Well I got off task for the last few days. Working on getting back to an exercise schedule. Would be nice if the endomondo app could post here like it does to facebook.
Day 8 – 5K Training
Only walking as planned. Was able to complete 1.97 miles in 32m:31s The weather is much nicer here in Dallas than at home. Not looking forward to the workouts when I return. The RGV humidity is terrible.
Day 6 and Day 7 – 5K Training
Day 6 I tried to walk 3.1 miles or 5k I miss judged the distance of my route so I ended up .25 mi short and finished in 42min 42sec
Day 7 I’ve not done anything so taking a day of rest. Will get back at it tomorrow, will probably just walk for 30 min.
Day 4 and 5 – 5K training
Day 4 – nothing gave my left leg a rest and finished painting my kitchen.
Day 5 – did the last day of my 3 low 1 med interval training. Going to just try to walk 3.1 miles the next few days. Will start a 2 low 2med interval on Monday.
My next 5k – Day 2 and Day 3
Day 2 was boring I just walked 2.7 miles. I’m using trial and error to see how long it takes me to walk a 5K.
Day 3 this one has made me hurt. Both of my shins are throbbing and my right knee is protesting. I did my 3 low 1 med interval run again, same as Day 1. Pain in my shins took my mind of my breathing so I wasn’t sucking wind as bad until the last set. According to the scale, I lost 3 pounds of sweat. I’m thinking my scale is whacked. My major goal for the rest of today is to drink 6 glasses of water. 1 I’m drinking now as I type.
Tomorrow I plan on just walking. Going to get in my truck later and drive a 3.1 mile route so I can get a feel for the distance.
My next 5k
Doesn’t that subject title make is sound like I’ve run alot of them? Truth this will only be my 2nd one. I ran my first one 3 years ago. I think I finished that one in 43 minutes. I half jogged / half walked it. My goal for this one is to jog the whole thing. 3.1 miles = 5k So I’m going to try out interval training, I found an easy pattern either on sparks.com or from runner’s world. I was tired when I looked it up so I’m not sure which. Basically its 3 mins low, 1 minute medium, 3 min low, 1 minute med, … repeat until you hit 27 minutes. Time to give it a try… now where did I put my running shoes?
Tomato Experiment Year 2
Ok my first backyard tomato planting was very poor. Only got 3 tomatoes from my 6 plants. I’m starting again but from seeds this time, so I’ve got over 20 plants. Hope to build an above ground garden box next weekend. Photos will be uploaded and linked then.
Tomato Experiment.
I started growing 6 tomato plants in my backyard last week. Since I just downloaded the wordpress app for android I thought I’d try to blog a bit more.
Here comes school
Ready or not next week I have to go back to work. I get 1 week of inservices, a few hours in my room and then wham… new batch of students. I can’t believe another year has come and gone. Why does time fly by so fast when you are older. I remember as a kid how slow things seemed to go.
I’m looking forward to this year, not really sure why. Maybe I’m trying to put a subconscious positive attitude/spin thingy on this year. Maybe I’ve had too much coffee and my brain cells are hoped up on caffeine. Who knows?
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