Upper body workout. Did the shoulder-heavy workout. Then ran for 35 minutes. Just tied my left shoe normally without tightening it and it was great. I love these shoes. Ran 10m/m for 10 minutes, then 9:13 for 5, then 8:57 for 5, then 10 for 10 more with a 5 minute walk. Hamstring hurts a little, not as bad as last week, though. Legs were a little sore from playing basketball/floor hockey last night. There was some very minor ankle soreness. Whoops. No more basketball. Oh, I almost forgot. Before my hamstring-induced-hiatus, I was trying, and struggling, to work on a 180 bpm cadence. I've been doing a lot of cycling at a 90 bpm cadence (which is the same thing when you count one full pedal revolution.) Last week, when I was running on the treadmill I tried to run at the same rate and thought I was close because it seemed like the same turnover rate. I also said I had no idea, though because I wasn't using a metronome. Today I realized I was on a treadmill. With a clock. I could just count my steps for a minute. So I counted left foot strikes for a minute and was dead-on 90. Amazing. Like before, I had to concentrate to keep that rate up at 6 mph--especially later on. However, at the higher speeds it didn't require much concentration at all. I was excited about that.
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