Another Friday night at the gym. I actually quite like Fridays at the gym, as the place is practically deserted - on this occasion there was one other guy around for the first half of my run, then no one at all. And I was there a rather long time.
Today was the first day putting my new routine into practice. Day one brought speed intervals on the treadmill, and then a resistance program to keep all my running muscles tight. Upon meeting my trainer, Dawn, for the first time I thought she was amazing, giving me a very practical and user friendly routine, but after actually doing the full routine I realize she is actually the devil!
The running part was great. I handled the 1 minute intervals at 10km/h easily, powering through and recovering easily during my rest walk minute. I really think that my speed will increase fairly steadily this way. The tough part was the resistance. The combination of leg exercises and core strenghteners was enough to leave my legs weeping at the idea of descending the steps to the exit at the end. The strong push wasn't that bad, the recovery came quick and easy afterwards. The true problem with the routine was the length of time it took to complete. I was at the gym for about 1.5 hours, with 31 minutes spent on cardio, and maybe 10 minutes on stretching. The resistance part took forever! Ok, so I wasn't in a hurry going through it, but I was going at a steady pace. I hope that maybe I was in la-la land a little and it won't take as long in the future. If not I might be spending way more time at the gym then originally planned.
But if it gets me in marathon shape, isn't it all worth it in the end?!
Stats:
Treadmill - Speed intervals (1m:1m)
Max speed - 10.0km/h
26 mins
Distance - 3.31km
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