Wow. Blogging is a LOT tougher than running. At least for me. Sorry for the long delay between posts!
Alright, SA RnR runners, just about 9 1/2 weeks to go! How's your training going?! This week I had an 8-mile hill workout for Tuesday and knew it was going to be an inside affair because of the rain and that fact that my 19-month old doesn't go to daycare. So I tried to find a good hill workout for the treadmill and found a few from an old Running Times article. I chose the pyramid workout, maybe because it had the word "fun" in the description. Yeah, I'm gonna disagree with that.
Considering I've NEVER run at higher than a 6% incline on the treadmill, a person with more common sense (or less of a death wish), would have adjusted accordingly. Not me. Somehow I think I have an innate desire to learn things the hard way and to suffer as much as possible before the lesson is complete. My warm-up mile was fine. The first set was pretty tough and I think I looked away from the clock for about 5 seconds. Again, I thought I'd be tough and shoot for the 2-minute recovery jogs. When the second set came along, the life flashbacks began. By the time I hit 7%, I was appreciating the fact that I have a living will.
So, yeah, that didn't last too long. I stopped and took a break for about 5 minutes and realized that I'd barely covered two miles. I made some major adjustments to the routine and cranked out the full 8 miles, feeling like much less of a tough runner but pleased that I finished.
I guess my advice, once again, is to take it easy when trying something new. I know I can run eight miles. But maybe not at 7% or 8% incline. Maybe one day. What kind of hill workouts do you do on the treadmill?
Keep on runnin!
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