Noon: Competition/kind-of-a-workout: Ran as part of a relay team at a dri-tri competition at OTF- the running portion.
I warmed up with 10 hard striders in the parking lot after a 5 mile run to tired myself out. And then got in the gym and got ready. The goal was to max out the treadmill for the duration of the 5k when my turn came, unless I had a lead.
The competition is a 2000m row, 300 repetitions in the gym of 6 varying exercises, and then a 5k treadmill run with a 2 incline. I was part of a 3-person relay. I was excited!
They got to me with a couple of seconds lead on the second place team, so I jammed my fingers into the buttons and set the treadmill up in incline and to the max it could go (12mph) and the second place guy got on about 10 seconds after me and did the same. Fortunately, I was able to hold it the entire 5k and we were able to roll into first place! It was motivating having someone else fast next to me, but my mind kept playing games on me with, "what if he gets ahead of me?" I knew the treadmill only went to 12mph so it literally wasn't possible, but I kept running through scenarios in my head. That was an odd experience.
I felt fine and wasn't breathing very hard. The treadmill is markedly easy, especially with people running hard next to you.
Treadmill splits: 5:00, 5:00, 5:00, 0:31
The competition: What a cool idea! Fun, easy, competitive, loud music, people yelling, cheering you on- I really dug it.
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