It's Monday, and Circuit training again. A fair sized group of us met early to do a longer warmup run before the circuits, and we knocked out 2.7 miles or so on the way to Austin High. It was muggy today, not nearly as nice as it was on Saturday. Oh, well. We waited for the gang to get there from RunTex, just a few minutes wait time. I estimate that there were 50-60 Gazelles there this morning once everyone rolled in. Just a huge crowd of folks! The drills were challenging, just to make sure we didn't run over anyone. Those done, Gilbert called us to the start. Marathoners were to do 800m between circuits, and I guess for this purpose, I'm calling myself a marathoner. I ended up doing just two circuits before Gilbert stopped everyone for other "fun stuff." My two 800's were okay, with 3:55 and 3:44, so I sped up on the second one, at least. The exercises weren't all that tough, but the combination of running and exercise makes it difficult to really recover until we're done.
The new fun stuff was a series of leg lift planks, with increased leg/floor angle on each successive set, as well as increased time on the hold. We did 20 seconds at 15 degrees, 30 at 30, and 45 at 45 degrees. They were easier as the angle increased, presumably because we could recruit more and more of the ab muscle set as the angle steepened. After that, we did the leg lifts over and around a partner's legs. And, to finish things off, 2 x 1:00 of "fast feet." I was huffing and puffing after the fast feet, but it actually felt pretty good.
Return run was with Rich, Shannon, Richard, and Emily, and we were actually pretty snappy with that. Full stretching afterwards and it was a day. Total miles were 5.8, and another exercise week gets underway.
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