A Tumbling Pace

Recently this has been my Mon/Wed/Friday morning workout. I walk Renee to school, run to ATC across Boulder about 4 miles, do the workout and then run, well jog, home. On the way home I am always really tired after the workout so I look at it as a chance to learn how to run while tired.

Today ATC was a “work capacity” session. This means you take some moderately heavy weights, and you throw them around without stopping, for 1 hr. Actually one group did it for an 1.5 hrs but since I run to ATC I decided not to try that, at least yet. The crux series of exercises involved 21, 15, 10, 6, 1 series of thrusters at 85lbs, kettle ball swings, this Sumo wrestler like barbell lift, throwing the medicine ball against the ground and catching it, and windshield wipers (a core exercise done with a barbell while laying on the ground and swiveling your feet to touch each side of the bar). Oh yes, there were jingle jangles in that round too, sprints between cones. And a warmup and a whole other set. This stuff gets you in great shape.

On the run to ATC I felt really strong and fast. I am not looking at my Garmin on purpose, just running on feel. I race this Sunday and I will use that as my first time trial of the year. More on that later.