I ran last Tuesday afternoon. I left work early, I hadn't exercised, and I just... wanted to. So I grabbed my handy C25K app and set it on week 5 day 1 - that's warm-up, 5 min run, 3 min walk, rinse, repeat 3 times.
It went well! And I was so happy. I was hoping that with all of the P90X3 and Booty Barre and Boot Camp, etc, that I wouldn't need to start from Day 1. And I didn't!
Then my Friday Booty Barre class got cancelled. I was all dressed out and ready to go, so I ran again. On Tuesday I felt like I didn't need the full 3 minute walk break. And I've been experimenting with RunKeeper, and noticed that it gives you an update every 5 minutes. So I decided to use that to my advantage and run 4/walk 1, queuing off the app. I managed a full 5K in 7 repetitions. And though I was getting quite tired, I really felt like I could have kept up that pattern for a while longer.
So I was very pleased with that run as well!
I have 2 5Ks scheduled in April. One as a part of my annual conference for work, and one that was originally scheduled back in January that got moved. It is good to know that I will survive! I'm going to try to get in at least 2 runs a week between now and then, so that maybe I can do more than survive.
I think my goals, longer term... this year is Thanksgiving in Dallas. So I will be at 8 miles by November. In a really cool perfect world, I'd really really like to be at 10 miles by October so I can run 10 for Texas. But I will not push for that if I have issues. I do not want to go over 10 miles this year. I want to stay at 8-10 and focus on complete running and maybe a bit of speed over shorter distances. Because....
I want to run the Texas Independence Relay next year.
Eeep! I said it.
The longest legs of the relay are just under 7 miles, so my goal is to get solid again in the short distances, then as it approaches, run some doubles so I can get the legs used to being tired.
I've actually
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