Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Zone is Back

The long run zone, that is.  I managed to get in it this morning on my not-so-long run.  I ran for a total of around 2 miles.  There was a twinge in my toe at first, but it went away.  There was, oddly enough, also a twinge in my left toe after a while.  It ended up leaving, too.  I took a short walk after a mile to judge if everything was doing fine and it was.

My legs felt great and I was in time with my tunes. I chose an oldie but goodie Podrunner track called Strong at 153 bpm.

I'd like to see my (admittedly slow) pace and heart rate, but I'm struggling with my Garmin interface to SportTracks right now.

7 bunnies today.  I almost stepped on a bird.  I think it was a baby robin.  Either that, or it was injured.  I wasn't sure what it was (it was dark out and the bird was in the shadow from the street light) so I stepped beside it, then it flew a few feet away!  It was a beautiful 53F out this morning.  No wind.  Not too humid.  Perfect.

After the run, I watched Bret Contreras' new video about the hip thrust.  I've been meaning to give these a try, so I did 2 sets of 20 reps at body weight.  I'm pretty sure I was doing them right, so next time I'll add some weight!


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