Where's the Beach?

Hill Repeats and More Kickboxing This morning I got up to run again. I really didn't have the heart to run my usual route twice through (3 miles). Sometimes it just gets soooo boring. And, there is one stretch that is a steady incline (not steep mind you) that seems harmless on the first lap, but by the second lap it starts looking really steep. So, I decided to just do 1.5 miles as a warm up then do hill repeats. I did try to push myself and took the first lap at a faster pace. Oh, I have my crack...I mean heart rate monitor back. I did 20 second sprints up a hill then recovered and repeated 8 times and finished with another .5 miles It took right at 31 minutes to complete. Hill repeats have a way of sneaking up on you, or they do me. The first few sprints feel great, then I start feeling it the legs. I would say that I'll be sore tomorrow, but that's a given as I'm already sore. Today was rather stressful and busy at work. It was a long 9-hour day because we had ...

Running and Boxing This morning I was really wanting to get up and run while it was fairly cool. I woke up around 4 am and then dozed in and out until 5-ish. I decided I was just going to forget it and reset the alarms. However, Heath decided he needed to get up and go potty, so I ended up getting up after all. This was my first run without a heart rate monitor in at least a year. I did have a stop watch, but couldn't remember how to get the stupid thing to work. So I just went by the actual time - started at 5:49 am and hit mile 3 at 6:15 am. It was so strange not knowing what my heart rate was at. I can sort of determine my pace by where my heart rate is. It was still a good run, though super humid as we have rain starting to move in for the week. I ended up doing MMA Boxing at lunch. It was a great (and greatly needed) energy boost. I didn't have time to finish up with abs, so I had to do those after work. Tea Heaven When I got home, I found a nice goody package wa...