Day 7 – Couch to 5k
Posted on 09 March 2010
Cold but nice run tonight. Completed my longest distance and longest interval of running; 3.3k with a long interval of 4 minutes! While really cool, it wasn’t supposed to be 4 minutes, only 3. The plan this week is 90 sec run, 90 sec walk, 3 min run, 3 min walk, alternate for 20 minutes. I ended up running 4 minutes due to difficulty in keeping track of the time splits and an inability to read the time on the new program I used tonight.
As you may have noted, I moved my run week start day from Sunday to Tuesday. Hopefully, this allows me to push for a longer run on Saturday and enjoy a quite Sunday. Shin spints are still bugging, but I’m stretching really well and icing down both the front and back of my calf. They didn’t start hurting until the run was done. I thought that was really good. It’s interesting talking about running with people. I’ve looked on the internet and have been reading a book, and there’s just not much info on running for a guy 5’11″, 275#! I’m taking it one week at a time and feel really good so far
As for my tracking program, I still haven’t decided between the Nike+ system and just using my Blackberry with AllSport GPS. The Nike+ is nice as it will track both my outside run and treadmill, but it is very dependent on a constant stride, something I’m not doing well with right now. My Blackberry is great outside as it has GPS, but useless for inside runs. Nike+ is $30 and my BB program is $20. Hmmm, what to do.
Anyway, thanks for following along with me. I hope this may inspire some of you to grab a pair of running shoes and hit the road.
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