Exercise story

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hello all!

 

rainy day here in FL....

 

thought I'd share a quick story:

 

while I was working out at the Y on Tuesday morning, (where I've

entered into a cardio " challenge " - 7 legs of insanity! lol!), I was

on a treadmill. Part of one of the legs requires walking/jogging 15

miles, which can be broken up into segments.

 

sooo..I decided to do part of it on the treadmill, and see if I

couldn't incorporate some " sprint/interval/fartlek " work into the

workout..I was aiming to do 3 miles.

 

I originally started off on a " manual " setting...adjusting speed and

incline as I wanted...after .5 miles, I decided this was too tedious,

and stopped, and restarted it again, after setting up a custom

interval workout, which went something like 1.5 minutes at " x " speed,

followed by 1 minute at greater than " x " speed, followed by the

original 1.5 minutes, and then another 1 minute at greater than the

1st faster speed. ok....hope you're not lost..

 

my 1st speed, walking, was like 3.5 mph, or ~17.1 min/mile, followed

by a 5mph, or 12 min/mile, followed by the 3.5 again, then followed

by a 6mph, or 10 min/mile. That was the initial setup....I

originally thought this would be plenty challenging since I hadn't

been " jogging " much at all.

 

After I'd completed once cycle, being one of each of the above four

segments, I recogninzed something interesting: I was very tired, or

very winded. ok...I said to myself...let's crank this up a bit...and

then I took the fastest leg to 7.5mph, or 8min/mile, and was able to

run that fairly easily, and then the next leg I took it up again to

8mph, or 7.5 min/mile. and that's the neighborhood where I left the

settings.

 

ok...so...what's the point of my story...

 

the point is this: I haven't " run " that kind of pace since approx.

the mid 1980s!

 

I credit this improvement to the RF diet, with other Healthy

Lifestyle choices. I was quite pleased, and am sharing this

as encouragement to others, who may also notice unexpected

improvements as they continue on the journey.

 

all the best,

 

Bob