We got the e-mail today that our first group ride is this Saturday! I am so excited... mostly because I can actually go! I was planning to bike Saturday morning anyway, so this will be great. I blocked the work schedule for some Tuesday nights, and a few weekends. I think the group trainings are huge in the success of this whole thing.
I am still liking my running program-- did 5 walk- 4 run today without too much difficulty. I will probably do this once more, do a 5-5 next week, and then start to decrease the walk interval. I am aiming to be at 5 min run & 4 min walk for the 5K next Sunday.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Hit A Wall
Ack... biking today was SO hard.
I haven't biked for 2 weeks-- since I decided it was biking that caused the whole searing facial pain problem.
Then I ran yesterday (3 min run- 5 min walk x 48 minutes... 3.6 miles. Excellent), and swam the day before (1900 yds), so I was just tired. And I was nervous about the ride & didn't sleep much last night... so a few miles in, I was already dragging.
I made it though. Maria was great, and stayed with me the whole time. I biked the whole way-- even the hills. It was a nice ride-- we were in the Great Swamp-- and I felt good (though even more exhausted) when I was done.
I need to start thinking of myself as an athlete, and watch the hydration, and electrolytes, and nutrition & all that stuff.
Tomorrow is a rest day.
I haven't biked for 2 weeks-- since I decided it was biking that caused the whole searing facial pain problem.
Then I ran yesterday (3 min run- 5 min walk x 48 minutes... 3.6 miles. Excellent), and swam the day before (1900 yds), so I was just tired. And I was nervous about the ride & didn't sleep much last night... so a few miles in, I was already dragging.
I made it though. Maria was great, and stayed with me the whole time. I biked the whole way-- even the hills. It was a nice ride-- we were in the Great Swamp-- and I felt good (though even more exhausted) when I was done.
I need to start thinking of myself as an athlete, and watch the hydration, and electrolytes, and nutrition & all that stuff.
Tomorrow is a rest day.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Up & Running
I am liking my new running program.
The first day I tried, I did 1 min run, 5 min walk. This was too easy.
A few days later, I did 2 min run, 5 min walk. This wasn't bad-- I did 49 minutes, and it definitely felt like a workout. I wasn't dying at the end of the run periods, so I figured I could go longer.
Wednesday after work, I did 3 min run, 5 min walk... only did about 32 minutes before arriving at Stop & Shop... definitely more challenging but it was still do-able. I will do another 3/5 day tomorrow, before moving the run interval up again.
The thing I like best is having a plan. Even the 2/5 day, I felt like I went in with a plan, and accomplished what I set out to do. Before this, when I would just run until I didn't feel like it, and then walk until I felt like running again, I always felt like the walking parts were failures. Now, I do my little program, and feel like I was successful. It's good.
The first day I tried, I did 1 min run, 5 min walk. This was too easy.
A few days later, I did 2 min run, 5 min walk. This wasn't bad-- I did 49 minutes, and it definitely felt like a workout. I wasn't dying at the end of the run periods, so I figured I could go longer.
Wednesday after work, I did 3 min run, 5 min walk... only did about 32 minutes before arriving at Stop & Shop... definitely more challenging but it was still do-able. I will do another 3/5 day tomorrow, before moving the run interval up again.
The thing I like best is having a plan. Even the 2/5 day, I felt like I went in with a plan, and accomplished what I set out to do. Before this, when I would just run until I didn't feel like it, and then walk until I felt like running again, I always felt like the walking parts were failures. Now, I do my little program, and feel like I was successful. It's good.
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