The Oracle of Apollo Snippets from the life of Apollo Lee

CrossFit Day 53

Today’s workout was the return of the five. Run 5 km for time. Just five words, right? So, let’s do it.

It was really chilly when I got out to the track tonight. I set my bottle near the fence under a light to mark my lap in a different place and set off, aiming at 2:15 laps and a half hour finish time. That would make me two minutes faster than last time.

I kept an almost perfectly even pace, staying within two seconds of my goal. In the last couple of laps, I picked up the pace a little bit, when I noted the possibility of beating 29 minutes. So, I pushed a little harder and beat the goal I set for myself by 75 seconds. <whew />

My results: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) in 28:45 (3:21 faster than last time)
More stats: 2:40 zone (hard); HR: 173 avg, 190 max; 440 cal

[…] I had to remind myself not to take giant lunges, but to keep it sane. I found myself out of breath a lot. Despite the simple looking instruction, this was a brutal workout that literally handed my ass to me. I had to stop for a break every 20 lunges. So, it took me almost as long to lunge-walk the 450 m as it to run the 13 laps a couple of weeks ago. All told, I completed 451 lunges from my water bottle back to my water bottle, attracting the strange looks of the other users of the track. Yeah, folks, I look funny. Go ahead and join me, though, before you laugh too hard. […]

[…] Since the inside lanes of the track were flooded with the recent rains, my laps ended up being about 430 meters, which makes the 13 laps I ran tonight total 5.59 km (3.47 mi). I tried to hold steady at a 2:15 lap, knowing I’d slow down. Initially, I felt sluggish enough during dinner that I thought I should aim at a 30:00 time. Like last time, I beat 30 minutes with a significant amount of wiggle room. […]

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