For the first workout of the current year I was about to go run outside as it was in the 50s! But as soon as I got ready the rain moved in. So I got on the treadmill, where halfway thru running the rain moved out and the sun even shined. I did 1.0 miles with a light first lap then 6.3mph for the rest all at 1% incline - I did that in 10:15 157cals. Then I just had to act because if I thought about it I wouldn't do it - I increased the incline to 15%! And I went to do 30 seconds on/20 seconds off of hard run repeats at 7.0mph.
After 1 I was already tired, after 2 I was sucking wind, and so after just 2 20 second breaks I increased my rest time to 30 seconds - so I did 30 on/30 off. I did a total of 5 repeats - doing over .25 but under .5 so I count that distance as just .25. The final 2 were mostly done from some sort of willpower to force my way thru it as I had no business and 0% desire to keep doing it. Each 30 second-on felt like an eternity - and after 15 seconds I would look at the time wishing I was closer to having gone 30. My legs turned to jelly. My lungs were moving so fast I could have inflated a hot air balloon in about 5 minutes. After lowering the incline back down to a glorious 1% I walked and rounded out the mile. I did 2.0 miles in 24:53 403cals (though subtract some cals for those 30 second rests).
I followed that leg exhaustion up with some arm work - doing 10 sumo deadlifts followed by 10 thrusters followed by 10 kettlebell throws of the 20lb kettlebell - repeated twice. Sufficiently jellified top and bottom I ended my workout and grabbed some water and let my body ponder what I had just done to it. Happy Current Year Body! I'm going to get you into shape and try to shed off these 5lbs I re-gained during the holidays.
Most Motivating Song: Allison Krauss "Fast Fiddle and Banjo Tune"
New Miles: 2.0
Total Miles: 555.25
Miles Remaining: 944.75
Weight: 141.4
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