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So I realize that, according to this Couch-to-5K plan, I should've run my first race, like...last weekend. But remember I had those little pesky injuries, most notably the high-ankle strain that kept me out for three or four weeks. So even though we're three months into the year, I'm only on Week 5.
I started out Week 5 last Saturday. The first workout of Week 5 instructed a combination of running 5 minutes (1/2 mile) three times interspersed with two walking periods of 3 minutes each (R5 W3 R5 W3 R5). And I was so proud of myself for completing it - I even tacked at extra minute on to the last running segment because I was doing so well. I was so psyched at how GREAT I was that I considered coming in and blogging about it.
But first I went over to where my running program is tacked on to the refrigerator so I could put a big red Sharpie marker X through Week 5 Workout 1. I happened to take a glance at Week 5 Workout 2, which I foolishly assumed was the same as Workout 1, because that's how the first four weeks of the program had been. Only it was not. Workout 2 instructed a combination of running 8 minutes (3/4 mile), walking 5 minutes and running 8 minutes (R8 W5 R8). Whoa. That's kind of a big jump. Do they think I can run two 8-minute segments? I guess theoretically I should be able to...But then what does Workout 3 encompass?
WTF??
Run 20 minutes no walking??? Are you fucking kidding me? TWENTY MINUTES? Why the hell would they jump from 3/4 of a mile to 2 miles? It doesn't even make sense.
I read on: Week 6 Workout 1 went back to a run/walk combination (R5 W3 R8 W3 R5), which tells me that whoever wrote this fucked up running program KNEW the 20 minutes no walking was going to be a challenge and that I was going to need some extra recuperation time.
I ran my Workout 2 on Monday after work downtown on the river. It was pretty cool running down there. Flat. Flat is good. My neighborhood? Not so flat.
Today after work was Workout 3 - 20 minutes no walking. I was totally ready for the challenge. And I did it, ya'll! I ran 20 minutes no walking!
I FUCKING RAN 2 MILES TODAY!!!
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Congratulations!!
That's so funny...I didn't even know you were doing that program and got the exact same program to start next week (no exercise this week due to medical crisis).
I would be so STOKED if I could run 2 miles! (12 years ago = no problem, now = not so much).
OMG you can totally do it if you stick to the program. You're talking to the girl who NEVER EVEN TOOK A PE CLASS. I think the key is just that you keep at it b/c if you take off a week here and a week there I think you lose your momentum and the endurance that your body's built up.
congrats!!!!
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