Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 19th, 2006 in C25K

Plan: Run 3 mins, walk 1.5 mins, run 5 mins, walk 2.5 mins.  Repeat once

Actual: Ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 2.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 2.5 mins

Today wasn’t too bad.  I did struggle a bit on the second 5-minute run, but I was able to complete it anyway.  My focus has now started to drift to the 20 min run that is required at the end of week 5.

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Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 17th, 2006 in C25K

Plan: Run 3 mins, walk 1.5 mins, run 5 mins, walk 2.5 mins.  Repeat once

Actual: Ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 2.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 5 mins

As I mentioned last week, I decided to redo week 4 as I wanted to at least be able to complete the required program before moving on.  Well, today, I managed to make BOTH 5-minute runs.  It feels great!  I will still finish up the rest of the week on the week-4 plan and by the time I’m ready to start week 5, I should be well prepared.

My socks are still bothering me by slipping into my shoe.  I’ll have to get some new socks this weekend as it’s very annoying.

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Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 15th, 2006 in C25K

Plan: Run 3 mins, walk 1.5 mins, run 5 mins, walk 2.5 mins.  Repeat once

Actual: Ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 2.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 5 mins

The 3rd day of week was definitely better than the other days, but I’m still unable to complete the program.  That last 5-min run is still a killer.  I plan to redo week 4 next week so hopefully I can complete the required amount of running and then move on to week 5.

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Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 12th, 2006 in C25K

Plan: Run 3 mins, walk 1.5 mins, run 5 mins, walk 2.5 mins.  Repeat once

Actual: Ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 5 mins, walked 2.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 2 mins, walked 5 mins

Today was a slight improvement over the first day of the week in that I was able to do the full 5-mins for the first interval.  I still only managed 2 mins on the second interval.

I started running with music this week, having “found” my MP3 player that I had misplaced during the move to our new house.  It certainly makes it easier.   I also found my G-Force watch so I can time myself.  Up until this week, I was running with my wife’s digital kitchen timer

I may repeat this week, but I’ll see how I make out on Friday

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Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 10th, 2006 in C25K

Plan: Run 3 mins, walk 1.5 mins, run 5 mins, walk 2.5 mins.  Repeat once

Actual: Ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 4.5 mins, walked 2.5 mins, ran 3 mins, walked 1.5 mins, ran 2 mins, walked 5 mins

(As you’ll see above, I decided to start each entry with the C25K plan for the day and what I was actually able to do)

Well, I thought doing week 3 was hard, but week 4 is even harder.  This week called for two 5-minute runs and all the walking recovery times were shorter.  So instead of running for say 3 minutes and then walking 3 minutes, week 4 calls for a 1.5 minute walk.

I wasn’t able to complete either of the 5-minute runs.  I did 4.5 minutes for the first and 2 minutes for the second.  The good news is that the 3-minute runs are pretty easy now, whereas I was struggling with them the first time I had to do it.  Maybe by the end of the week I’ll be able to do the 5-minute run with ease

Our elliptical trainer broke on Saturday so we had to buy a new one.  I’ll continue to do the elliptical trainer on the non-running days so maybe that’ll help build up my conditioning.

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