Archive for January, 2009
Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 5 Day 2
Required: 30, 30, 36, 36, 27, 27, 33, at least 70 Actual: 30, 30, 36, 36, 27, 27, 33, 100 A few extra sets thrown in for good measure today which made the workout slightly more challenging. To hurry things through, I also lowered the recovery time to 30 seconds between sets. Good workout and [...]
Runervals Time Saver I Workout – 5k Cruise Intervals
Not much time to train tonight so I just settled for a 30 minute treadmill workout courtesy of the Runervals Time Saver I DVD. Designed to maximize your training in the least amount of time, Runervals Time Saver workouts will help take your performance to the next level. The Time Saver I DVD contains 3 [...]
Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 5 Day 1
Over the course of the weekend I performed the end-of-week-four exhaustion test to determine which column I’d be following in Week 5. After knocking out a straight 100 in several of the previous workouts, I was sure column 3 would be the one for me. I managed 110 sit-ups during the test before calling it [...]
Weekend Update
Despite the chilly 14°F temperature I managed a solid 20 mile long run on Saturday morning. Luckily there was hardly any wind and with the sun shining it wasn’t as uncomfortable as it could have been. Nice first 20 miler of the Shamrock Marathon campaign… Today was the Virginia Beach Winter Endurance Challenge 5k XC [...]
Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 4 Day 3
Good to get the sit-ups out of the way early on in the day. No real problems, but I wasn’t totally focused and it was a bit of a chore to work my way through the reps. Required: 45 50 45 45 at least 60 Actual: 45 50 45 45 100 Not bad though – [...]
Another Running Update
Just noticed I haven’t posted anything about running since Sunday’s long run, so here’s a quick summary: Monday – just an easy 5.2 miles on the treadmill @ around 7:30 pace. Watched the 1984 Chicago Marathon for motivation where Welsh guy Steve Jones set a (then) new world record. I love the way he blazed [...]
