C25K week 2
9/8/10 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wobblerlorriToday I started week 2 of the C25K, which consists of 5 min warm up, 3 sets of run (jog) 90 sec, walk 2 min, then 5 min cool down. I warmed up from 1.7 mph to 2.5 mph, ran at 3.5 mph, and walked at 2.8 mph. Broke a good but not messy sweat, got out of breath but not totally winded, recovered nicely. Distance was about 0.87 miles. So over a week (3 workouts) I'll cover 2.6 miles.
Watched my form, too, and ran on my toes and the balls of my feet. It certainly is easier on the shins, and less poundingly horrific on the poor treadmill. One note of caution: even if you think you don't need to go, pee anyway. That running on your toes will flat shake any pee in you out. I had to stop at 7:30 to pee so that I wouldn't leave a trail on the treadmill.
It amazes me I'm able to go at 3.5 mph. I never got there when I first tried the C25K (hell, I never got to jogging for 90 sec straight!), and I didn't get there the second time (max speed was 3.2 mph for 90 sec). If I could break that 4 mph barrier, who knows what could lie before me? Maybe 4.5, 5, dare I say -- 6 mph???!?!?!!!??? That would put me in the league with real runners!
So that's today's report from the land of sweaty exercisey goodness.
Oh, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arthur_sc_king, did you notice there's a new LJ comm for C25K? I've joined it, seems like a bunch of really nice people, at all different levels of accomplishment. And there's several old fat people like me!
Watched my form, too, and ran on my toes and the balls of my feet. It certainly is easier on the shins, and less poundingly horrific on the poor treadmill. One note of caution: even if you think you don't need to go, pee anyway. That running on your toes will flat shake any pee in you out. I had to stop at 7:30 to pee so that I wouldn't leave a trail on the treadmill.
It amazes me I'm able to go at 3.5 mph. I never got there when I first tried the C25K (hell, I never got to jogging for 90 sec straight!), and I didn't get there the second time (max speed was 3.2 mph for 90 sec). If I could break that 4 mph barrier, who knows what could lie before me? Maybe 4.5, 5, dare I say -- 6 mph???!?!?!!!??? That would put me in the league with real runners!
So that's today's report from the land of sweaty exercisey goodness.
Oh, and
arthur_sc_king, did you notice there's a new LJ comm for C25K? I've joined it, seems like a bunch of really nice people, at all different levels of accomplishment. And there's several old fat people like me!
