Sunday, December 2, 2012

Pre-birthday challenge

My 34th birthday is exactly 61 days away and I want to make them count - not only losing weight wise, but also workout wise. When I hit my first mile straight a couple weeks ago, I decided that I need to refocus and work on increasing my running mileage. So I have a new challenge...run an entire 5K straight!








Source: google.com via Kathy on Pinterest


I found this 8 week long 5K Training schedule for Beginners that I want to follow. It finished up with me doing a 5K on Sunday, January 27...the weekend before my birthday. I did have to make 2 changes though...I had swap Monday and Tuesday because Tuesday is my Weight Watcher meeting day (I'll talk about WW on Tuesday). I also had to swap Wednesday and Sunday to give me a break after the Saturday long run.


My training schedule


Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
Dec
3-9
12/3

1 mi run
12/4

Rest
12/5
20-30 min
run or CT
12/6

1 mi run
12/7

Rest
12/8

1.5 mi run
12/9
CT or Rest
2
Dec
10-16
12/10

1.5 mi run 
12/11

Rest
12/12
20-30 min
run or CT
12/13

1.5 mi run
12/14

Rest
12/15

1.75 mi run
12/16

CT or Rest
3
Dec
17-23
12/17

2 mi run
12/18

Rest
12/19
20-30 min
run or CT
12/20

1.5 mi run
12/21

Rest
12/22

2 mi run
12/23

CT or Rest
4
Dec
24-30
12/24

2.25 mi run
12/25

Rest
12/26
25-35 min
run or CT
12/27

1.5 mi run
12/28

Rest
12/28

2.25 mi run
12/30

CT or Rest
5
Dec 31-
Jan 6
12/31

2.5 mi run
1/1

Rest
1/2
25-35 min
run or CT
1/3

2 mi run
1/4

Rest
1/5

2.5 mi run
1/6

CT or Rest
6
Jan
7-13
1/7

2.75 mi run
1/8

Rest
1/9
35-40 min
run or CT
1/10

2 mi run
1/11

Rest
1/12

2.75 mi run
1/13

CT
7
Jan
14-20
1/14

3 mi run
1/15

Rest
1/16
35-40 min
run or CT
1/17

2 mi run
1/18

Rest
1/19

3 mi run
1/20

CT
8
Jan
21-27
1/21

3 mi run
1/22

Rest
1/23

CT or Rest
1/24

2 mi run
1/25

Rest
1/26

Rest
1/27

5K Race!


The race I decided on doing is the 5K at the USA Fit Marathon. I was kind of limited with options...there aren't many races in January and I wanted to do one specifically on the the 27th.

I'm super excited now...I can't wait to start tomorrow. Hopefully I can knock out a mile tomorrow. Last Monday, I got winded after only half a mile. But maybe since I am taking today off I will be ready to go tomorrow.

As far as weight goes, my goal is to lose at least 15 pounds in this time period. I know it is asking a lot (almost 2 pounds per week) especially during the holidays, but I'm hoping with all this exercise I can make that happen!

Until later, happy running!
Jamie

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