***Monday Madness workout***
Morning, Pam!
Got myself to the gym this morning and did an odd "ad hoc" workout. Did 20 minutes on the treadmill doing intervals, followed by a bunch of cardio-stretching-strength exercises on the mat with the medicine ball, followed by stretching/cool down. Felt like a good workout all in all.
As to speed or distance (which is I assume the essence of your question), it depends on your goals. Distance is going to build long lean muscle and cardio endurance. Speed will build burst-energy, but not necessarily endurance. If you're easily bored on the treadmill, think about doing intervals, which will build both - 1 minute of fast (as fast as you can), 1 minute of slower, alternating several times... then 2 minutes of fast, 2 minutes of slower... you can do a really great cardio workout in a lot less time. BUT... there is good research that shows that sustaining the elevated heart rate for a longer period is what's beneficial, so making sure that you're doing 30 minutes minimum of cardio stuff is still important.
Personally, i think doing 5K at 4 is a good goal, then working on speed a bit from there... then possibly working on adding a little distance when you have a little more speed... kind of "inching up" with it.
Make sense?
Karen
Got myself to the gym this morning and did an odd "ad hoc" workout. Did 20 minutes on the treadmill doing intervals, followed by a bunch of cardio-stretching-strength exercises on the mat with the medicine ball, followed by stretching/cool down. Felt like a good workout all in all.
As to speed or distance (which is I assume the essence of your question), it depends on your goals. Distance is going to build long lean muscle and cardio endurance. Speed will build burst-energy, but not necessarily endurance. If you're easily bored on the treadmill, think about doing intervals, which will build both - 1 minute of fast (as fast as you can), 1 minute of slower, alternating several times... then 2 minutes of fast, 2 minutes of slower... you can do a really great cardio workout in a lot less time. BUT... there is good research that shows that sustaining the elevated heart rate for a longer period is what's beneficial, so making sure that you're doing 30 minutes minimum of cardio stuff is still important.
Personally, i think doing 5K at 4 is a good goal, then working on speed a bit from there... then possibly working on adding a little distance when you have a little more speed... kind of "inching up" with it.
Make sense?
Karen
Then 2 sets of push-ups. I know I should be pushing harder, but I don't want to push too hard and then talk myself out of exercising. 
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