After I wrote my last entry, I was feeling a little down and wasn't sure when I was going to start Week 5. On my way to the gym that same evening I ran into a friend (and fellow blogger http://wilmarworksout.blogspot.com) and he asked me how things were going with my running plan. I admitted to feeling defeated and that I was a little hesitant to start Week 5. I got to the gym and started walking on the treadmill and realized how negative I sounded and decided to do something about it. I jumped right into Workout 1 which consisted of a 5 minute warm up, three 5 minute jog intervals with two 3 minute walks and a 5 min cool down. On the third 5 minute jogging interval I picked a song that was exactly 5 minutes and it made the time go by faster. When I was done, I was red in the face but had a sense of accomplishment.
I completed Workout 2 on Sunday which had the usual 5 minute warm up and cool down, however the jogging intervals increased to 8 minutes with one 5 minute walk in between. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't need to stop to catch my breath so I must be making some improvement.
I might run slow but I'm chugging along.
1 comments:
8 minutes? nice! that's a quick mile right there
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