C25K Week 3 Complete

Today started very slowly. I have not gotten near enough sleep this week, and it is catching up with me. After hitting the snooze button twice, I peeled myself out of the sheets and got a move on. Not nearly as energized as Wednesday's workout, but I still extended the run a little bit. Details Below:

C25K Week 3 Day 3: Warmup 5M, Run/Walk 90/90/180/180/90/90/180/180/60/60, then Cooldown 5M. Running pace: 11:00, Walking Pace: 20:00. Total Miles: 2.02

After the workout, I still feel sleepy, but work beckons. Perhaps a short nap this afternoon would help. Definitely sleeping in tomorrow.

Cheers!

Paul

C25K Week 2 Day 3

Good Morning,

Finished up week 2 today. My legs were quite sore from yesterday's lower body strength training routine, but regardless, I got my butt on the treadmill once again and did my proper routine. Today's workout:

C25K W2 D3: 5 Min W/U, 20 Min Run/Walk 90/120sec, 5 Min C/D

Feeling pretty good after. At least the Nike+ recorded things correctly today.

Paul

Strength Training Day 2

Lower body sets today, and #2 of the 100 Pushup program.

Pushups: 16 Total Sets of 3/4/2/3/4 with 90 sec rest.
Bridges 2x12
Calf Raises with Chair 2x15
Lying Abduction 2x15
Forward Lunges 2x12

Still feeling some DOMS from Tuesday's strength training routine, but was able to get through the pushups anyway. Feeling pretty good, although walking up the stairs at work was a lot tougher today than it normally is. Legs feeling a little rubbery today. Not unexpected though with a new strength routine. Next Tuesday, will be core day, and lots of ball crunches.

Paul

C25K: Week 2 Day 2

Tried to go to bed a little earlier last night, but for some reason, did'nt make it to sleep until after 10. This wouldn't be so bad, but the only time I have to do my workouts is at 5am, which means I didn't get quite enough sleep last night. So after starting slow, I ran a week 2 training routine again. I did push myself a bit on this run, running half of the intervals at a 6mph pace rather than my normal 5-5.5mph pace. Also extended the last interval by 1 minute. My Nike+ didn't register the mileage correctly, so I will assume that I ran just over 2 miles, but because I didn't know it was wonky until after I turned off the treadmill, I don't know precisely how far it was. Today's Workout:

30 mins C25K Week2, 10 minutes warmup/cooldown. 90/120 run/walk x20 mins. Speed: 5.5-6mph/3.0-3.3mph. Distance >2.0 Miles

Post run, feel ok. Feeling the DOMS from yesterday's strength training routine, but not severe. Elbows ache a little more than I expected, but again, not too bad. Hopefully the Nike+ investment I just made doesn't go to waste. But if it turns out to suck too badly, I have my nice reliable Polar foot pod, which I will replace quickly if it comes down to it. I will give it a couple more runs to see what it does. I liked the polar system a lot, as it provides lots of detail, where the Nike one doesn't seem to have as much info.

Paul

C25K: Week 2 Day 1

Finished up another run today without too much difficulty. Although I am ramping into this program again at a beginners pace so I don't get hurt, I feel I could be doing a bit more. Won't matter in 9 weeks though, as I will be back in the state I was in to run 5K's with relative ease.

Today: 30 minutes 90sec/120sec run/walk with 5 mins warming up/cooling down. Feels good to be doing this again.

Paul

Back in the game again

I started training for a 5k on Jan 1st. Doing the Couch to 5K program. Week 1 showed me that I really needed to do this again. Wish me luck.

Paul