Okay, so technically I should have been running for Week 1, Day 3 of the C25K..but since Mandy and our other friend Lisa are a couple of days ahead of me and already on week 2, I ran that schedule with them. That consisted of the five minute vigorous walking warm up then 90 seconds of running, followed by 2 minutes of walking, repeated six times. (or however many times it takes for you to get to 20 minutes overall)
90 seconds of running doesn't sound like much.
Does a minute and a half sound better?
I think so.
We ran for 1 minute and a half, then walked for 2 minutes, 6 times.
Much better!
Again I was surprised that I was able to keep up the whole time. All together, including the walk back to the car, it took us about 25 minutes. I was pretty tired by the time we got back to the car, but was fine by the time I drove home. No sweat!
Well, lots of actual sweat...but you know what I mean.
I do have to say that my left knee is hurting a bit today...and wearing heels doesn't help that much at all.
Our plan is to run again on Thursday (tomorrow) so hopefully it will feel better with a 'day off'. Our goal is to run Sun., Tues., & Thurs. nights.
The 5k we are running is actually on Aug. 15th...I think I may have said it was July 15th before...which I was wrong...which is a good thing...and extra month to train! :)
Mandy and Lisa are also going to do a 2 mile run next weekend! I wish I could do it with them, but I have a prior commitment. :( Boo! But I think I might try and talk them into another 5K at the end of this month...I don't think we'll be ready to run the whole thing, but its on a Sunday and that could count as one of our training days..we'll could do the scheduled Day One training for that week at the race. I think I *might* try and convince them! :) We'll see.
15 years ago
Nice work on the C25K! (This is Niki/Haven1 from the nest, btw.) I think I'm going to make Kristi do that same 5K in August, so we may see you there.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I've read the blog, so you're officially accountable! :o)
LOL - we'll see about the June one. I'm not sure I'm up for that yet. We'll see how this 2 mile goes next weekend first.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great!!!! C25K is a good program (I just got bored with it). Keep an eye on the knee - Jenny told me about some supplements that have helped her. I got the Osteo Bi-Flex advanced strength to see if it will help me also. I think it's starting to help a little. 3 tablets a day, and it basically "greases" your joints. Also try icing right after your run and stretch really good!
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