Tuesday, December 4, 2012

C25K (Week 2, Workout 1)

Instead of running on the dreadmill today, I took advantage of the beautiful day and went on a two mile run with Moby.

Even though I've run with Moby before, it is normally off-lead trail running. I ended up stopping at PetSmart first for a new leash. I ended up with one that has two padded handles. One normal handle and one about a foot away from the clasp for times when I need to keep him nearby. Despite his best efforts, he didn't end up tripping me and leaving me stranded on the trail. (In reality, he was actually extremely well behaved, reminding me why I love running with him in the first place.)


While I didn't follow the C25K workout exactly, I did base my run on time instead of distance, alternating between walking 90 seconds and running 90 seconds. When I was almost back to my car, I just decided to walk around/cool down until I hit two miles exactly.

According to my Garmin, my average speed was about 3.6 mph, but considering I was walking more than half of the time (including warm up and cool down) I'm not surprised.

Overall, I'm happy with my progress thus far. I'm confident that I'll be able to maintain my training (even if it is mostly on the dreadmill over the winter, and that I WILL run 13.1 miles in less than a year...broken foot, Moby, and all.

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