Sunday, August 2, 2009

Running Every Other Day, Iron Gym

So, I have this idea where I could just run every other day, but have those runs be of higher quality and of higher mileage. For instance, I would run 12 and then have a day off, then 15 and a day off, then 20+ and a day off. The 12 miler would be at a quick-ish pace, the 15 at a good pace, and the 20+ at a slow pace.

How do you think this plan would work?

When I find a place to swim and get a bike, I think this plan would be awesome...on the days that I would not run, I could get in swimming and biking...

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I bought an iron gym, that thing that you can rig up in the doorway and do pullups on.

And it works wonderfully! Since I do not have access to a bar, getting the Iron Gym was probably the best idea I've had in a while!

Plus, it is portable. I can take it on vacation if I wanted to.

1 comment:

Abby said...

I prefer the "cross training" thing with biking days between running days. I think it helps stave off the injuries and makes for better quality runs. Just my personal preference...

Iron gym? We have a bar that just bolts into a door jamb. I think it's just called "pull up bar". Give us a picture of this iron gym!