Today I really didn't want to get up out of bed. I was scheduled to do a 4 mile run today, and my motivation just wasn't there. I ended heading out and running it anyway however.
The word for today class is Farklek. Which is exactly what I did. For those who don't know, a farklek is a Swiss word meaning something like "speed play". Basically, a farklek is a run that mixes sprinting and jogging in a semi-random way. My sense of randomness wasn't perfect, so I just ran a quarter-mile sprinting and the rest of each mile at my normal pace. Suffice it to say, I actually made really good time, putting all 4 miles in in just 45 minutes, which is about what I usually run 3.5 miles in. I did an extra .25 miles cooling down.
No abdominal pain today, and my foot is feeling quite a bit better.
Stats:
HR 151/176
Warmup/Mile 1 - 12:27 / 4.8
Mile 2 - 11:00 / 5.5
Mile 3 - 11:12 / 5.4
Mile 4 - 10:16 / 5.8
Mile 4.25 - 5:14 / 3.2
Weight - 181
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It is "fartlek" actually. It's a Swedish word, not Swiss. Just for your clarification. =) Check it out on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek
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