The Final Run!

I did it!  I managed to RUN my 5K.

5K Motivation

As of 9:15 this morning I was offically signed up for the Electric Run on May 31.  It's a run at night through the city with crazy neon and glow in the dark, strobe lights and other fun stuff.  Check it out and see if there's one in your city!  I can't wait!

http://electricrun.com/?utm_source=ElectricRun&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Minneapolis_2.18.13_announcement

Couch to 5K final week!

At the end of this week I will time myself to see just how long it takes to RUN not WALK my 5K.  I will have to devise a way to stick to my schedule as my son's 11th birthday falls on this week; which may mean some very early mornings or rather late night treadmill times.

2/22/13	2/23/13	2/24/13	2/25/13	2/26/13	2/27/13	2/28/13
Run 2.5 miles	Run/Walk 3 miles	Run/Walk 4 miles	Shred	Rest	Dance	Run 5K 3.1 miles

Couch to 5K week 3

As noted in my last entry, even minor injuries can set one back.  I switched my day off from Tuesday to Monday giving my left side a chance to recuperate.  That was of course a wonderful idea, though I didn't look to see what I was supposed to be doing Monday night and so firt thing Tuesday morning I went for 30 minutes on the treadmill.  30 minutes because that's how long a video typcially is and I didn't want to run out of time to still get ready for work and leave the house.  Run/walking two days in a row wasn't bad actually and with the interval training I did on Wednesday night I think I will still be on track for increasing my time by the end of the month.


Pushing through and feeling great/sort of!  Ready to hit the treadmill running as I move into week three.

2/15/13	2/16/13	2/17/13	2/18/13	2/19/13	2/20/13	2/21/13
Run 2 miles	Shred	Run/Walk 2.5 miles	Dance	Rest	Run/Walk 3 miles	Shred

Just not a day for exercise

With my son's concert being the only interruption thus far in my schedule I was not prepared for today.  Besides the wonderful threat of a horrible snow storm coming in and cleaning for some soon to be visiting family I had an incident this morning.  While grocery shopping this morning my son who loves to push the cart accidentally ran into my left ankle, ripping a hole in my sock and leaving a red mark across my Achilles tendon.  I had hopes once it no longer seemed to bother me that I would be fine on my run/walk of 2 miles today.
Combine the minor irritation to my ankle and the shoveling of some very heavy wet snow prior to my workout; I went down fast.  I started off at a nice clip (4 mph), good music to keep pace by, nice even breath.  Then the phone rang; had to stop and answer as it was family.  My return to the treadmill attempting the same pace did not last long.  First my left hip began to hurt radiating down into my butt and up my back, then my left calf, followed by my ankle.  In all I managed 1.2 miles in 20 minutes with the last 5 minutes at a slow walking pace desperately hoping that my calf wouldn't freeze up.

Oh Well.  There's always tomorrow's workout.

Couch to 5K week 2

One week down and three more to go.  My run/walks were more run than walk.  Go Me!  I really missed working out on Tuesday and due to my son springing a concert on me (he's been telling me for the last few weeks that it was today not last night) I missed my workout last night.  Today I'm thinking I will combine yesterdays workout with todays run.

Here's my up coming training schedule:

2/8/13	2/9/13	2/10/13	2/11/13	2/12/13	2/13/13	2/14/13
Run 1 mile	Dance	Run/Walk 2 miles	Shred	Rest	Run/Walk 2.5 miles	Dance

Couch to 5K in 28 Days

I know, the challenge is supposed to be for 30, but how does one manage to squeeze in 30 days in the short stature 28 day February?  I've done a 5K before, granted it was six years ago and my time was horrible because I didn't bother to do any serious training.  While I am not scheduled to run a 5K anytime soon, I would like to be able to at least get my personal time to be less.

I've researched the traditional couch to 5K program and while it is typically spread out over 6 weeks I am going to cram it into just 4.  I am not going to go into this with cold muscles.  I have been exercising, reawakening my muscles to the more vigorous activities such as running and aerobics, which, hopefully, will allow me to complete this month's challenge sans injuries.

I'm tweaking the program so that I will be active 6 days each week with one day of rest which based off my schedule will be Tuesdays.  This first week I will alternate between running on my treadmill and aerobic/weight training at home videos.  My videos will rotate between all out cardio dance and Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred -to help build and tone those winter lost muscles.  Maybe when the spring thaw finally reaches me in the Northern Midwest, I will find a 5K to actually run and cream my last time (of 47:55).


Week 1's Schedule:

2/1/13	2/2/13	2/3/13	2/4/13	2/5/13	2/6/13	2/7/13
Run/Walk 1 mile	Shred	Run/Walk 1.5 mile	Dance	REST	Run/Walk 2 miles	Shred