| I finished the 5k race!! |
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| Sep 21, 2008 |
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I reached my goal of finishing under 30 minutes at 29:28. Although I'm a little stiff and my knees are hurting, I am motivated to keep going. There's another 5k race in October that I don't think I'll pre-register for because you never know what the weather will be like. I'll still train for it anyways and if the weather is nice I'll be ready to sign-up on race day. At this point, I'm setting my next race goal for a spring-time 10k in 2009.
Lost a few inches since last month according to my questionably accurate body measurements. So I'm happy about that.
I'm considering going vegetarian for a while just to keep me from making bad restaurant choices. I read somewhere that eating a french fry is as bad as smoking a cigarette. Chips are even more toxic with all the processing they go through. In light of that news bit, I'll keep those choices off my menu from now on.
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| Tiger Woods congratulated me on running my fastest mile to-date. |
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| Aug 28, 2008 |
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My Nike+IPod is sooooo fun. Yes, Tiger's voice came on congratulating me and it was completely unexpected and I felt so proud of myself. I LOVE having goals!! And having someone in the background cheering you on is so rewarding. I ran my last 10min. between 7.6 and 9.2. What an achievement!! Overall I ran 4.5 km in 30 minutes, but I took an untimed excluded restroom break after the first 10 minutes. Maybe I will make my 30 minute 5k after all ;-)
Race pace calculator has me finishing 5km in 33 minutes, 34 sec. It's getting better!
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| So that I don't forget how far I've come |
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| Aug 27, 2008 |
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| I ran 30 minutes on the treadmill yesterday. Yay!! I was always within the 7.2kph to 8.4kph range. My workout consisted of alternating 1-minute intervals like 7.2 and 8.4, 7.4 and 8.2, 7.6 and 8.0, etc. I stayed mostly in the 7.x, but it was a great improvement over my first run a few weeks ago where I could not get over 7.4 for more than a minute. Now I seem to be able to keep a steady 7.4 with greater ease, but I'm still a little over-trained today - so I'm taking a day off for recovery.My goal for the Sept. 21st 5km race is to hit and maintain the 10kph pace at some point. Ideally, I'll finish in 30min, but the race predictor doesn't see it happening. As it stands, it looks like the bf will finish 5min. ahead of me. He's faster, but hasn't run over 2.5km yet. He should (and will) reach 5km a week or so before the race. Oh well, at least I'll have someone cheering for me at the finish-line! |
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| Lesson 1 : Listen to your body |
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| Aug 22, 2008 |
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I over-trained yesterday, I did not sleep enough and I had to forgo my workout today :-(
. That's ok though. I'll just work out a bit more this weekend. My lesson: listen to your body...take breaks when you have to to prevent injury and sickness.
I knew it would happen from the moment I started to feel queasy after raising the speed on the treadmill. Bad move to keep going. I did it because I still can't believe it takes me more than 30 minutes to run a 5k!!
I was never a great athlete. My personal best for the 5km was 25:30 min. (over 10 years ago!). During my training days I was averaging 26 to 28 minutes, granted I weighed less and I was younger but I can't believe I'm only doing 3.66km for a 30 minute treadmill run (that's about 7.5km/hr) ...and on top of it, I'm wiped out after!! How am I going to top my speed with another 1.34km?? Probably impossible.
You runners out there know how hard it is to even improve your speed by a minute.
Will I realize my dream of the 30 minute 5k by Sept. 21st?
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