Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Homicide at the Gym...DOA

After work yesterday, I headed over to the gym, for my Monday night run and ripped class. I started out the night with 5 miles of sprints. I did pretty well and kept the pace up. I'm pretty proud of myself! Then, little did I know, there was going to be a homicide at the gym...my muscles were pronounced DOA. So many weights and squats and lunges, my entire body is completely dead in my ripped class.

I may be smiling, but I'm completely numb to the (good) pain that is my body. This made for an interesting 4 mile run this morning. It was a lot more than difficult, but it got done. I logged the miles. They weren't bad miles, but the weren't great miles. They were miles. I like to run like this to teach my body to run on fatigue. It's a good lesson. It's not like my body will be feeling great my entire 13.1 miles (in less than 2 weeks).


What songs are getting you through your last long runs of this training cycle? I'm loving anything by Sublime and System of a Down right now

3 comments:

  1. kudos to you for still getting in your run this morning, even though your muscles were so dead. lol

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  2. Running tired will definitely make you stronger - just watch that fine line between training and overdoing it!

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  3. I think it's good practice to run on tired legs every once in a while--just not all the time!

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