Day 192, 173 To Go

July 11, 2013

No Honey today, so while I run I am thinking about ways I can torture her on her next run.  Anyone want to recommend any good workouts?

I was thinking of making her do some sort of speed workout.  Maybe I'll have her do 400 meter repeats...or even worse, 800 meter repeats.  Or, maybe I'll just make her do a fartlek workout with pickups every few minutes.  I could even have her do one of my favorites...one minute fast...one minute slow...for the entire workout.  Yeah...I think that is the one.  It doesn't sound so bad and it doesn't even feel that bad the first few repeats...but by the 5th one...she will be drooling and begging for forgiveness!

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Really, I am not doing this to be mean, I am doing this for her own good to help her improve.  She will get faster and more fit and she will burn more calories.  Experts say that when you do interval work, your body's metabolism stays revved at a higher rate for a longer time so you actually end up burning more calories than a regular run of the same time or distance.  How can you lose with that?

Ok, and maybe I am looking forward to the torturing too....hehe...

Today, I went at my now normal pace and effort.  I stayed aerobic and was able to keep an 8:00 to 8:15 pace for most of the run.  The weather wasn't too bad and I felt good.

Here are my numbers:

Time: 25:00

Distance: 2.98 miles

Pace: 8:24/m

Max Pace: 7:03/m

Calories:382
Avg HR: 141

Max HR: 152
 
I like that my miles are piling up this week.  If I can get in a nice long run this weekend, I think I will easily top 20 miles for the week.  This is a good baseline to begin marathon training...if I decide to run one...if...


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