Thursday, March 8, 2012

Week 3, Day 2 - Couch 2 5K Program

I was looking forward to my run today.  It was a gorgeous, hot, sunny, Southern Cali day!  I felt like I was dragging a bit, but once I got out in the sunshine my spirits soared and I was off!



This is how it went:

Warm up: 5 - 10 minutes Static Stretching:
  • Hip Flexors
  • Quads
  • Calves
  • Adductors (inner thighs)
Podcast - Week 3 - Day 2:
  • 5 minutes brisk walking
  • 90 seconds running
  • 90 seconds brisk walking
  • 3:00 minutes running
  • 3:00 minutes brisk walk
  • 90 seconds running
  • 90 seconds brisk walking
  • 3:00 minutes running
  • 3:00 minutes brisk walk
  • 5:00 minutes brisk walk
I continue to double the workout and cut the last, 5 minute cool down walk, to only 3 minutes and then repeated the intervals again:
  • 90 seconds running
  • 90 seconds brisk walking
  • 3:00 minutes running
  • 3:00 minutes brisk walking
  • 90 seconds running
  • 90 seconds brisk walking
  • 3:00 minutes running
  • 3:00 minutes brisk walking
  • 5 minutes brisk walking (cool down)
I remember when the 90 second intervals seemed so long and now they just fly by.  I will be curious to see how next week goes!

Cool Down: 5 minutes Static Stretching:
  • Hip Flexors
  • Quads
  • Calves
  • Adductors (inner thighs)
So glad to be doing this.

0 comments: