Fartleks with Elevation
All All MECA BackblastsApril 3rd, 2015
11 Men posted this morning for a Speed workout in temps that allowed all PAX to be in shorts and t-shirts. We launched at 5:30 as no one arrived on #StoliTime or #NannyTime. Several PAX were still talking about soreness in their calves from Charmin’s Tuesday morning Q. So, we decided to do a Speed workout that would either loosed up the calves…or shred them altogether.
The Thang
- Fartleks leaving HCES (turn left on HC Parkway) and down HC Parkway…30secs fast; 60 secs recover
- At corner of HCPkwy and Christenbury, introduce remainder of workout. Stay on HCPkway: recover going down hill, AYG going up hill.
- Wait for group at top of big hill.
- 10 CDDs, 20 Crunchy frogs
- Repeato until 6:05
- Mosey back to HCES
- Stretch
- COT
Moleskin:
- Chopper was pretty chatty this morning as the PAX arrived. He got a little quieter once he heard who was Qing.
- There was mumblechatter as the PAX ran downhill, not so much as we ran uphill
- Kudos to everyone that posted. Those hills are never easy. Your heartrate will skyrocket.
- It was a Good Friday to be out. Pales in significance to what Good Friday is really all about. Take a few moments today to be quiet, be still, and remember the reason this is Good Friday.
6 Comments on “Fartleks with Elevation”
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Great job by the PAX this morning. Good to see everyone grabbing their shorts, sucking wind at the top of the hills. That was the point.
@Gordo, @Chavez, @Chowder, @Snare – Great push. It seemed like everytime I got to the top of a hill, you guys were right behind me.
@Pavarotti – 169 BPM at the top of a hill? Nicely done.
@Chief – Way to hang in there. The elevation change makes that particularly difficult. Keep posting and before you know it you’ll hear a voice in your head saying, “I could do the half marathon in May.”
@frodo, great workout. We need to do that one more!
“We launched at 5:30 as no one arrived on #StoliTime or #NannyTime.” Well clearly, because neither of us were there!!!!!!!!
@Frodo….great workout. There’s nothing that pushes like Speed and I’ve missed it. There’s no going through the motions. I did way more than I would’ve on my own this morning chasing guys who are in much better shape than I am. I’m out of town next week (hoping to hit El Dorado before we leave) but will be back the week after.
@Frodo – that sucked! And might I say I was right behind you as well when compared to the car that just turned off Eastfield Road onto the parkway – it’s just perspective!
@Chopper and @Glock thanks for the mumblechatter today – it at least let me think about something other than how bad this sucks every minute or so before the hills started!
BTW – Only 1 Hate posted today!(we are getting old!)
Bummed to have missed this one. Have been thinking we needed to do those double camel humpback hills again for a while now. A Frodo classic. Planned to post, alarm was set, but I guess the body said no as I did not wake up till 7:17! Guess the spreading of 9 cubic yards of mulch until 9 pm last night was more draining than I thought. #MulchSack?