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• W3/D1-3 (Repeat)

  October 2, 2009 at 10:30 am

  Last week I repeated the running schedule for Week 3 (90 seconds walking, 90 seconds running, 3 minutes walking, 3 minutes running, x2) because my skills the week prior were less than stellar. The first day the 3 minute run was killer but by the third day I actually thought “that wasn’t so bad” immediately after running. It was then I knew I was ready to continue to Week 4.

  Unfortunately, I have yet to make it out for a run at all this week. And it’s Friday already.

  I have every excuse for why I didn’t get out: work; baby; rain; 3 hours of sleep (TOTAL!) in two days. Frankly, I am just so utterly exhausted that most days I can’t even bring myself to take a shower or brush my teeth so running to improve my physical fitness is just not one of my top priorities.

  Maybe tomorrow.

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• W3/D1

  September 15, 2009 at 2:53 pm

  I have been fearful of this week’s schedule:
  90 seconds running
  90 seconds of walking
  THREE MINUTES of running
  3 minutes of walking
  repeat twice

  And so I put it off until today. The hottest day of the week.

  The routine wasn’t all that bad — considering 3 minutes is the longest I have ran since about March. Of 2008 — but jesus, 3 minutes takes FOREVER. Admittedly, I stopped to walk for about 15 seconds during each 3 minute interval but the point is that I am out there. And that I have do do this schedule 2 (TWO!) more times this week so I have plenty of time to perfect it.

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• W2/D1 and W2/D2

  September 9, 2009 at 10:52 am

  Ah. Week 2 of the C25K training.

  Since Monday was a holiday, I ran the first run of Week 2 (W2) with my Running Partner in Crime which made for a much more pleasurable jaunt. We headed out on a portion of the trail system that runs right behind our apartment condo and I still cannot get my head around how vast the recreational options are here. Unfortunately, since I “forgot” to find out what exactly W2/D1 entailed before we headed out we just ran what I was doing last week so officially W2/D1 was a FAIL, but who’s counting?

  This morning I prepared ahead of time for W2/D2 and found that W2 actually requires alternating 90 seconds of running and 2 minutes of walking. OOps. The extra 30 seconds of running was much more intense than W1 but still very do-able even for my lead feet. At one point I may even classify my stride as quick but for 90 seconds of running it ought to be.

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