Chicken with salad

Another bugbear of mine…  I hate hills.  Yep, I’ll walk as far and for as long as you want me to – on the flat.  I’ll charge madly down a hill faster than I should.  But put me in front of a hill to walk UP and I’ll grumble and groan and carry on like it’s the end of the world.

So todays cardio session with “hill sprints” in it had me groaning in anticipation of what was to come.  Admittedly, I have to do all my training while at home during baby naps – especially anything on the treadmill.  Cardio days seem to put me on there for about 40 minutes straight, so I have to be sure she’s down and hope she stays down long enough for me to get through everything.  Today I was in luck…

20 minutes jogging at 8km/hr – no worries.  Yes, of course I worked up a sweat – it was 90% humidity outside and I had the windows open.  Then interval sprints.  This is tricky on a treadmill that only goes up to 10km/hr!  So I just reduced the rest period between “sprints” and got through it ok.  Then came the hard part, the hill interval sprints… I have NO idea what a “steep” incline is on a treadmill.  So I just cranked it up to 10 (percent? degrees?), kept the speed at 10km/hr and went for it.  Can I just say OUCH!  The first couple were ok, but after that the quads and butt really started burning.  Felt damn good to get it done though!

I think this is going to be a really tough one for me, but definitely satisfying to get through it.  Actually, thinking back on it, I don’t think I did enough intervals… hmmm, something to remember next time!

And how are the push ups going?  Well, I haven’t actually made it to 50 in a day yet.  But I am doing several sets of 10 each day and they ARE getting easier.  Tomorrow for sure!