Not sure where the inspiration came from today but I was finally excited to RUN again. And not just run...I wanted to push some limits! I woke up excited to hit the track and try out my legs for a speed workout. I think I knew all along that I wouldn't be playing by any rules. Not Matt Fitzgerald or Jack Daniels or any of the other various plans out there. I just wanted to run and see what happened. My Matt Fitzgerald plan that I just started two days ago and plan on following pretty loosely this time, called for:
1 mile warm up
2x 1mile repeats at 10k pace
1 mile cool down
If I was training for something seriously right now (like the Boston or my peak marathon), I'd be sticking to a plan but I really have nothing that I've really got my mind set on training for hard core, so I think I'm all about doing some training Amanda Style! And I'm excited for it! What have I got to lose?
Since college, I never thought I'd say that I was excited to hit the track up but all day today I was looking forward to putting on my tempo shoes and heading off to challenge myself. Not sure what happened to the old Amanda but the new Amanda is feeling liking pushing the envelope and seeing what can happen. For maybe the first time in my life, I'm not so scared of putting myself in a little pain.
After reading The Manly Runner's post this morning about seeing how fast we can run a mile, I started wondering if I could break 6 minutes in the mile right now. After today's workout, I'm almost certain that it is still there but it didn't quite happen today. I've got time!
Today's Workout:
Jillian in the morning
Strapped on these babies that have been completely neglected...my Addias Adi Zero Manas:
Track workout:
- 1 mile warm up--sunny and blue skies! Yay!
- Dynamic Stretching...javelin throwers on the track so I was prepared to go around them. Little did I know that they would start cheering and clapping for me as I passed. Awkward! But sweet! Since I was using my Garmin, I eventually started going around them since the clapping was uncomfortable.
- 1st Attempt at a sub 6 mile. Help on to a pretty solid pace for the first 800 but by 1k I stopped. 5:40 pace. Wish I wouldn't have because I'm think I had that sub 6. Darn it!
- 2-3 min recovery
- 1 mile in 6:16--this felt strong! I wasn't too tired and I think I could have done another.
- 2ish min recovery
- 400 in 87 seconds
- 400 recovery
- 400 in 85 seconds
- Jogged 2 miles home.
I'm actually pretty excited to try a 5k again!
And to answer one set of questions for the Q and A...This is random...
Caroline asked:
Does your husband read your blog? What does he think of it? Yes. He enjoys it, says it is funny and he finds inspiration from it. He might just be telling me this so he can get a piece of ass. But I really think he enjoys a lot of it.
How old were you when you left home? 18. When I drove off to Iowa for college. Didn't look back. Didn't want to go back. Even for holidays. So glad I got to grow up!
Did you wait to find out the gender of your kids? For the first one we did. So wonderful. Btw, pregnancy and labor...A-freaking-mazing!!
What was your job before you became a mom? Teacher!! Love love love love loved my job! loved it! Hard decision to quit. So hard. So passionate about it! But I'm passionate about most things really. :)
How old were you when you left home? 18. When I drove off to Iowa for college. Didn't look back. Didn't want to go back. Even for holidays. So glad I got to grow up!
Did you wait to find out the gender of your kids? For the first one we did. So wonderful. Btw, pregnancy and labor...A-freaking-mazing!!
What was your job before you became a mom? Teacher!! Love love love love loved my job! loved it! Hard decision to quit. So hard. So passionate about it! But I'm passionate about most things really. :)
What about you guys? When did you leave home? Does your significant other read your blog??
Amanda
