I did 33:39 for 2.17:
1 @ 3
4 @ 3.5
5 @ 4.5
5 @ 3.5
5 @ 4.5
5 @ 3.5
5 @ 4.5
2 @ 3.5
1 @ 3 - 2.5
30 seconds @ 2 - 1.5
Today I, again, am just to build up my speed but since I am struggling so hard to finish each of the 5 minute runs, I am not sure it is working. My time might be better spent just running outside for 30+ minutes and then some upper body work. I have to tell you it is frustrating! It may have something to do with the 5 minute walk break in between the runs. Who knows!
I am rereading The NonRunner's Marathon Guide for Women and am loving it just as much this time. A lot of things that she faced during her training I hadn't yet when I was reading it and now I either have or am facing them. Remember my IT Band pull....yyyyoooouuuuuchhhhh! But, I am very happy to report that it is gone. Hmmmm....maybe I should start up on the yoga on Wii Fit again.... Chafing? Check! I am wearing the loose fitting running shorts she warns about the rise and bunch up, yep that's what happening...but spandex....sigh...
Tomorrow I run outside, have a job interview and then meet with my bride for the wedding I will be doing for a friend the weekend of the 25th. Full day!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Day 34 -- 25 minutes straight!
I did 34:06 for 2.14:
1 @ 3
1 @ 3.5
25 @ 4
2 @ 3.5
1 @ 3 - 2.5
1 @ 2 - 1.5
I did it! 25 minutes without slowing down! Woo hoo!! As I stated last time, I was going to subtract the distance that I walked (.28) in the beginning from the amount that I ran. I neglected to list how far I had gotten when the 25 minutes was up and looked at it when it was 2.01 but I had already begun my cool down walking for at least a minute...darn it! Well, all next week I run for 25 minutes so I have plenty of opportunity to check.
I did not work out yesterday but I did get in a nap. I sure needed it! My sleep is not getting any better nor is the effects that I thought were from the rice cakes so my energy level is....well...crap...umm sorry for the pun...
This weekend is the wedding in Westport. I am going to drive the race map so I can see it up close and that way my visualization will be more on point. I did have a dream about racing last night. I was running faster towards the finish line. I don't remember much more but felt good about it! To me it meant that I will be picking up my speed both in my regular running and during the race AND that I finish the race.
I did more research and it appears that the race starts at 10:00 and the awards ceremony is at 12:00. This means that I HAVE to run those 5 miles in two hours. This also means that if no other events take place after that, I could perform Andrea's wedding ceremony but if events do take place afterwards, then I may not. It will take me an hour to get home, another hour to get ready and I like to be there an hour early. Boy, it will be cutting it close...I should just decline to do the wedding but I feel bad. Nobody knows why, they are proud of me for doing this training without quitting and think that I should just think about the race and nothing else. OK, that last sentence just made the decision for me. I am not going to do it. I need my mind focused entirely on the race. Especially since I am only training for a 5K and will be running a 5 Mile. I will text her today. I just did and still feel terrible...sigh...
I have enountered another problem that I have been reading about...chafing on my inner thighs where my shorts should hit but they don't. So, while running I am making frantic efforts to yank my shorts down and they stay for oh, I don't know, 2 seconds and then they travel up. I may have to succumb to the spandex land that Dawn Dais wrote about in her fabulous book, The NonRunner's Marathon Guide for Women. I HIGHLY recommend the book. I am now reading her new one, The NonCyclist's Guide to the Century. Another good one. I just got to the part where she journals that she doesn't hate cycling. I am actually glad to read this as my son and husband are starting to ride and hopefully will stick with it!
When my husband gets home from his meeting, he is going to take my son and their bikes to Friends Landing to get in a bike ride. I told him that I would go and get in another workout since I missed yesterday.
Another thing I did yesterday was sit and watch an all day "Pitchmen" run on Discovery. So sad! It is just so hard to believe that someone so vibrant, Billy Mays, isn't around anymore. You know? I recorded the last show of the series and they replaced the last bit of the show with a tribute to him. I cried, I admit it. I think his death bothers me the most of all the deaths we have been hearing about.
1 @ 3
1 @ 3.5
25 @ 4
2 @ 3.5
1 @ 3 - 2.5
1 @ 2 - 1.5
I did it! 25 minutes without slowing down! Woo hoo!! As I stated last time, I was going to subtract the distance that I walked (.28) in the beginning from the amount that I ran. I neglected to list how far I had gotten when the 25 minutes was up and looked at it when it was 2.01 but I had already begun my cool down walking for at least a minute...darn it! Well, all next week I run for 25 minutes so I have plenty of opportunity to check.
