I ran 5 minutes STRAIGHT tonight...not once...but TWICE!!!
I decided to go ahead and move on to C25K's week 4 workout. Which is 5 minute warm-up; 3:00 min. run; 1:30 min. walk; 5:00 min. run; repeat and then a 5 minute cool down. So that means that I ran for 16 MINUTES total tonight! I still can't believe it!
I got to use my new MP3 player this time, which I've convinced is the only thing that got me through the 5 minute runs...especially the second one (Thank you Nickelback). There are two bad things about listening to music while running, to me anyways. 1. I want to dance...and that's impossible while running and 2. I can't hear my Garmin beeping so I had to look at it frequently.
I was pretty slow, but I just wanted to finish without having to stop and walk during a running interval...and I didn't! HA...take that HUSBAND! David didn't think that I could do it. Booger!
Here are my splits. I was hoping for better...but hey, I've never ran 5 minutes straight so I'm happy! : )
| Day One | Day One | ||
| C25K Week 4 | Time | Distance | Avg Pace |
| 1 | 05:00.0 | 0.25 | 19:45 |
| 2 | 03:00.0 | 0.22 | 13:46 |
| 3 | 01:30.0 | 0.08 | 19:01 |
| 4 | 05:00.0 | 0.34 | 14:42 |
| 5 | 02:30.0 | 0.13 | 19:15 |
| 6 | 03:00.0 | 0.19 | 15:40 |
| 7 | 01:30.0 | 0.07 | 20:02 |
| 8 | 05:00.0 | 0.31 | 15:57 |
| 9 | 05:00.0 | 0.26 | 19:12 |
| 10 | 02:32.4 | 0.14 | 18:49 |
Way to go! I know how exciting it is to see yourself doing things you never imagined!
ReplyDeleteGo Ernie. You'll be running 10 mins straight before you know it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job!!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent job! You're past the 5 minute hump. That was the hardest for me. It's all down hill from here. Once you can do fives, the rest is easy:-)
ReplyDeleteYAY Ernie! I knew you could do it :) That is so awesome. See, music (that you don't have to sing yourself) makes it so much easier. Glad you got the MP3 player.
ReplyDeleteCongrats,Ernie!! That's awesome. I am getting ready to start running and I am terrified...reading your blog gives me hope that I can do it! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteTonya, I was terrified too! I still can't believe that I'm able to do what I'm doing now, let alone the 60 second runs I started with. If I can do it...you can DEFINITELY do it! : )
DeleteWay to go Ernie!! That is AMAZING! I know what you mean about wanting to dance!!! I just dance in my head - hee hee :-)
ReplyDeleteWOOHOO!! That's great! You're definitely motivating me to get my butt out there and give it a try. You're quite the inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteBridgette