Blast From The Past

Eleven months ago on July 25, 2007 I had Lisa do this workout:

7 minute jog at 12 ppm (pace per mile), 12 minutes at 9:45 ppm, 3 minutes jog/walk rest at 12 ppm max, 12 minutes at 9:45 ppm, 3 minutes jog/walk at 12ppm max, 7 minutes jog at 12 ppm minimum (minimum meaning no slower).

That seems pretty easy now considering that she ran a 5k just two weeks ago at 9:19 per mile. That's 28:54 without stopping, or 4:54 longer than she had to do that workout and at 26 seconds per mile faster. And, again, with no break in between.

It's curious then that this was Lisa's email to me at 8:26 a.m. after she finished on that Wednesday morning 11 months ago:


Subject: you are satan

That was the hardest workout I've ever done. The second set of 12 minutes nearly killed me. I have no idea how I finished it, but I managed to do it. I did the 12 min. parts at 6.1 speed, which is 9:50. I did the 3 minutes at 4.0 (fast walk) and the 7 minutes at 5.0 (jogging). Like I said, it nearly killed me. I feel good now that it's over.