Another Garmin workout: 15 min warmup - 3 X 15 seconds sprints with 3:00 rest recovery - 5 minute job then 3 X 15 seconds sprints with 3:00 rest recovery - them 10 minute cooldown
I must admit that this wouldn't be the type of workout I would normally think of doing. But honestly, it was quite effective. I ran to the track for my warm up and did the sprints on the track. The 15 seconds equated to about 90 meters. Was approaching 100 meters on the last one. I ran them at 90-95% effort.
Sprinting is not something I do very often these days. Even a month or two ago I don't know if my fitness was built up to a point where I would have wanted to try it.., but I'm feeling a lot more put together lately and my body was up to the task. I can always tell it was a good workout by the mild level of fatigue I feel after.
The other thing about these Garmin workouts is that they include some walk breaks and rest. Also not something I'm used to doing. Good think about the workout setup is that it automatically logs the rests separately as different "laps". Just makes it hard when I log my miles. Normally, I try not to include walking on my log but its impossible to separate from the digital stats. I think moving forward I'll just include the walking mileage and pace in my workouts. It inflates the mileage a bit and deflates the average pace even more but I think moving forward I'll just save myself the trouble and mental gymnastics and log it all.
Last day of July. 114.81 miles for the month. This is the most miles I've run in a month in years (since May of 2022 to be exact). I'm at 495 miles for the year and need roughly 32 miles to surpass my 2024 mileage for the year. And after years of on again off again training where I barely maintained fitness but never really saw much gains I'm starting to really feel some fitness.
August 9th will be the first test to quantify my progress. Upcoming goals... get my VO2 max back up in the 50s. Get my weight back down under 180. Log a few more 100 mile months and hopefully a 1000 mile year. And eventually... break 20 minutes for a 5K.
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