Fartlek! That's a funny word!

Today

PUSH UPS: Week 5: Day 2: Column 1 www.hundredpushups.com
Total: 105

CRUNCHES: Week 6: Day 2: Column 2 www.twohundredsitups.com
Total: 344

I am totally going backwards on these push ups, but what can you do?

The crunches, on the other hand, I'm totally on track with and I can't wait till I'm finished!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Run Fartlek
Total: 1 mile (1.61 kms) in 7:13 minutes Avg. Speed: 13.36 km/hr Pace: 4:28/Km

Fartlek is a Swedish word that means "Speed Play". The general idea is to run a distance while varying your running speed: maybe you'll start out sprinting and then go into a light jog and then maybe increasing your speed gradually until you end your run in a sprint. The pace is good, but the sprinting really wears me out, so there's no way I can keep up the 4:28/km for 5 kms (yet).

I'm still running for 30 minutes 3 times a week and then one day I do a one mile fartlek run. Hopefully I'll make it 4 x 30 minutes this week.