Showing posts with label Day 1 of Training for the MCM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day 1 of Training for the MCM. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

First workout of the season

Jan 25th
The Marine Corps marathon seems to be light years away and yet it will be here before you know it.
Today was day 1 of training for this season.
Figured I would start with an easy 5k on the treadmill. Wanted to keep my heart rate at or below 170 to maximize fat burning. This ofcourse meant that I could only run around a 5.5 mph. Seems like the slowest I've run in a VERY long time. I actually did a run walk combo. Ran 1 mile, walked about a minute to get my heart rate down to around 133 bpm.

It took me 35:05 to run 3.1, that excludes the 5 minute warm up & cool down.

Day 2 will be on Thursday Jan 27th. Hoping to get to a spin class tonight as cardio and cross training.