Workout #12

October 2, 2007 in Training Log
Tags: lunges, run, squates, workout

Today was a surprisingly difficult workout. I got up at 5:30, stretched and ate something, and was out the door right at 6. I did 4×10 min OAB, with 5 minutes of alternating squats and lunges – one minute squats, one minute lunges, etc. OAB means “out and back.” A ten minute OAB means you run out for five  minutes, and then run back in for five minutes. The idea is to develop your sense of pacing, so that without mile markers, or any kind of monitor, you are able to judge how fast you are going, and  your level of exertion. Clearly this is important when you are running long distances.

I did about 4 miles at a really slow pace, and it felt pretty good. I was very sore by the end of the day, however. Surprisingly so.

Later that night I did a thirty minute block of calisthenics: pushups, situps and pullups.