Ending week 1 of running and beginning week 2...

Yesterday was yet another running training day. I was scheduled to do 6 intervals with walking 5 minutes and running 1 minute. I did the first 5 intervals with no problems or deviations. However when I got to the running portion of the 6th interval I decided to just keep on running after the buzzer went off. I ended up running 1 minute & 45 seconds. Then I repeated this interval 2 more times. I was feeling good while I was running, my breathing was steady, my pace was good, and my muscles felt nice and loose. You may be wondering why I did 8 intervals instead of the 2 that they showed in the training program… Well I was going my usual 3.2 mile route and figured I might as well keep doing the intervals as long as I was feeling good. I ended the 3.2 mile route in 51 minutes, which puts me just shy of 16 minute miles. As they say slow and steady, slow and steady. I think my actual weight loss is following this same pattern, lost 0.4 lbs this week. Obviously not a huge loss, but at least it’s a loss.

This weeks training is as follows:

Tuesday – Walk 4:30 minutes, run 1:30 minute
Repeat 4 times
Wednesday – Walk for 30 minutes
Thursday – Walk 4:00 minutes, run 2 minutes
Repeat 4 times
Friday – Walk for 30 minutes
Saturday – Rest day
Sunday – Walk 3 minutes, run 2 minutes
Repeat 6 times

It was suppose to be 2 minutes walk and 2 minutes run all intervals, but I don’t feel that I’m ready for that quite yet so I modified it just a bit and will do the 2 and 2 next week. I’m thinking I need a longer cool down than 2 minutes. I know I should follow the training as it is laid out, but it seems crazy to go from 5/1 to 2/2 after only one week.

Thankfully today is a rest day, so I’ll probably just hit the gym and do some circuit training.