Day 51
Man, that was tough.
5 minutes walking
4 minutes jogging/1 minute walking x 2
6 minutes jogging/2 minutes walking
8 minutes jogging/2 minutes walking (again, I needed to take 2 20 second breaks in this)
40 seconds jogging to make up the lost time
Total time: 38 minutes
Total mileage: same as Monday give or take, probably about 1.85 miles
I wasn’t 100% from Thursday when I started this one, but I didn’t have shin/calf pain during the run, just really heavy feet. It was also ungodly humid out there today, without any heat to speak of, so it was a really hostile running environment. Despite all that, breathing was pretty good until the last half of the last jog. I technically didn’t get all of my first minute walking because I forgot to pee before I left the house and had to hit the men’s room at the ranger station before I did jog #2, so that probably had some impact. All in all, though, I put my week’s time in on this workout level and, with a little bit of smoke and mirrors, got through it.
Looking through my book, wow, I had the 8/2 and 6/2 backwards this week. That might’ve had something to do with why the runs were as tough as they were. I guess I will try next week’s workout level after all.
And with that, onward to Tuesday. One of these days, when I feel rested enough, I need to switch back to Mon./Wed./Friday runs. It works with what’s barely passing for a schedule in my life a little better.