Workout post: Sunday, February 12, 2011

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Today's workout was pretty much cardio. I did a 20 minute interval session with a five minute warmup (all running) on the treadmill. I followed it with 15 minutes on the stairmaster.

Here's my times and distances: 8 intervals in 20 minutes

Warm-up: 0-4: 0.39 miles ran
              
1.     5-6 min: 0.08-0.21 miles = 0.13 miles         8.5 mph at 2% incline
        6-8 min: walk
2.     8-9 min: 0.33-0.48 miles = 0.15 miles         8.5 mph at 2% incline
      9-11 min: walk
3.  11-12 min: 0.58-0.72 miles = 0.14 miles          9 mph at 2% incline
     12-14 min: walk
4.  14-15 min: 0.84-0.99 miles = 0.15 miles          9 mph at 2% incline
     15-17 min: walk
5.  17-18 min: 1.11-1.28 miles = 0.17 miles         10 mph at 2% incline
     18-20 min: walk
6.   20-21 min: 1.37-1.57 miles = 0.20 miles         11mph at 0% incline
     21-23 min: walk
7.  23-24 min: 0.05-0.25 miles = 0.20 miles          11 mph at 0% incline

This workout was really challenging. I found that at the last two intervals, my fear of falling off the treadmill was too much. I had to really focus and pull up my sprints for the last 10 seconds (or so) of each 11 mph sprint.

I did 15 min on the stairmaster to end with 40 minutes of cardio total.