Weekly check-in

[vyola]

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-William Faulkner

How was your week? What are your plans for next week? Which short-term goal are you most excited about?

Comments

[littledrop]

I've abandoned C25K! I've had high blood pressure for a couple of years and I've been taking it really slowly. I've repeated every single week, but eight minutes to twenty just seemed like too much of a leap. I enjoy running but I don't want to die! (I worry too much, yes. *g*)

So now I'm doing this:

Sunday: Nice and chill. I get up later, and add two minutes to my previous run time. That's my plan, now, to increase by two minutes each time until I reach thirty minutes.

Tuesday: Speed work. I do sprint intervals, jog up some hills and run back down them to try and build speed. I don't stress about times too much, how far I go or how long it takes, I just have fun running like a little kid. It's great.

Thursday: I consolidate the week's running and add another two minutes if I feel up to it, which I usually do. The speed work really makes a huge difference, as do the two days off between Thursday and Sunday.

So I'm excited by my new plan, I guess. I can now run for sixteen minutes without stopping, at a decent pace. Decent for me, anyway. Fourteen minute mile! :D :D :D

[melusina]

Congrats on listening to your body and devising a play that feels right for you! A training plan is a good place to start, but you know your body best. . .

[vyola]

That sounds like a good plan. Fun and right for you :-)

Sixteen minutes without stopping! That's very good going :-D