Oh, congratulations!! I just love that feeling of doing something you never thought you could, and my version of the Couch to 5K program (a year and a half ago) had a lot of moments like that.
I ran 6 km on Sunday. Okay, it took me nearly an hour, but I'm still pleased with myself. And I ran 16 km altogether for the week, which is more than I've managed in years.
My goals for the coming week are to consolidate: run 5 km on Tues and Thurs, and then 7 km this weekend.
Managed 2 short runs this week, on Thursday and Saturday, both with other people and somewhat slower than my usual pace. I like running with other people, though so that was OK. Biked to work every day but Tuesday (out sick) and 30 mile ride on Sunday.
I need to put myself back on some sort of schedule for running/biking, I do much better when I have a plan.
I'm transitioning to barefoot/minimalist running on top of barely any cardio all winter and assorted injuries last year, so my distances are nowhere near what I'd really like them to be. Getting there slowly, though!
Encountered 5 turkeys and a deer at the top of a big hill on Thursday evening. Would love to repeat that. *g*
And I did 1/4 mile barefoot on asphalt on Saturday with only a couple stops to brush off sticky tree bits and a few pebbles that stuck in the tree stickiness.
My goal for this week is to get out there on T & Th even if it's raining so I don't lose what I've gained.
Most sources I'm familiar say that for transitioning to bf you should keep running with your regular shoes and do small amounts bf, gradually increasing the bf/shoe ratio.
I did a little bf running (mostly on grass) before winter, and was about to start up again this spring and then got injured. But I'm hoping to incorporate bf running into my regular program.
This was another good week. I did 14 miles, spread out over five runs in four days (one of those runs was just 1 mile, a cardio warm-up for some strength training I wanted to try, and then I came back and did more later that day). I'm aiming for 15 miles on five days this week.
I only got in just over 12 miles this week, but two of those were 5k runs. The challenge for this coming week is going to be running outside, as my gym is closed. Thankfully, almost nothing is blooming anymore, so hopefully breathing will not be a problem!
I ran a 5K in 33:30, which is a good three minutes slower than the last one I ran, in November...and I also ran the whole thing straight through, which is a first ever. I was really quite pleased with myself.
Goal for this week: go running again without exacerbating leg strain! And then start ratcheting up for an 8K on June 5.
I was away for a conference and only packed half my running gear, so only one run in the last week. No trouble with the hip, though, so hopefully I can start increasing mileage again soon.
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The people familiar with it will know why there is exclamation point abuse in the above sentence, for the others:
I ran 20 minutes without stopping or walking! I haven't ever been able to do that in my whole life. Sure, it was slow, but I was running!
Next week I'll still be following the plan, which culminates in a 25-minute run at the end of the week.
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My goals for the coming week are to consolidate: run 5 km on Tues and Thurs, and then 7 km this weekend.
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I need to put myself back on some sort of schedule for running/biking, I do much better when I have a plan.
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Encountered 5 turkeys and a deer at the top of a big hill on Thursday evening. Would love to repeat that. *g*
And I did 1/4 mile barefoot on asphalt on Saturday with only a couple stops to brush off sticky tree bits and a few pebbles that stuck in the tree stickiness.
My goal for this week is to get out there on T & Th even if it's raining so I don't lose what I've gained.
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I did a little bf running (mostly on grass) before winter, and was about to start up again this spring and then got injured. But I'm hoping to incorporate bf running into my regular program.
Good luck getting out there this week!
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But it reminds me of how far I've come in the last year or so, because a year ago simply running 5.8K without walking would have been hard.
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Goal for this week: go running again without exacerbating leg strain! And then start ratcheting up for an 8K on June 5.
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This week it doesn't look like I'm going to do much at all for the first three days, but I'm headed out of town to go backpacking on Thu-Sun.
I am hoping that after a few more weeks of PT I'll be able to run again.
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