Generally I do all of my training in the aerobic zone, which according to my heart rate monitor is 70-85% of my maximum heart rate. But I was doing a bit of reading about getting faster with my running. One suggestion was hill training on the treadmill. Oh my. The directions were do intervals of 3-10 minutes at a 4-5% incline at a speed that gets your heart rate up to 85-92% of your max. And to repeat this 3-8 times. Oh my gosh. I did it 5 times and felt like I was going to DIE. But in a good way. (ummm….dont think about that too hard ) I had 45 minutes schedualled today but ended up doing 35 because guests arrived. Was I a sight! Yikes! I was totally exhausted,shaking and sweating like crazy! I was definatly done the intervals and was going to do a very slow recovery run/walk for the last 10 minutes. Instead this evening I did a bunch of lunges with my oldest son, who thinks they are so cool I also did a lot of stretching since my legs got extreemly tight within a few hours. Im guessing it was the build up of lactic acid? Im not sure Im going to have to do some research on lactic acid. Im planning on taking the boys to the park tomorrow, which may not sound like much of a work out but I will be taking them in the bike trailer. Its about a 14-18 mile round trip. I think we will end up bringing a picnic lunch.

Posted by Shelley in Whatever on March 13th, 2007 |