For the 2nd year, I'm teaching CCD (religious education) at my church. This year it is every Wednesday from 6:45-8:00. Not too bad for one day a week. Mel posted in the RFK website yesterday that a group of people was going to run the Turkey Trot route at 6:30. They never meet at 6:30! I was so bummed I couldn't make it, so I decided to run 4 miles on my own, after CCD. I thought I would give this fartlek thing a try. I like to think of it as "spastic running." From the descriptions that I've read, a fartlek is a run with burst of different speeds throughout. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason, so I went out and did it. It felt great and I loved the bursts of speed to break things up. My stomach felt much better as I ate dinner around 5:30 on the train home.
My trail shoes felt bulky and heavy when running on the sidewalk. They felt much more "at home" when running in the grass. I can't explain it better, but I'm definitely looking forward to using them at the Turkey Trot and this winter in the snow. This weekend Amanda and I are running the Turkey Trot route (plus a few extra miles) with our pace leader, Jeanne. Looking forward to getting out there and tackling those hills! If I have time today, I'd like to do my PT exercises at lunch and maybe cross train, but we'll see how that works out.
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Hot Chocolate jacket, RFK Pink Ribbon short sleeved tee, Nike v-neck long sleeved, Target running tights (from the boys section), Under Armor gloves, Saucony trail shoes (RFK!), headband |
Love the post title Kelly! I've never tried Fartlek. Maybe we should "Fartlek" together one night. lol
ReplyDeleteI saw someone with this on the back of a race shirt during the Chicago Marathon. It made me giggle. I may or may not have run a fartlek just so I could use the term. Haha
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