Couch to 5K
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wobblerlorriStarted the Couch to 5K Training Plan this past Thursday, did the second workout today. I was able to do two stints of jogging at 3 mph for a whole minute without dying today! Heart rate got up to about 140 -- my target is 128, which is based on a maximum heart rate of 171.6 (which is 208 - (0.7 x 52), 52 being my age), and the target being 75% of the MHR. So a little high, but I imagine that will come down as I proceed. Didn't hit maximum, though!
I'm not worrying about what the scale does or doesn't show -- I think scales are evil things. I'll simply go by how my clothes fit, and what the doctor says in January, when I go again. I don't have to have blood work done til then, as my stats have been nice and stable, so she bumped me up to every 6 months for blood work.
So far I've done two 30 min workouts, 5 min warm up, 20 min alternating 1.5 min brisk walk (2.5 mph) and 30 sec jog (3 mph), then 5 min cool down. I've returned to a resting heart rate of 74 within 15 min of ending my workouts. My next workout will be Monday, and I think I'll stick to a Monday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule as much as possible, and have a 2 day rest over the weekends...
And that's about all I have to say about that. I'm hoping I don't stall out (like I did last time) at only being able to jog for 45 sec at a time. I'd surely love to be able to hop on the treadmill and do a 30 min workout running at 4 mph or more. Which to me seems blazing fast, considering I run side to side almost as much as I run straight forward...
I wonder if using the treadmill will make it easier for me, since I have something to hold onto to keep me running straight... when I was using the high school track, the lane lines helped some, but I still wandered around in the lane a LOT.
I'm not worrying about what the scale does or doesn't show -- I think scales are evil things. I'll simply go by how my clothes fit, and what the doctor says in January, when I go again. I don't have to have blood work done til then, as my stats have been nice and stable, so she bumped me up to every 6 months for blood work.
So far I've done two 30 min workouts, 5 min warm up, 20 min alternating 1.5 min brisk walk (2.5 mph) and 30 sec jog (3 mph), then 5 min cool down. I've returned to a resting heart rate of 74 within 15 min of ending my workouts. My next workout will be Monday, and I think I'll stick to a Monday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule as much as possible, and have a 2 day rest over the weekends...
And that's about all I have to say about that. I'm hoping I don't stall out (like I did last time) at only being able to jog for 45 sec at a time. I'd surely love to be able to hop on the treadmill and do a 30 min workout running at 4 mph or more. Which to me seems blazing fast, considering I run side to side almost as much as I run straight forward...
I wonder if using the treadmill will make it easier for me, since I have something to hold onto to keep me running straight... when I was using the high school track, the lane lines helped some, but I still wandered around in the lane a LOT.
