Re: Just astounding....-OT

February 3, 2006

There would be nothing wrong with doing light cardio on the other

days. As a runner, I try to avoid to hard cardio workouts in a row.

The other days you run at a slower pace and are called recovery days.

Pyramiding your sprints is a good way to change your cardio and will

also make you a faster runner. Intervals in general will make you

faster.

Andy

> Hi guys. Wow I've felt so much better as of late. Just

> my luck right when starting my challenge, one of the

> girls at work was sneezing and coughing all over the

> place to the point where I left the break room for

> lunch because she wasn't covering her mouth. Lucky me,

> for the past two weeks I caught her flubber germs. Not

> to mention the temperature changes didn't help

> things.... ugh... anyway I believe since I woke up

> this morning, I have a clean bill of health! Yay!

>

> I'd like to get the imput from some of you runners on

> what I want to accomplish in my challenge. I've had

> this interval cardio where I'm pyramiding my sprints

> :30, :45, 1:00, :45, :30 raising my time by 5 seconds

> every two weeks until it's all 1 minute sprinting

> intervals. What I'm wondering is do you think I should

> do light cardio during my lifting days to prep my legs

> for the HIIT the next day, or not. I'm also thinking

> up my carbs to 50% on the lifting day to make sure I

> have enough energy for the next day.

>

> Anybody? Anybody? Beuler? Anybody?

>

> Matt

>

> The only thing that counts is winning, and if something goes wrong I get

furious. - Lance Armstrong at 17 years old

February 3, 2006