Good run today

As the week goes on I am starting to climb higher and higher out of the rut I was in on Tuesday and today is no different. Since today was a cardio day and I planned on doing it at the office I was able to sleep in a little later than I normally would before coming in. When I got to the office I took my time and got something to drink and let my legs loosen up before getting on the treadmill. I can tell everyone right now that my legs are pretty sore from yesterday's lower body workout and it made for a harder run today than the run that I did yesterday even though it was the same run. Here is how it went down the last two times on the treadmill. I started at my intensity level of 5 by running 5 MPH for the first two minutes, once I got into the interval part of the run I would increase my speed from 5.5 to 7 MPH and when I got to the high point I was running 7.5 MPH. I got a good workout and got the heart rate up pretty good. At that pace I also ran just over two miles. The next time I get on the treadmill (Tuesday) I am going to start by going 5.5 MPH and finish at a top speed of 8 MPH and see how much further I run and how I feel at the end of it. I have been enjoying getting on the treadmill rather than run around the block, it is a little bit of an easier run but I feel like I am getting just as good a workout and now that it is starting to get colder each day I am more likely to run indoors and not hate it rather than run outdoors and dread it each time I have to do it. It is funny that it seems like the fitness bug is starting to set in around my little world in the office. All of this started with one of the help desk guys getting on weight watchers and losing a bunch of weight, then his manager entered the biggest loser challenge they had at the office that year and almost one, now he is working on strength training. After that I jumped on the wagon at the start of this year and if you have been reading this blog you know how that went and know that I have lost about 115 lbs, now my boss tells me he just started doing P90X to get back in shape. I do have to admit I am a little jealous of that since that is what I have been leaning toward doing next. I asked him to let me know how it goes as he gets through it since when the IT manager of the firm did it he really didn't share his experience or how it went. Well I am going to get my first meal of the day on, I am pretty hungry this morning, tomorrow I took the day off work to get stuff done around the house so I will go to the rec center for my workout then get started in the yard. Going to try and write a post about how it went since I am going to push myself harder tomorrow but we will just have to see what time permits.