OHR w3/2

Treadmill run in SLC. Sucked. I couldn't get my heart rate under control - was up around 180 for most of the time. I was determined to get 30 minutes of running in though. Must have been the altitude that got to me. I also suspect that the treadmill was going faster than it said.

5 minutes - walk - easy
8 minutes - run - 5mph - HARD
2 minutes - walk
8 minutes - run - 5mph - HARD
2 minutes - walk
5 minutes - 4un - 4.5mph - hard to go that slow but better for lungs
5 minutes - walk
1.5 minutes - run - 4.8 mph
3.5 minutes - walk
1.5 minutes - 4un - 4.8 mph
3.5 minutes - walk
3 minutes - run - 4.8 mph
2 minutes - walk
3 minutes - run 4.8 mph
5 minutes - walk

OHR w3/1

I've made a decision to go with the One Hour Runner program. Not sure why - just finally decided.

I also decided that today is run 1 of week 3. Kind of arbitrary but feels about right.

So 5 minutes walk, 30 minutes jog, 5 minutes walk. Easy. With Mark. Kind of boring.

not the Christmas Classic 5K

We were signed up to run the Christmas Classic 5K this morning. Buckets of rain and 5 hours of sleep made me say no way.

I think I won't sign up for any runs in advance unless I'm sure of the weather - that's too much $$$ down the drain.

I did manage to get off the couch and go for a nice jog (alone) this afternoon. I tried to come up with a 5K route but the garmin died partway through so I ended up a little short. I enjoyed it though.

and some new gear!

new socks = excellent
new vest = excellent
new tights = not sure, but were appropriate for the weather

some days it is better to just go for a walk

I didn't feel like running today. After too many days in a row of nausea and heartburn I just couldn't bring myself to go jog - but I didn't want to waste the nice weather so we went for a long walk with Dessie.

It was beautiful.

b210k hybrid w1/3

today was much harder. muggy, warm, heavy, nauseous.

I had a feeling we went out too fast - and sure enough, average speed on first interval was 5.6 mph! at least there was a reason it sucked.

5+ minutes - walk
16 minutes - run
4 minutes - walk
16 minutes - run
5+ minutes - walk

next week I think we should just do 30 minute runs and then sunday we have another 5K. It will be interesting to see if we do any faster/slower/better/worse.

b210k hybrid w1/2

I think we're going to end up just making things up for a few weeks. Hopefully that isn't a bad idea.

Today we did this

5 minutes - walk
11 minutes - jog
1 minute - walk
11 minutes - jog
1 minute - walk
11 minutes - jog
walk home (6.5 minutes)

Dessie came with again, and she did pretty well. She has a hard time towards the end. Mark seemed to have a little bit of a hard time too but maybe that was just because he had the dog.

moving on - Bridge to 10K/One Hour runner hybrid w1/1

Lots of firsts today.

First day of new program. I've decided to combine the Bridge to 10K interval style program with the One Hour Runner. I couldn't decide between the two and didn't see the harm in combining them.

Today I did the first run of the B210K

5 min walk
10 min run
1 min walk
10 min run
1 min walk
10 min run
1 min walk (plus an extra minute)
10 min run
5 min walk (got home after 4 minutes)

It was the first run in a while that felt challenging so that's good.

More firsts - it was the first time we went in the rain. At first it was just sprinkling, then it rained hard. I don't prefer the rain.

And - we brought Dessie again! She did well but Mark decided to take her home after the 3rd 10 minute run so I was on my own in the end.

Here's to keeping going with this! And Rhonda - if you're reading this - GO RUN!!! :-)