IW--Interval Workouts.
Who on earth WOULDN"T love to be sprinting on the treadmill every week? exactly what i thought--not many of you! So i climbed on up to MY treadmill (which today wasn't necessary because i didn't go longer than an hour--but i'm a creature of habit i suppose) and started with my usual warm up. 2:30 walk then increase every 2:30 from 4.0 to 5.5...this particular IW workout is one of my personal favorites... 3 x 1600m sprints with 400m rest in between. Sprinting for a mile--how awesome! Again i remind that i use the term "sprinting" rather loosely with this marathon training because when i am "sprinting" i'm running an 8 min mile. ha! I did the turkey trot in November and ran 5 miles at 8 min mile. I haven't quite figured out why i can do it outside, and yet the treadmill is dreadful..but it is what it is i suppose! And these sprints were tough. I really pushed myself and i didn't let myself quit or even cheat really! Unusual for me when I'm tired/suffering through a workout i cheat--but i had Moe on my shoulder telling me not to! I mean, we have 18 this weekend, whats cheating going to get me!?
Also, in true Kelley fashion, my GI did not agree with me again today. I handled it very well and it didn't pose too much of a problem. But Elvis wasn't being so great. He was hurting today a little bit, which i can attribute partially to the pressure in my abdomen from various sources. It also seemed to add another additional pain about an inch lower than where Elvis is. And i was certainly not able to do any type of ab workout, stretching of the ab area, or some lifting exercises either! I go for an appointment with a specialist tomorrow at 230 (Dr. Cauda of Shrewsbury anyone??) to see what is going on in there and if Elvis is actually a 'sports hernia'. I'm excited at the possibility that i will be able to know what the heck is going on in there and perhaps figure out a way for Elvis to leave the damn building already. However, i must admit that i have googled and webMD'ed the whole Elvis/sports hernia situation, and i can't really figure out why i do that to myself?! There really is no pleasant information about pretty much anything on the internet and no one should look up anything on there ever! just sayin!
So tomorrow is Elvis's appt and then soccer at 810. I'm excited for this week at soccer because its the first time in a while that i didn't run 7, 8, 9 miles before the game--I'm gonna be SWEET out there :-) Then Thursday is tempo run. I'm not sure what it is exactly but i think 1-4-1 or 2-3-2... i just can't remember!
So tomorrow we health assess and i will keep you posted, of course :-)
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