Ran 5 for the first time!

I've been seeing some great progress which is quite encouraging=) Here's a recap of the end of my week:

Thursday: The kids didn't have a snowday, so I was able to go to the gym and take a yoga class. It was really fun and actually made my legs a bit tired. I wasn't really expecting it to be a good workout, but we held all the positions so long it ended up working my muscles pretty well.

Friday-Ran 5 miles! I walked 1 too, for a total of 6 miles in 1:11:30. I only had to stop twice-after 3 miles and after 4.5 miles-to walk .25 miles. The amount I'm able to run without stopping is getting so much better. I'm going to try to do my 3.5 mile run tomorrow without stopping at all. As far as my speed, I ran most of the running part at 5.5mph and walked at 3.7 mph. I had to slow down to 5.2mph between 3.5-4.5 miles ran, but did the first (from 0-3 miles) and last (from 4.5-5 miles) sections of my run completely at 5.5.

Saturday-Rest day. My friend wasn't able to make it up to visit due to bad weather, but I'd already rearranged my schedule so I just kept my rest day on Saturday.

Today-Strength training and stretching. I did my whole strength circuit I got the last time I met with my trainer. I've been slacking off a bit with the strength and only doing short sessions or skipping them, so it was good to get a full workout in.


For the upcoming week, I'll be running 3.5 on M/W, 2 on T, yoga on R, and 5 miles F. I'm going away for the weekend so I arranged my schedule the same as I did this week since that worked pretty well. I'll take a rest day Saturday, hopefully get some strength in Sunday, then next Monday I won't be running but I will be skiing! I figure it won't make too much difference in training since it'll be a great substitute workout.


Miles this week: 13
Total miles:49