CrossFit Day 7
Today’s workout is really simple. Run 5 km for time. It’s been years since I ran any such distance. Usually, when I’m running, which has been less often lately than it was a month ago, I do two miles. I decided to go for the whole distance in one kick. My goal was to keep my lap time under 2:30 per lap. That’s not very fast, but it’s a good start at a 5 km distance. Since I had no way of accurately assessing a tenth of a mile after the 3 mile mark, I decided to go a little longer than the prescribed distance.
Thirteen laps came and went. I had a little tangle up with my retractable headphone cable (it doesn’t like to stay where I set it). But, even when I was starting to die of thirst, I just decided to relax into my steps, drop into the music, ignore the beeps of the heart rate monitor, and try to keep myself at a steady pace. I didn’t get on the track until well after sunset, but it was still about 75° outside. I bumped the pace up a little bit in the last lap.
My results: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) in 32:06; HR 175 avg, 196 max; 552 cal (15% fat)
Split average: 2:28. Fastest: 2:14 (last). Slowest: 2:34 (first)
Tomorrow, more running and more pullups.
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