Suckah For Pain

Today was just a fantastic day. My hamstring felt almost completely fine today so I started out with a 10 minute warm up on the bikes and then my first day of run 2 min/walk 3 min... And it was freaking great. The average paces were around from 6:02 - 6:18. I think two minutes is just enough to start having a little fun before you have to stop.

When I got back to the bike room I legit went straight from the run to biking at all out effort. Collin was about to start his next set so we did one set together and then I did two by myself.

The workout was three sets of

20 HARD

10 sec easy

x8.

The 20 seconds was supposed to be at your literal all out effort and I think I got pretty close. After the second set I was feeling like I wanted to throw up but I shoved it to the back of my mind to finish the third set. Finished the third set, felt like death, threw up, then soaked in the glory from an incredible effort. Great day. Total of 45 minutes biking today. Didn't feel like I needed any extra time because the speed work was there.

Started off the day with a 4 minute 20 second warm up and did six 2 min run/3 min walk  sets on the jail trail. I caught up to the team on my first run interval and then again on my second. Somehow the stars aligned and Ryan also caught up to us while we were stretching and he did a ten mile run with the guys. It was great to run with the team even if only for a few minutes.

The bike workout today was just a distance ride to keep the heart rate inbetween 130 and 160. I averaged 142 and maxed 155. Perfect. I didn't go longer than 40 because my stomach still hurt from throwing up yesterday and not eating dinner either. I got too absorbed in doing my eagle project paperwork and finishing my book that I totally forgot to eat until like 12:30. So I definitely felt the effects of that today. Total of 45 minutes biking.

2 run 3 walk. x 6. Total of 12 minutes running. Then I biked for 55 minutes. 

HUMP DAYYYY! 2 min 30 run, 2 min 30 walk. Halfway to running a straight 30 minutes! Ran this at simplot and I don't know exactly what happened but I just felt exceptionally smooth and I just let my legs go. Didn't try to dictate the pace just wanted to have fun. Plus it sucks to watch a race when your injured so I used the run as a lil breath of fresh air. First 2 and a half minutes were at 7:22 average, second was 6:47, third was 6:40, fourth was 5:45, fifth was 5:36, sixth was 5:53. The way out had a big head wind and the way back had some downhill plus a tailwind though so the paces were affected because of it.

After that I watched michaels race. Shoutout to him for making it to finals. Got home from a lond day then biked for 33 minutes. I was tired and didn't feel like the extra 2 minutes of cool down were worth it.

3 min run. 2 min walk. Feels super good to finally be running more than I'm walking. Total of 18 minutes running and then a 57 minute ride on the stationary.

3 run 2 walk. I left my watch at home so I had to run after simplot because you kinda need a timer to do run walk. Paces averaged from 6:07 to 6:36. The hairs on my face were frosted when I got back so that was pretty cool. Then I did a 35 minute ride on the stationary bike to finish off the day. It was my birthday today but I was at Simplot until 9:30 watching Michael race. Shoutout to him for putting forth a solid effort in finals.