Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on August 25th, 2006 in C25K
Plan: Run 3 miles
Actual: Run 3 miles
Today was the last day of the C25K program. I am absolutely amazed that I managed to stick to the program and that I was able to accomplish the goal of the program - to run 3 miles. Today was definitely the easiest 3 miles. I still have to offload the heart rate data, but I think I may have run it at a lower heart than the other runs this week, meaning that I’m getting fitter.
I managed to find another 12-week program by Hal Higdon that takes you up to 15 miles a week in 3 months. I’m pretty sure I’m going to follow that one, but I’m going to poke around see what other plans there are that I can follow. For the next 2-3 weeks I plan to simply work up to 10 miles a week I’ll also be changing my running days. Instead of running Mon, Wed, Fri, I’m going to run Sun, Tue, Thu and do a longer run on the Sunday.
Since the C25K program is done, this will be my last entry in this blog. I’ll start a new “Running” blog for any future running entries.
Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on August 23rd, 2006 in C25K
Plan: Run 3 miles
Actual: Run 3 miles
Well, today, for the first time, I ran a full 3 miles without walking. I have one day to go on the C25K plan and it feels great having completed the program and also having accomplished the goal of the program.
I had mentioned a while back that I bought a Polar S625X heart arte monitor. It came with a program called Polar Precision Performance where you can download and analyze your running data. Well, the program sucks and the alternatives out there aren’t any better. Also, PPP is a Windows-only app and there is is only one other alternative for Mac OS X. I decided to write my own program and it’s coming along quite nicely. I’m not ready to release it, but you can view screenshots at www.ExerSilo.com
Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on August 21st, 2006 in C25K
Plan: Run 3 miles
Actual: Run 3 miles with a 30 sec walking break
This is the last week of the C25K program. I’m not quite running full time as I’m taking a very brief walking break. I did start to pick up thr pace in the last quarter mile or so.
Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on August 18th, 2006 in C25K
Plan: Run 2.8 miles
Actual: Run 2.8 miles with a 20 sec walking break
Like the last time, I had to take a short walk. I’m feeling very good about the ptogram and I’m looking into a 12-week plan as a C25K follow-up plan. This new plan will get me running up to 6 miles on a weekend for a total of about 15 miles per week.
I’ve started working on a new program to replace the Polar software. It’s coming along quite nicely and I hope to release it for free at some point. More details to follow.
Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on August 14th, 2006 in C25K
Plan: Run 2.8 miles
Actual: Run 2.8 miles with a 20 sec walking break
Today was a 2.8 mile run. It was supposed to be 2.75 miles, but my S62X can’t track to 2 decimal places. Like the last run, I took a brief 20 second walking breaking. I probably didn’t need it and I may try to avoid them in the future. The reason being that it’s hard to start back up again.
As the end of the C25K plan is right around the corner, I’m now starting to plan what will come next. It’s exciting thinking about what I want to accomplish.
