The down side to upping my strength routine is that I find myself permanently sore. My muscles are getting worked out like never before as my husband and self proclaimed trainer has me lifting heavier and heavier. (Well not that heavy but he does tend to pooh-pooh it when he sees me working with 2K and 3K dumbells). The soreness doesn't help with my resolve in waking up early and going for a run. Its also a viscious cycle - I was fatigued on Tuesday after my Upper body strength routine from Monday so I decided to skip my early morning tempo run and do it on Wednesday instead. But I ended up doing a lower body strength routine on Tuesday evening (to make up for skipping my run) and so was too fatigued on Wednesday to go for the post-poned run... (You see!!?) I did a very thorough stretching routine for the sore muscles on Wednesday but that got me nice and relaxed so I slept in on Thursday and did a core routine later on. Finally, this morning I decided I absolutely had to go for a run so went out for a nice fun fartlek (also fun to say!).
Fartlek (Swedish for Speed Play) is a run type where you incorporate short bursts of high speed running into your regular run followed by a slower paced run as you recover. There doesn't have to be any set pattern or pace. It can be random (like from this tree to that lamp-post) so it is a lot of fun. I took some of the fun out of it by doing one corner to another on my usual run route (which I know to be exactly 200 meters) for 4 sets - very structured! Finished 4K in roughly 27 minutes but the 200m dashes were a super workout which more than makes up for the slower average pace.
Somethings wrong with the location services on my phone and the app's not tracing my route properly. The last couple of runs has it showing a truncated route of 100meters though the overall distance is tracked correctly. Well. Once upon a time we all just ran. No apps, no pace tracking, no heart rate monitors. Simpler. But I can't even think of stepping out without my gadgets. I need to know! Every few seconds I have to check my distance, my pace and my time. And music! I need my music! Every now and then I do toy with the idea of just running free - just me and my thoughts. Then I freak out and drop the plan! :-)
Not going to be doing another run this week. Next week I guess I should be back to my usual running schedule. More then!
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