I came across a workout that the American olympian javelin thrower (player? I forget) performs for conditioning. Its basically a stair drill that he performs on stadium steps that goes like this: start by taking one step, then skip 2, then 3, then 1 again, jog down, repeat. Do this for 18 minutes continuously. I read it a few days ago and have been waiting till I feel confident enough to perform it. I *love* stairs and hills - somehow they kill you before/when you do them, but the feeling afterwards is totally worth it.
Since 18 minutes for an Olympian is equivalent to 60000 minutes for a mere mortal like myself, I decided to do it for double that time to see how it feels. It felt awesome!!
This is what I did: 30 single repeats 7 minutes, his workout of 1,2,3,2,1 repeated 200 times in 37 minutes, 30 repeats to cool off. It hurt but in a really good way.
3.5 mile tempo. 6kms or so in 24 minutes!
30 laps in the pool to cool off.
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