Got back from tonight's meet with the running coach, and I'm absolutely RAVENOUS. I totally want to snarf down a pan of cupcakes. I'm being good, though, and am having chocolate milk instead. It also helps that there is no cake mix in the house right now.
Anyway, the session wasn't
too bad, but it had its moments of potential humiliation. There was a big turnout, I estimate 50 folks. Some are beginners, some are seasoned marathoners, and some are high school track team kids who are keeping with their cross-country routines. We began things with a 1.5 mile warm-up run, which was pretty easy. Then the fun began w/plyometrics. We ran with knees to the abs, then with butt-kicks, leaped and skipped, hopped on one leg, then the other, and finished it off with squat jumps across a field. That one even drew groans from the high schoolers. Surprisingly, I didn't feel too bad from that - I hope the burpees I occasionally do had something to do with it.
But the real excitement was with the following circuit:
-Sprint up a hill as fast as you can
-Do 10 pushups at the top
-Run/walk/jog to the bottom of the hill, and do 20 sit-ups
-Repeat 6-10 times
I'm going to brag here because I was the only female who did full-on pushups throughout the installments. I may have sucked wind on the sprints, but damnit, I can pound out those pushups!
I could only do 7 circuits, but I wasn't disappointed. I'll do better next time.
Right now I'm going through the program packet the coach prepared for me, and a strength component has been included. It's a bodyweight-based one, greatest-hits package full of pushups, pullups, dips, walking lunges, leg raises and uh, more burpees. *sigh*
I'm going to have to reconfigure my entire workout scheme, and prolly hit the local park a lot more often (not only does it have a nice and comfy running trail, but it also has pullup and parallel bars). I'll see.
The coach commented that my running form is currently very efficient, but that I have to work on opening up stride. That's good to know - at least I have one area to work on, as opposed to totally reinventing the wheel.
I'm not feeling too bad now. Actually, it's a nice and pleasantly exhausted feeling that I have. Hopefully that means another good night of rest for me!
Peaches6311 - Is your cat an orangie? If so, she's super-special - female orangies are so rare.
My cat isn't so affectionate - he's more into biting me, LOL - but dh and I love him the way he is. I think dh and I have delusions of grandeur, because we keep on referring to him as "our tiger."