On Tuesday I officially started Week 2 of the Couch-to-5k running program that is the basis for my cardio workouts.
| 5k Week | Date | Incline | Warmup | Walk | Jog | Time | Miles | KMs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a | 9/25/2007 | 2% | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 37 | 2.34 | 3.77 |
| 2a | 9/26/2007 | 2% | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 37 | 2.33 | 3.75 |
| 2a | 9/27/2007 | 2% | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 37 | 2.33 | 3.75 |
I am warming up with a 5 minute walk at 3.5mph then alternating 90 seconds of jogging at 5.0mph with 2 minutes of walking at 3.0. I repeat this for 9 intervals with the last walk being an extra 30 seconds to get me to 37 minutes exactly.
The first day was pretty tough; I wanted to quit a couple of times. Wednesday was a little easier but there was a couple of times my heart rate got up to 188 according to my treadmill, which is actually above my maximum heart rate. Probably shouldn’t be doing that! If it’s true, who knows with the treadmill. My range for these workouts is normally between 145 and 165. Yesterday was pretty easy - my legs felt heavy toward the end but I made it through fairly easily, even pumping my arms like Rocky through one running interval as Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell played on my MP3 player.
I spent 4 weeks on Week 1 of the program and I am in no rush to get out of Week 2. I’m hoping to get another day in this week and then next week I think I’ll start upping my walking pace.
Slowly and surely I’ll get there.
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