nothing new.

Since the weather has been so cold this past week, all my runs have taken place on the treadmill. So not much new to report there. Yesterday I took advantage of a free workout (running and weights) at the park district and put Logan in the daycare center there for about an hour. He did pretty good- had one crying spurt, but that was all. I tested out some of the weight machines and did all arms. I enjoyed myself! And the facilities are pretty nice, so I may register for Pilates sometime very soon.

Today was speedwork. I was supposed to head to the local 400 meter track. Um, not happening in 10 degree temperatures. My lungs would implode I'm sure. So I tried to recreate the program on my treadmill and ended up with the following:

1 mile warmup at 5.3 (11:19 pace)
400 meters at 6.0 (10:00 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.3 (11:19 pace)
400 meters at 6.1 (9:50 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.3 (11:19 pace)
400 meters at 6.2 (9:40 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.3 (11:19 pace)
400 meters at 6.3 (9:31 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.4 (11:06 pace)
400 meters at 6.4 (9:22 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.5 (10:54 pace)
400 meters at 6.5 (9:13 pace)
400 meter recovery at 5.5 (10:54 pace)
.75 mile cooldown at 5.5 (10:54 pace)

I was happy with this...by the end of the workout the 5.5 pace was pretty easy. Next time I'll have to challenge myself a bit more. Well...that's it in a nutshell. Off to spend the rest of my day with my family. :)