Thursday is run day aka Roadwork! Took a little bit to get going this morning and I had to dig deep. The serious thoughts through my head of taking the day off were real. My legs were pretty sore from the leg workout yesterday and I was groggy from a restless sleep. Every day is a struggle of different varieties.
Once I mustered up the discipline to hit the road I took it slow. I jogged a mile at a fairly slow pace. After that I start pushing and began a run/walk method through mile 2. This involved running at a push pace until I got pretty tired and walking for a short period. Once I got through mile 2 I picked things up further with a one minute run followed by one minute fast pace walk. During the run portions I pushed hard to almost a full sprint, at least the best I can.
After about 45 minutes total I went back to the gym and did a series of leg stretches followed by 2 rounds of `100 lying triceps presses and 60 hammer curls with 15 pound dumbbells. My triceps and biceps were burning pretty good. Finally I did 2 minutes of sit ups. I was able to complete 65 today which was less than the last two sit up sessions in previous days. Overall I hit 93 intensity minutes today bringing my total intensity minutes for the week to 331, more than doubling my weekly goal by Thursday.