Hill Repeats #8

Workout Summary: morning yoga/pilates, evening run 8.5 (68 min)


6am: 40 minutes of Yoga, 25 minutes pilates abs core.
6 pm: Run hill intervals. Same routine as last week, except extended the shorter hills to 3 minutes, so total of 6 X 3 min intervals with 3-3:10 rest jog between.
Same course as last Tuesday, alternating hills. First up combination stairs and sidewalk, followed by a continuous switchback road. Repeated this set 3 times. Felt stronger this week. Ann felt much stronger this week because she didnt swim 3K and do Spin intervals on the bike first.
Total time of uphill repeats = 18 minutes
Over the past 8 sessions, road time has increased from the first session of 10 minutes of intervals to tonights 18 minutes. Key is a consistent slow progression.
Next week plan is to increase to 20-24minutes, then 28-30. Goal is to progress to 45-50 minutes of hill intervals by end of may or early june.

Diet:
Breakfast: Hot cider vinegar tea, 1.5 cups oatmeal w/ bwn sugar and tbs flax.
cup coffee
Lunch: Thai wheat noodles with grilled chicken, light oil. Water, diet orange soda.
Afternoon: small coffee and a big molassus cookie
Dinner: After run, group stopped at pub. 2 guinness, glass water. Turkey Rueben with sweet potatoe fries, pretty big serving of tater tots, a few of Ann's clams. Ate alot.