Today I was going to run outside since the weather was not going to be all that cold. When I went outside the house to get started it was raining so I couldn't do it outside, enter the rec center. In an effort to try and keep this body for life program from driving me crazy I have continued to decide to do some of the things the way I want to and today's cardio was not exception. Rather than do the 20 minute run the way he wants it done I did a 30 minute 3.2 mile run at 6.5 miles an hour. I learned a few things during the run. 1. I have gotten in pretty good shape since I didn't even start to sweat until I had already gone a mile. 2. When the run was done I felt like I could have done another 3 miles with no effort so I guess I am going to have to go a little longer and a little faster. When I get to a treadmill on Tuesday I plan on going for 40 minutes at 7 miles an hour to get a bit further and work on my speed. Tomorrow starts week 8 as well as Thanksgiving week (the first of my challenges on this body for life.) I am going to take my wife's advise this week and split my free day into 2 days. I am going to use the eating part of my free day on Thursday (goes without saying) and will be using the no exercise part of my free day on Friday since the office and the rec center are both closed. The one thing that does not thrill me about that is that I am going to have to miss time with my wife and daughter two on both days of the weekend. I figure when I run outside on Thursday I will be doing a long run to try and make up for all the eating I plan on doing plus those long runs really put my in a good state of mind and there is nothing wrong with that on a holiday. Tomorrow is a lower body workout and I am adding weights to most of my exercises so take a look at my post tomorrow to see how it goes.
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