Butt kicking Thursday

Run: 2 miles
Cardio Sculpt

Yesterday started off with my 7 mile tempo run and ended with an hour of Cardio Sculpt (high impact strength training) and a 2 mile interval run with my younger son. I was a sweaty, nasty, sore mess and I loved it! Other than boot camp, I'm not really one for gym classes but I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by last night's class. Due to my lack of coordination, I avoid anything "dancy" or with several steps to remember and the class included minimal amounts of both. There were a lot of push ups and I tried to keep up but my shoulder wasn't cooperating and I ended up having to substitute them for crunches or other ab work.

After the class, we headed over to the track. My little one rode her scooter around and I put my son to work. I'm going to keep track of his runs on my blog to keep him accountable as well. He has the talent but his biggest obstacle is mental strength. His initial black belt test requires 2 miles in 18 minutes but he will ultimately have to run 2 miles in 16 minutes to pass. Right now, he has a lot of work ahead of him but I know two nights a week at the track will get him there.

Caden's run:
800 warm up
800 @ 10:07
800 @ 9:12
800 @ 9:14

Last night we established some ground rules. For starters, every time I would offer encouragement he would cut me off and argue with me. Once he starts arguing it quickly turns into whining and frantic breathing so rule #1: no talking. Focus on one foot in front of the other and find the rhythm of your breathing and stepping. The next issue was that he would just stop to walk, no warning. To me this is unacceptable when we are only running 800's so rule #2: every time he stops, he owes me 10 mountain climbers at the end of the lap. Next week, Tuesday will include drills and a longer main set and then Thursday we'll do 800's again.