So yeah, It's been awhile. I'm not gonna lie...the 20 minute straight run scared the pee outta me. I really was pretty sure I wouldn't make it through, I know I'm not ready. Well, anyway, The first 11 minutes went by well enough, I started to get winded and sore but then I found my groove. But, as minute 12 approached, my calves started burning. Once they started screaming at me I new my run was limited and by minute 13 I had to walk...so I slowed down to a power walk which I really think actually made it worse so I picked up my run pace again...which immediately made my calves start screaming again. Yes, that last 7 minutes was a hellish exercise in futility. Running, power walking, running again, awe hell I can't, walk again until finally the cool down. I know that W6D1 is 10 minute runs with breaks. So I am going to advance myself to week 6 but I'm going to stay on Day 1 or Day 2 until I fell like I can really run that much coz W6D3 is a 25 minute straight run and I don't want it to turn out like this run.
The Details:
Distance: 2.07 miles
Time: 30:53
Pace: 14:55
I'll be participating in the 2010 Grand Rapids Kidney Walk on May 2, 2010. The Kidney Walk is a non-competitive walk event with a route that is about 2 miles in length over generally level terrain. If you like to support me in this event you can visit my page and make a donation online. Any help is greatly appreciated!! :o) BTW: it's a S L O W loading page.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
W5D2 - The run that almost wasn't...
I made my mind up not to run tonight...but then I did anyway. I wasn't feeling the best. My kidneys are feeling sore...or at least the kidney area is sore on both sides. Not so sore that I'm in pain just tender enough that I notice and am concerned about it. I'm gonna wait it out through the weekend and if I still don't feel better than I'll see about getting into the doctor. Because of that, I thought...well I'm not gonna run tonight. But as the night wore on, hubby left for a friends house and that left me in the house with the treadmill and nothing to do. So I got on it and completed W5D2. My kidneys didn't seem to effect my running much so I figured it wasn't too bad on them. The first 8 minute run flew by...by the time I looked at the itouch it said 30sec left. AWESOME!! That was very encouraging. The second 8 minutes was more difficult and seemed to drag on I was keenly aware of the burning in my calf muscles. I slowed the run down some to be sure I could finish without walking and I'm please to say I made it through! Hooray! I'm a little spooked by W5D3...I looked ahead and saw my first straight run of 20 minutes. I hope I'm ready! I have a lot of faith in the C25K program and each week the runs are hard toward the end...but I'm able to get through it. I'm pretty sure W5D3 will be no different.
Today's Run Details:
Distance: 2.08 Miles
Time: 31:57
Pace: 15:20
Today's Run Details:
Distance: 2.08 Miles
Time: 31:57
Pace: 15:20
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Discombobulated..... W5D1
That's how I would describe today's run...discombobulated. I got all ready for my run only to find that I left my Nike+ sensor in the car...the car my hubby took to work...uggghhh. I hate that. So, no nice Nike read out for me...and no pleasing graph at the end of my run either. Oh well, I was wasn't gonna let that stop me from getting my run in.
I hopped on the treadmill and got down to business. Today's big challenge was three big 5 minute runs. The last 5 was H A R D. I got tired after the first 2 minutes. But, I wasn't feeling very well either since I'm also trying to quit Diet Coke...you can check out my other blog for the gory details about all that. Nonetheless, I got through that last 5 minutes without walking. Once done I turned the treadmill off and started stretching. I was thinking about adding the info to the computer and what information I'd need and that's when I remember....I never looked at the miles once I got done...I had been trying so hard not to stare at the numbers that I've completely gotten myself to ignore them, which is fine when I have NIKE+ to tell me my distance...Crap! So with the info I did have total time and speeds, I calculated the estimate of how far I went and learned an important lesson don't leave the Nike+ sensor in the car!!
The approximate details of my run ;o)
Distance: 1.90 Miles
Pace: 16:18
Time: 31 minutes
I hopped on the treadmill and got down to business. Today's big challenge was three big 5 minute runs. The last 5 was H A R D. I got tired after the first 2 minutes. But, I wasn't feeling very well either since I'm also trying to quit Diet Coke...you can check out my other blog for the gory details about all that. Nonetheless, I got through that last 5 minutes without walking. Once done I turned the treadmill off and started stretching. I was thinking about adding the info to the computer and what information I'd need and that's when I remember....I never looked at the miles once I got done...I had been trying so hard not to stare at the numbers that I've completely gotten myself to ignore them, which is fine when I have NIKE+ to tell me my distance...Crap! So with the info I did have total time and speeds, I calculated the estimate of how far I went and learned an important lesson don't leave the Nike+ sensor in the car!!
