Takin' names & bustin' butt

Last night our team had the first running track workout of the season.  When I was on the run team over the summer, we had a track workout every week.  except none of those workouts were quite like this one.  i've heard all the jokes about ironmen team going the distance, but it's not just about distance, it's also been about intensity too. i'd have to say it was a pretty tough workout between the running & core workout....especially for week #2 of training, but hey no pain no gain, right?!?  good thing i'm not easily intimidated!

Coach Jerald sent out a description to the team so we could remember his "Sinister Track Workout" so that when we repeat it in say 6-8 weeks we'll realize how long we've come. So if you've got, say 2an hour and a half to two hours on your hands and want to bust your butt here's what you can do.

Warm-up                                      

• 10-minute or 4-laps                         
• 10-minutes stretching

Main Set                                       

• 400m
• 15 Crunches
• 800m 
• 15 Crunches
• 15 Jump Squats

• 1200m
• 15 Crunches
• 15 Jump Squats
• 15 Walk Out/Push Up to Swivel/Walk In

• 1600m
• 15 Crunches
• 15 Jump Squats
• 15 Walk Out/Push Up to Swivel/Walk In
• 60 second plank

• 1200m
• 15 Crunches
• 15 Jump Squats
• 15 Walk Out/Push Up to Swivel/Walk In
• 800m
• 15 Crunches
• 15 Jump Squats
• 400m
• 15 Crunches

Cool-Down

• 2-laps
• 10-minutes stretch

And the weirdest part of the workout was i had a load of fun!  okay, maybe that's not so weird.  running is way more fun when you have friends and teammates to enjoy it with and have them help push you along.  i was fortunate enough to get to run along with Lydia and Sue...both of whom are faster than me over a half marathon and full marathon. i had a lot of fun running along side them, then pacing behind them once i started to have trouble keeping up the pace. 

okay, time for the most important part of training...getting some sleep!
nite nite.