Category Archives: Training Log

You may have noticed that the posts regarding my progress in the Couch to 5K training program ended awhile ago.  Unfortunately I had to put the running with the Couch to 5K on hold due to an injury. An injury … Continue reading →

Day 3 – 20 minutes of continuous running.  It sits there on the C25K schedule…taunting me.  Surrounded by days of running with walk breaks, that 20 minutes of running really sticks out like a sore thumb. I woke up this … Continue reading →

Today’s C25K run was a little more enjoyable since I was using my new Polar F4 heart rate monitor .  I spent some time Sunday afternoon at the indoor track calculating my VO2 Max level so that I could check … Continue reading →

Today’s c25k schedule calls for an alternating pattern of five minute runs separated by three minute walks.  Not too much of a change from day three of week four so the run went pretty quickly.  The weather was perfect,  just … Continue reading →

If Sunday is my favorite C25K day, Tuesday is my least favorite.  I always seem to struggle on day 3.  It’s a work day, the day after a very busy day at the office.  I usually stay up to late … Continue reading →

Day Two of the Couch to 5K program is my favorite out of the three.  It falls on Sunday.  My body and mind is rested from a day off of work and as I run my mind isn’t thinking about … Continue reading →

I was glad I woke up early enough to get my C25K workout in early yesterday morning.  The temperature was going to get in the low 90′s and the humidity was going to be close to 90%.  A combination that … Continue reading →

Instead of waking up for my C25k workout at 5:00, I slept through the alarm and woke up just in time to make it to work.  Doh! I hate when that happens.  I can tell I’m getting hooked on this … Continue reading →

I went to bed last night feeling a little nervous about today’s couch to 5K workout.  Part of the day I had to put on my knee brace that I wear when I’m running or doing anything that’s physical and … Continue reading →

I woke up today and looked at the clock.  Ugh, I slept through the alarm and had enough time to eat and get off to breakfast.  You know when your starting to get hooked on exercise when you feel like … Continue reading →