The approximate details of my run ;o)
Distance: 1.90 Miles
Pace: 16:18
Time: 31 minutes
Monday, March 8, 2010
W4D3..not bad
Awesome, I survived week four. I'm a little late I know... I hate when 2 or 3 days go by between my runs. I want to have them be nice and predictable from one week to the next but I haven't found my rythm yet. I haven't found a good time to plan my run into.
But, I keep on squishing those runs in here and there...lol.. On to Week 5
Run Details
Distance: 2.11 Miles
Time: 33:19
Pace: 15:43
But, I keep on squishing those runs in here and there...lol.. On to Week 5
Run Details
Distance: 2.11 Miles
Time: 33:19
Pace: 15:43
Thursday, March 4, 2010
W4D2 - The Birthday Run
Yeah, it's my birthday.
I gotta say... I did think, "Maybe I won't run today, after all, it's my birthday!" But, no...I must run...lol. So I did, I told myself I'd just take it easy and do what I felt like doing. No stressing about numbers, no being upset that I didn't do better. No messy head games, just run when it say run and walk when it tells me to walk. Isn't it funny how messed up we can make even the simplest things when we let our minds get in the way!
I got on the treadmill and started giving it the ole' one-two...lol. It was a great looking day out today. I probably should have ran outside. But, with all the melting snow and run off...it's like a mud bog on our roads. The sunshine and blues skies did give me a heaping helping of Spring fever though, DANG!! I sure do miss summer morning runs.
The run itself went alright. The first set of 5 minutes and 3 minutes went great I felt good. That last 5 minutes really got me though. I had about 2 minutes left in me by that time. So after that, I had to slow it down for about a minute and then speed back up again for the last 2 minutes. But, I kept running. I was doing my walking at 3.0Mph and my running at 4.2MPH. Nice and easy for the b-day girl...lol.
The nitty gritty details:
Distance: 2.12 miles
Time: 33:13
Pace: 15:38
I gotta say... I did think, "Maybe I won't run today, after all, it's my birthday!" But, no...I must run...lol. So I did, I told myself I'd just take it easy and do what I felt like doing. No stressing about numbers, no being upset that I didn't do better. No messy head games, just run when it say run and walk when it tells me to walk. Isn't it funny how messed up we can make even the simplest things when we let our minds get in the way!
I got on the treadmill and started giving it the ole' one-two...lol. It was a great looking day out today. I probably should have ran outside. But, with all the melting snow and run off...it's like a mud bog on our roads. The sunshine and blues skies did give me a heaping helping of Spring fever though, DANG!! I sure do miss summer morning runs.
The run itself went alright. The first set of 5 minutes and 3 minutes went great I felt good. That last 5 minutes really got me though. I had about 2 minutes left in me by that time. So after that, I had to slow it down for about a minute and then speed back up again for the last 2 minutes. But, I kept running. I was doing my walking at 3.0Mph and my running at 4.2MPH. Nice and easy for the b-day girl...lol.
The nitty gritty details:
Distance: 2.12 miles
Time: 33:13
Pace: 15:38
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Week 4 Day 1 - Still going
I did it!!! Week 4 Day 1 is done!!
The first 5 min run was really not bad at all, but by the last one I was struggling a little. I think it was the weenie in me, trying to convince myself I couldn't do it. But, I battled that with mental chatter, "You can do it, Only one minute left, don't cheat yourself out this opportunity." and it worked... I pushed through and managed to finish. Yay me!!! I CAN do this...it is not too hard and I'm not too heavy to do it.
The first 5 min run was really not bad at all, but by the last one I was struggling a little. I think it was the weenie in me, trying to convince myself I couldn't do it. But, I battled that with mental chatter, "You can do it, Only one minute left, don't cheat yourself out this opportunity." and it worked... I pushed through and managed to finish. Yay me!!! I CAN do this...it is not too hard and I'm not too heavy to do it.
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