Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Training week 7/7 - 7/13

This is the 1st week of my 5K training program...it runs Mon-Sun

Monday - Crosstraining:
Spinning class 1 hr.

Tuesday - Easy Run:
1/2 mile warm/cool, ran mile 1 @ 9:11, mile 2 @ 10:10. (2mi @ 9:60)
Total 3 miles.

Wednesday - Speedwork @ 5:30 am:
Warmup 1.25 mile
Run 3x800 w/400 recovery jog between repeats
1st repeat @ 5:16
2nd repeat @ 4:41
3rd repeat @ 5:14
Cool down 1.5 mile
Total 5 miles.
This is the first time I have ever done anything like this before! WOW!!! :o)

Thurday & Friday (on trip): Stretching, sit-ups & pushups

Saturday: Easy 3 mile run

Sunday: Long run 7 miles in the rain!!! (Pace: 10:56)

Total for week: 18 miles :0)

2 comments:

Robert Kelly said...

WOW!!! WAY TO GO. what did you think of speed training?

Mom said...

It was crazy...I thought I was going to puke!! It took a little more than an hour to cool down and for my face to return to normal color! :0)