Well it's been 5 days since I ran my first 10k. I was a little more worn out and beat up than I expected. I guess I didn't stretch enough afterwards and then I did a boat load of walking at the Renaissance Festival the next day while pushing a double jogger with a 3 and 5 year old. Somehow I ended up with shin splints on Tuesday so I rested an extra day, which didn't help at all.
On Wednesday, I went to the gym and did an easy 5K on the treadmill. The first 3K was horrendous! I thought my calves were going to lockup and I was going to get shot off the back of the treadmill. The last 2K actually felt pretty good and the stretch afterwards helped a bunch.
Thursday I planned on running another easy 5k on the road, but at the last minute I remembered that I got that training mix "My first 10K" from Nike for signing up for the Human Race. Just before I started out, I decided to try it. I probably should have listened to the whole thing before trying it. As it turns out there at two sets of 1 minute intervals, which I have never done before. The funny thing is that they say in the mix, that if you can finish this whole workout without walking you can definitely finish the Human Race. So since I finished it, now I know I have to run the whole thing! The workout wasn't that hard, other than the intervals, so I guess I'll try to work it into my "routine" once a week. The only thing is that 1 minute intervals don't graph well, and as one of my fellow runners said, it's looks like you were running drunk.
While my next goal is still to run the NYC Half-Marathon next year, I don't think I will start training for it until next year. This year I think I will continue running 3-6 miles and hopefully pick up some speed.
I plan on running a 5K in October and hope to post a sub 30 minute time. I know that's not really a stretch, but it's still an improvement over my last 5k race time.
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