Congratulations to myself for entering week 2! I ran my first run this week per the following:
1/4 walk
1/4 run
90 seconds walk*
1/4 run*
*repeat 7 times
1/4 run
1/4 walk
I grabbed the above plan from the Shape mag "5 Weeks to a 5K" mentioned in my previous post, the measurement above was for miles but I misread and ran kilometers instead. According to my calculations, I ran just 1.7 miles and walked 1.4 miles to come a total walk/run of 3.1 miles. At least this walk/run of 5K or 3.1 miles is faster than my last one, it was completed in 45 minutes!
While 45 minutes seems lame, I'll tell you this is a lot more running than I ever did in one setting before. I used to only be able to run one mile and never ventured out of that comfort zone. Having a "plan" made a dramatic difference as I am able to count down the sets. I was about done after my second set of 1/4k run but I kept going, telling myself "5 more to go," "4 more to go," "3 more to go," "2 more," "LAST ONE!" Also, my pride got in the way because I really wanted to finish it so I can blog about it. =P
Since I'm a loser and misread miles for kilometers, I feel I inadvertently cheated. Therefore, my next run will be the same but actually in miles!
1/4 walk
1/4 run
90 seconds walk*
1/4 run*
*repeat 7 times
1/4 run
1/4 walk
I grabbed the above plan from the Shape mag "5 Weeks to a 5K" mentioned in my previous post, the measurement above was for miles but I misread and ran kilometers instead. According to my calculations, I ran just 1.7 miles and walked 1.4 miles to come a total walk/run of 3.1 miles. At least this walk/run of 5K or 3.1 miles is faster than my last one, it was completed in 45 minutes!
While 45 minutes seems lame, I'll tell you this is a lot more running than I ever did in one setting before. I used to only be able to run one mile and never ventured out of that comfort zone. Having a "plan" made a dramatic difference as I am able to count down the sets. I was about done after my second set of 1/4k run but I kept going, telling myself "5 more to go," "4 more to go," "3 more to go," "2 more," "LAST ONE!" Also, my pride got in the way because I really wanted to finish it so I can blog about it. =P
Since I'm a loser and misread miles for kilometers, I feel I inadvertently cheated. Therefore, my next run will be the same but actually in miles!
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