Week two of my 5K program has you walk 5 minutes to warm up, then alternate running 90 seconds and walking 2 minutes for a total of 20 minutes run/walk combo. Well ... that was a hard one for this old lady!! But, yesterday I managed to run for 90 seconds for the first 4 sets. (at 5.2 for the first set, the remaining was somewhere around 5.0-5.2 depending on the set) However, by set 5 I needed an extra 30 secs to walk and recover ... my HR was still around 144 ... so I only ran for 1 minute, and the last run I quit at 60seconds. Wimp, I know. If Trish were there I bet I would have continued on for the whole 90 seconds, but I was just whipped and was out of gumption to push myself longer. Those 90 seconds are hard for me!! I know people run for much longer than I did, but I gave it 99% yesterday! ...maybe even more.
So, tomorrow I shall try it yet again. I hope I do just as well or better. But let me tell you, after yesterday's workout, which had me doing 2 miles w/warm-up and cool-down, the thought of running another mile is NOT sounding attractive. What in the world did I commit to!!!
1 comment:
sounds like we are about the same fitness level. I think 2 weeks of week 2 will be good for me. :)
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