Thursday, March 21, 2013

Day 43

Jogged 2.5miles.

Coming off of yesterday's good swim, and the day before's decision not to bother with weights while jogging was going well, I set myself the ambitious goal of jogging 2.5 miles.  I intended to do 1.5 miles first, then walk, then jog .5 mile, walk, and jog .5 mile to round it out.  Instead I jogged the 2.5 miles straight out (at 7.5mph, up a "1" incline).  I walked for a while afterward so that my ultimate result was a hair over 3 miles and supposedly 400 burned calories in just under 30 minutes.

At the end my heart was going 185bpm, which seems pretty high.  I'm hoping the jogging cardio will make swimming easier so i can go at both more aggressively.  I think I can jog like that again, it was unpleasant but not amazingly difficult.  Maybe i'll try getting an enthralling book on tape or something - the morning news isn't doing it.

I'm not sure how to treat weights now -- I think the swim/jog is better for me, but I don't want to neglect strength entirely.  I'll finish my week's hiatus from lifting, but whether i go back or instead try to do push-ups and crunches at home is undecided.

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