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Blue Wednesday
Nov. 21st, 2007 07:19 pm
Time: 35 minutes
Distance: 3.15 miles
Speed: 6.3 mph
Calories: 322
I do believe this is a new record for me; my goal of steadily working up to 4 miles a session is progressing nicely. :D Today I did the usual five-minute warm-up, then ran at 5.5 for five minutes, worked up to 6.0 for 18 minutes, then back down to 5.5 for 5 minutes followed by a two-minute cool down. The walking belt on the treadmill is ancient, though, so it doesn't actually get to 6.0 until you set it to 6.3, and then steadily ramps up past it once you get really moving. For most of the workout I was cruising along at 6.1/6.2, with occasional bursts to top super-speed!
Does anyone actually read these exercise reports? ;)
I could have gone for longer; I added the soundtracks to Hairspray and "Once More With Feeling," and cruised for most of that. Alas, my old nemesis chafing reared its ugly head. Hopefully I will be good for Friday.
Anyway, I am very grateful for Buddhism. It sounds like a copout, but it's true. It's hard to imagine what I would be like without the discovery of Zen, though something tells me I might have wandered that way anyway without giving it a name. Zen has taught me discipline, focus, the fine art of balance and how to properly mix the divine with the vulgar. Everything is sacred. Nothing is sacred.
Now, it's off to watch stuff.
Distance: 3.15 miles
Speed: 6.3 mph
Calories: 322
I do believe this is a new record for me; my goal of steadily working up to 4 miles a session is progressing nicely. :D Today I did the usual five-minute warm-up, then ran at 5.5 for five minutes, worked up to 6.0 for 18 minutes, then back down to 5.5 for 5 minutes followed by a two-minute cool down. The walking belt on the treadmill is ancient, though, so it doesn't actually get to 6.0 until you set it to 6.3, and then steadily ramps up past it once you get really moving. For most of the workout I was cruising along at 6.1/6.2, with occasional bursts to top super-speed!
Does anyone actually read these exercise reports? ;)
I could have gone for longer; I added the soundtracks to Hairspray and "Once More With Feeling," and cruised for most of that. Alas, my old nemesis chafing reared its ugly head. Hopefully I will be good for Friday.
Anyway, I am very grateful for Buddhism. It sounds like a copout, but it's true. It's hard to imagine what I would be like without the discovery of Zen, though something tells me I might have wandered that way anyway without giving it a name. Zen has taught me discipline, focus, the fine art of balance and how to properly mix the divine with the vulgar. Everything is sacred. Nothing is sacred.
Now, it's off to watch stuff.
