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?
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