Tuesday Night Workout
It took me a good bit of the day to recover from yesterday's 17.1-mile run to make it to the gym; however, I got in a good hour and a half workout between 8:15 and 9:45 p.m. -- an hour on the elliptical machine in which I slowed it down a bit (level 15, random, 5.22 miles) and a half hour on the stationery bike (level 6, random).
After showering, I then went out at about 10:20 p.m. and did a 2.1-mile loop in the subdivision with Waverly. She wore her Texas flag running shorts that Santa brought her for Christmas to make sure that they won't give her any problems on "Marathon Day." (She has been doing her ankle exercises since Sunday for her right ankle as well as doing some work with the exercise ball that Santa also brought her. She's actually been doing the latter on her own!)
As we started the run, my legs were still a bit tender from Monday; however, I got out a little bit ahead of her but told her to do exactly what she was capable of doing. Eventually, I dropped back a little to be in synch with her.
At 18:48 into the run, I started to do a light amount of speed play - which I've never done with her before. We'd run a bit more aggressively for five (5) seconds and then maintain the original pace for 15 seconds. There was one stretch where she wanted to walk so I stretched it out to 30 seconds for that one part and then in the last 30 seconds (and making the last turn on to Hannover Pines), we increased our sprint to the finish line.
We covered the distance in 26:41.08 - which I think is a few seconds faster than last week!
I'll probably run tomorrow, do another 2.1-mile run with her on Thursday and then back it off until Sunday morning's Texas Marathon in Kingwood.
After showering, I then went out at about 10:20 p.m. and did a 2.1-mile loop in the subdivision with Waverly. She wore her Texas flag running shorts that Santa brought her for Christmas to make sure that they won't give her any problems on "Marathon Day." (She has been doing her ankle exercises since Sunday for her right ankle as well as doing some work with the exercise ball that Santa also brought her. She's actually been doing the latter on her own!)
As we started the run, my legs were still a bit tender from Monday; however, I got out a little bit ahead of her but told her to do exactly what she was capable of doing. Eventually, I dropped back a little to be in synch with her.
At 18:48 into the run, I started to do a light amount of speed play - which I've never done with her before. We'd run a bit more aggressively for five (5) seconds and then maintain the original pace for 15 seconds. There was one stretch where she wanted to walk so I stretched it out to 30 seconds for that one part and then in the last 30 seconds (and making the last turn on to Hannover Pines), we increased our sprint to the finish line.
We covered the distance in 26:41.08 - which I think is a few seconds faster than last week!
I'll probably run tomorrow, do another 2.1-mile run with her on Thursday and then back it off until Sunday morning's Texas Marathon in Kingwood.
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