I am a little surprised how fresh I am feeling today, and how energetic I am after running my 12 miles this morning. Tbey felt super long- I think I looked at the distance counter every .2 miles and calculated just how long I had left in minutes…tick tock, tick tock. I also worry about the time limit for the gym kids care… did I take too long getting upstairs and warming up? Are they going to come get me any moment now? I have a fear of being THAT mom who leaves her child in kids care over the time limit. Everyone knows THOSE kinds of moms get talked about by the staff… I can hear their critical voices, shamefully expressing their sincere concern about the well-being of my child. Okay, so its probably not that big of a deal, but these are the insane, nonsensical, and quite imaginary scenes I make up in my head while the .2 miles keep creeping by.
I wanted to increase my speed because it felt really comfortable, but I guess that is the whole point of Maffetone training. Gonna keep at it like this for awhile and see where I end up!
Warm up:
10 minutes incline walking til HR at 155ish
Run:
12 mins @ 7:53-8 min mile pace (mostly at 8 min mile)
@ 8 min mile pace I can keep my MAF HR of 154 pretty easily. It did start creeping up towards the very end.
CD:
I slowed my run the last .5 mile or so and walked a bit afterwards, did some short drills to actively stretch
I am definitely leaning up. I lifted a lot during my cardio break and put on some fat plus a lot of muscle. I am happy that my arms are shaping up pretty well with the fat loss. It’s going slow, which is my goal, but I’m definitely coming along!