Fit(ter) in 15: March Wrap-up

March was speedwork month!

I needed one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

• Monday:
• Full-body strength workout video
• Tuesday: 
• 1 mile warmup + 1.9 mile fartlek run!

How did I do for the month?
Total success!


I managed a sprint interval, hill, or fartlek run each week this month. (Ok... the hill workout was just a hill-y run, not real hill repeats, so maybe that doesn't count. But my legs feel stronger!)


And even though the last week of the month was a short week, and I technically didn't have to do an interval run, I managed to squeeze some speed play into my commute run!





And, coming up next...
April's challenge is plank-a-day!

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Fit(ter) in 15: Week 13

March is speedwork month!

I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

• Monday:
• Fartlek run! (I totally missed last week's speed work... unless you count a "hilly" run as hill repeats. Which I don't) So I wanted to get this week's speed work done early!
• Tuesday: 
• I was a slacker...
• Wednesday:
• Commute run (2 miles)
• Thursday:
• Commute run (2 miles)
• Friday:
• rest day
• Saturday:
• Squats + a long walk
• Sunday:
• 6 miles. 58 minutes. Not fast, but at least I was out there.

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Fit(ter) in 15: Week 12

March is speedwork month!

I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

• Monday: REST
• Tuesday: just my typical commute exercise (walk/run) 
• Wednesday:
• 3.5 mile hilly run on my lunch break
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 
• Saturday:
• Sunday:
• 3 miles around the neighborhood
• Push ups, planks, and lunges at the playground

How did I do for the week?
I'm not sure I should count the hilly run as "speedwork" since I didn't do hill repeats...
And aside from a couple of runs, it was a pretty weak week.

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Fit(ter) in 15: Week 11

March is speedwork month!

I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

• Monday:
• Commute run (2.25 miles total)
• Tuesday: Travel day (we took the little one to visit family in Texas)
• Wednesday:
• Treadmill
• Thursday:
• Elliptical
• Friday:
• Treadmill intervals - 90 second sprint (7 minute mile) / 90 second "rest" (10 minute mile)
• Saturday: Travel day
• Sunday:
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How did I do for the week?


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Fit(ter) in 15: Week 10

March is speedwork month!

I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

• Monday:
• 6 x 400s! (And that's the day after running 8.5 miles. Boom!)
• Tuesday: 
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• Wednesday:
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• Thursday: Does shoveling count as a workout?
• snow day
• Friday:
• snow day
• Saturday:
• 5 mile run trying to avoid patches of icy sidewalk where the snow melt refroze overnight
• Sunday: The weather is finally nice again!
• long walk
• another long walk
• and another long walk

How did I do for the week?
Despite the snow and ice, I managed to get my speed work in!

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March Challenge: Speed, speed, SPEED!

I liked the principles behind January's cross training challenge - full-body fitness, a simple routine, and NO EQUIPMENT. February's fitness challenge followed a similar concept.

But now it's time to shake things up.

My runs are getting longer and smoother, so my next goal is to pick up the pace.

March's focus will be SPEED.

Each week I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats)


Stay tuned...

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