Merry Christmas! Okay, after a short night of sleep I headed out for a 6:00 am Saturday-morning run by jogging 0.65 of a mile over to Big Cottonwood Park. I met up with with my running buddy Soren and we knocked out our infamous 5.25-mile hill workout up to the Mt. Olympus trailhead. My legs were especially heavy on the way up and we touched the gate in a respectable time of 47:46 (splits: 8:49, 8:30, 8:16, 9:44, 10:03, and 9:53). By the way, for the last mile of this ascent, I felt that the work I have been doing on the stairs was paying off in that my legs were not wearing down as fast. The cold morning air seemed to clear my head especially on the 5.25-mile decent. Following workout, I jogged the 0.65 of mile back to home to fill up my water bottled and grabbed my breakfast (i.e., two slices of delicious banana-nut bread) before heading back out. Since I needed to get in some practice on the stairs, I ran down to Granite High School and accomplished ten quick bleacher repeats before returning to home and calling it a day. The total distance of this run was 4.9 miles at a relaxed pace.
For my non-running workout, I completed 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, and a 90-second wall-sit.
5-minute Plank Challenge: 2:00 (knocked out two two-minute planks; that is, building up for a run at a 2:30 plank) |