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End Of The Road For The Essential Abd Program
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Just completed the last workout of the final week of the Essential Abs Program.
Today the plan called for 15 reps of each of the following exercises with 7 seconds […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 4 Day 3
Week 4, Day 3
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 50 to 70 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Bad storms tonight, so just ran on the treadmill at 2% incline for 50 minutes. It was slow and tedious but I got the job done. Hope the weather is more cooperative for tomorrow afternoon’s Steady State run….
Dean Karnazes 50/50 & Conquering The Game Of Life
I’m currently reading a special preview edition of the latest publication by super-endurance athlete Dean Karnazes. 50/50 is the tale of Dean’s epic 2006 attempt to cpmplete 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, and is a fascinating account of what it feels like to stretch the limits of human strength.
The soon-to-be-released book […]
Hundred Push Ups Week 5 Day 2
Week 5 Day 2 sees the addition of a couple of extra sets to the workout:
Required: 20, 20, 18, 18, 15, 15, 14, at least 40
I managed the 2×20, 2×18 and 2×15 quite comfortably, but lost concentration (I was mentally tired after my 10 miles of running tonight) and for some reason performed two lots […]
Tidewater Striders Summer Series Predict Your Time 4 Miler
I followed up my successful afternoon workout with the Tidewater Striders Summer Series Predict Your Time 4 Miler - an interesting race where you predict the time (surprise, surprise) it will take to cover a pre-determined distance. In previous years the distance has been four miles but this year for some reason it was shortened […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 4 Day 2
Not much time to post tonight, so here goes:
Week 4, Day 2
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Fartlek Workout: 8 to 10 times 1 minute at slightly faster than 5K effort with 1 minute recovery jog + 15 to 30 minute Cool-down
Purpose: Build Speed - Aerobic Capacity (VO2max)
Comments: Run slowly between the fast […]
