Friday, March 14, 2008
First 5 K
Today was the day I decided I had to go at least the 5 K distance. It was pretty slow, at 44 minutes 10 seconds. I hope I can improve on that before the race or we will be all day waiting for me to finish. (I don't know how to post it, so please tell me how or do it for me some one?) Out of that time I did jog for a total of 20 minutes. Not all together. After just 5 minutes of running my lungs burn and my heart feels like it is ready to burst out of my chest.... But I'm trying. I ran 3 minutes walked 90 seconds ran 5 minutes walked 2 1/2 minutes and did it all over again. Then I walked about 5 minutes and ran another 3, walked some more then did another 1 minute run, so I could at least get in 20 min of running. Then I walked to the end. It has been interesting to see how I really am improving even if it seems slow to the rest of you. When I started I was walking at about 3.2 mph and running at 4.2 mph. (I was even a little scared to let go and run on the treadmill at all) Today I never walked under 3.5 mph and even walked at 3.9 mph during points and I was running at 4.7 or 4.8 mph. Maybe not great to some of you, but an improvement for me. (BTW - Whitney walks at the pace I run) Oh well... I'm determined to do this...Love you all GO TEAM
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3 comments:
Nice job, Iola!! That's awesome... seriously! If you're already doing that, just think how much progress you can make before May. I've been a big lazy bum this week, so I'm really impressed!
Good Job Mom! I think that is awesome. That is how you have to do it... run a while, then walk, and run again! I am very impressed by your hard work!
That is so great momma!! You amaze me... You are at the same level as me. I think you are doing SO good and there is no doubt that you can do this in May. Keep it up!!
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