Just a couple of workouts remain before I attempt the 200 consecutive sit-ups. Today was the second day of the final week and it went like this:
Required:33 33 45 45 36 36 32 32 at least 90
Actual:33 33 45 45 36 36 32 32 120
No real problems although I do find I need to concentrate on my breathing. Occasionally I find myself holding my breath for a couple of sit-ups and then gasping to take in air. The familiar “burn” started around the second set of 36, but I made it through to the end of the workout and finished with a nice solid 120.
Looking forward to Day 3 on Friday and then an attempt at the 200 on the weekend.
Other news: Sunday and Monday I just ran easy in an attempt to recover from Saturday’s 25k race where I ran a 2 minute PR. Last night I did another 10k Strength Builder treadmill workout which went very well. Looking back through my log at similar workouts I’m now running the 5 x 6 minute repeats at a faster pace, but with the same heart rate. I guess my running efficiency is slowly improving…
I’ve already started to look forward to the second race in the Mud in Your Eye cross country series on Saturday, and am hoping for another solid performance. Currently I’m lying fourth in the overall standings (by just a few seconds) and would love to move up a place to third. We’ll see.
I also realized this morning I’ve run every day this month and logged just over 220 miles to date. Not a bad start to the year and good preparation for the Shamrock Marathon which crazily is just over 7 weeks away. I officially signed up last night, so no going back now. Need to start racking up the long runs….