I did not work out yesterday but I did get in a nap. I sure needed it! My sleep is not getting any better nor is the effects that I thought were from the rice cakes so my energy level is....well...crap...umm sorry for the pun...
This weekend is the wedding in Westport. I am going to drive the race map so I can see it up close and that way my visualization will be more on point. I did have a dream about racing last night. I was running faster towards the finish line. I don't remember much more but felt good about it! To me it meant that I will be picking up my speed both in my regular running and during the race AND that I finish the race.
I did more research and it appears that the race starts at 10:00 and the awards ceremony is at 12:00. This means that I HAVE to run those 5 miles in two hours. This also means that if no other events take place after that, I could perform Andrea's wedding ceremony but if events do take place afterwards, then I may not. It will take me an hour to get home, another hour to get ready and I like to be there an hour early. Boy, it will be cutting it close...I should just decline to do the wedding but I feel bad. Nobody knows why, they are proud of me for doing this training without quitting and think that I should just think about the race and nothing else. OK, that last sentence just made the decision for me. I am not going to do it. I need my mind focused entirely on the race. Especially since I am only training for a 5K and will be running a 5 Mile. I will text her today. I just did and still feel terrible...sigh...
I have enountered another problem that I have been reading about...chafing on my inner thighs where my shorts should hit but they don't. So, while running I am making frantic efforts to yank my shorts down and they stay for oh, I don't know, 2 seconds and then they travel up. I may have to succumb to the spandex land that Dawn Dais wrote about in her fabulous book, The NonRunner's Marathon Guide for Women. I HIGHLY recommend the book. I am now reading her new one, The NonCyclist's Guide to the Century. Another good one. I just got to the part where she journals that she doesn't hate cycling. I am actually glad to read this as my son and husband are starting to ride and hopefully will stick with it!
When my husband gets home from his meeting, he is going to take my son and their bikes to Friends Landing to get in a bike ride. I told him that I would go and get in another workout since I missed yesterday.
Another thing I did yesterday was sit and watch an all day "Pitchmen" run on Discovery. So sad! It is just so hard to believe that someone so vibrant, Billy Mays, isn't around anymore. You know? I recorded the last show of the series and they replaced the last bit of the show with a tribute to him. I cried, I admit it. I think his death bothers me the most of all the deaths we have been hearing about.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Day 13
I did 30:04:
1 minute @ 3 mph
4 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
2 minutes @ 4 mph
1 minute @ 3.5 - 3 mph
1 minute @ 2.5 - 1.5 mph
I can say that this time was a bit harder than the last set like this. I am not sure why, it just was. I was thinking about next weeks schedule and the rest of The Couch-to-5K Running Plan and I was wondering how the heck I was going to do it. I am not sure where these doubts are coming from. I did not have them yesterday or the day before. I was thinking that I am only training for a 5K run and I am actually doing 5 miles.
But...I know I can do it. For gosh sakes, I am only on Week 2! I have until August 8th to get my training and I CAN DO IT!!!
I started reading The Non-Runners Marathon Guide For Women by Dawn Dais which is soooo hilarious. I am only on page 60 and I have laughed out loud numerous times. For obvious reasons, I have not encountered any of the problems she has as training for a marathon involves waaaaayyyyy more running then I am doing now but it is nice to know what I can expect when I get to more time running then walking. Thank you Dawn for writing this book and for all the tips that I have read so far. I cannot wait to read more!!
1 minute @ 3 mph
4 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
90 seconds @ 4.5 mph
2 minutes @ 3.5 mph
2 minutes @ 4 mph
1 minute @ 3.5 - 3 mph
1 minute @ 2.5 - 1.5 mph
I can say that this time was a bit harder than the last set like this. I am not sure why, it just was. I was thinking about next weeks schedule and the rest of The Couch-to-5K Running Plan and I was wondering how the heck I was going to do it. I am not sure where these doubts are coming from. I did not have them yesterday or the day before. I was thinking that I am only training for a 5K run and I am actually doing 5 miles.
But...I know I can do it. For gosh sakes, I am only on Week 2! I have until August 8th to get my training and I CAN DO IT!!!
I started reading The Non-Runners Marathon Guide For Women by Dawn Dais which is soooo hilarious. I am only on page 60 and I have laughed out loud numerous times. For obvious reasons, I have not encountered any of the problems she has as training for a marathon involves waaaaayyyyy more running then I am doing now but it is nice to know what I can expect when I get to more time running then walking. Thank you Dawn for writing this book and for all the tips that I have read so far. I cannot wait to read more!!
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