Ok, besides the fact that this last week has actually been ominous for the world (earthquakes and tsunamis and such)… I was dreading getting to this week as far as running! Week 5 of the Cto5K plan starts to change, so every single workout is different and they start ramping up to continuous running! I’m going to miss my recovery walks!!! Week 5 workouts are as follows:
Week 5, Day 1 – Brisk 5 minute warmup walk. Jog 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 5 minutes. 5 minute cool down walk.
Week 5, Day 2 – Brisk 5 minute warmup walk. Jog 8 minutes, walk 5 minutes, jog 8 minutes. 5 minute cool down walk.
Week 5, Day 3 – Brisk 5 minute warmup walk. Jog 20 minutes. 5 minute cool down walk.
Today I finished the Day 2 workout… in the very brief time it didn’t rain. It was hard. The first 8 minute jog wasn’t so bad, but the second one was painful, there was definitely some wheezing in the lungs at the end of that run… but I pushed the last minute. Had to finish strong! I am so scared for my run on Tuesday… 20 minutes straight?! That will be the longest period of time I have run in years! I know I am still young, but I can’t imagine how I ran that half marathon in high school. It does not seem possible. Oh well, I’ll take what I can accomplish now!
On another note of accomplishment… I am proudly down 3.5 pounds since a week and a half ago… a better diet and working out consistently is finally making a little bit of pay off! Yahoo! That is encouragement enough to keep on going! Soon, I am going to start adding in the other aspects of the triathlon, slowly… but I’m excited!
Have to go guard my knees now… husband and dog are playing rambunctiously on the floor and keep running into my knees! Gotta save them for runnin ;)
Sam
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