021109 - Lift-Bike-Run

Tonight was one of the hardest weight workouts I have ever had.  I upped my weight for the step-ups (moved to 45 lb dumbells) and that little change made a big difference.  Also, as I stated in my previous post, I was quite tired before I got started and that did not help.  I went to the gym and did the superset followed by lunges and crunches.  I seriously saw some spots in this workout and I wanted to freakin shoot myself!  It hurt and I did not have a lot of energy at all!  I was surprised I felt this way because I had my late afternoon snack at 3:30 (two polyo string cheeses an apple and a bunch of almonds).  Unfortunately, this did not give me the boost I needed for the weights.  I will say again that it was rough!

After the weights, I jumped on the bike for a 15 minute spin at a 90+ RPM cadence.  My HR was around 130 during the spin and after that I felt pretty good as I headed outside (IN SHORTS) for a 30 minute run.  I am loving this warm weather and I can't wait for Spring!  My HR during the run stayed quite low (around 140) and I moved at a decent pace (about 8:40s).  I covered 3.25 miles on the run and finished just below 30 minutes.