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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
After four years of long-distance running (5k, 10k, half-marathons) I got a little burnt out and decided to try my hand at triathlons. This blog is a journey into my training regime, as well as the play-by-play experiences I have had while competing in these amazingly fun events!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Pure Cardio Day

I made an executive decision to skip the workout yesterday, since I will be running the half-marathon tomorrow. The workout would have been "Cardio Recovery," which is apparently a ton of leg work such as lunges and squats. If you've ever done either of these, you will know that doing these types of moves, and then running 13.1 miles two days later probably isn't a good idea.... so I opted out. I did, however, compelete today's workout which was Pure Cardio. This was a killer - but not really much strength training. Basically, 14 minutes of high-intensity cardio non-stop with no breaks. UGH. I wasn't looking forward to it going in, but as always, I was glad I did it. I'm scheduled to do the Plyometric Cardio Circuit tomorrow, but I figure running the 13.1 will probably cover that :) I'm still looking for some physical results, although so far I have noticed that my energy this week has been sky-rocketed. So much so, that I've actually been having a hard time falling asleep. However, I've been sleeping GREAT, and that's new; good - but new. So far I'm still glad that I made the decision to do this. I'm still not bored, and although I haven't really gotten to the point where I really look forward to the workouts, I feel good during, and especially after I've completed it. So hopefully these hard workouts, coupled with the grocery shopping I did yesterday (probably the first time I've ever went to the grocery and didn't buy anything that could be considered "bad"), will all equal a great, healthy, fit, and "cut" body in the end!

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