for .30 and about died. I'm training for a 14 mile trail race with some pretty good climbs so I thought this was good practice. Then I went back to speed work. This time doing 30 seconds at 7:15 pace and 1 minute walking. It was hard. I was dying. I am not a fast runner. AT ALL. I walked more incline at the end and ended up doing 3.1 miles total. I didn't do a good job of keeping up with how many reps I did of each thing b/c this young guy about my age got on the treadmill right next to me. I mean, 100 other ones were open and he had to get right next to me. And then he tried to talk to me. No Thank You. So that distracted me and made me forget my count.
Also, I played volleyball at lunch. Does that count as cross training? I'm sure all the laughing and joking around I did equals about 30 minutes on the eliptical (aka the devil), right?
Oh, and let me add a big Roll Tide! That is the main reason I didn't do a normal night run. I didn't want to miss the big game! I was raised an Alabama fan and still cheer them on and love to watch football. I am proud of the SEC and proud of my state! | 