Here’s my plan, more or less.
Since last check-in, I finished Week 5 and am starting Week 6.
Tuesday, David and I lifted weights at home for half an hour, focusing on arms. Wednesday I did the 60 minutes on a recumbent bike, mostly because I can read on my Kindle when I do it. I have to have my priorities, right? Thursday I ran 2 miles on Main St while hoping it wouldn’t rain. My average pace was 10:33 min/mile.
Saturday I ran the 4.5 miles on Main St in the evening. It was getting a little dark while I was finishing up, but we have decent streetlights. Well, there’s one darkish area, but it doesn’t last long and it’s on a residential road, so not too much traffic. After I got back I tested the SOS function on my watch. If I press the button continuously for I think it’s 5 seconds, it sends a text to David with a “Carol needs help” kinda thing and a link that opens a map showing where I am. It’s a nice reassurance, especially since I don’t usually carry my phone on runs. You can send a cancel message to if it turns out everything’s okay, a “fine now” kind of thing.
Sunday the dog and I went for a walk, a mile around the block.
Monday was a nice day. I ran 3.67 miles with a pace of 11:36 min/mile and then did an ab workout for my 20-min SS. I’m thinking I might switch Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Wednesday’s the first day of school. Wednesdays I work 9-5, then we’re at the church 6:15 – 8:00. Spending another hour at the gym after that sounds a bit much when I want to hear how Amber’s day went. Yes, I know I could just get up early and workout before work, but I so hate mornings.
Readers’ Workouts is hosted at Joy’s Book Blog.
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Your race plans are very impressive. Good Luck accomplishing your goals!
Get up early..eh, not for me either 😉
But you are doing great
Nice job on your training!
I love it when I can figure out a way to have fun and exercise at the same time — like the recumbent bike and reading the Kindle. Sometimes, I can make it work in my favor — I’ll only watch a certain show if I’m working out, which really kicks up my motivation to work out!
Looks like you had a good week! That SOS function sounds very reassuring (but I hope you never need it). I know a guy who limped home after a bad fall and it turned out that was a really bad idea. He did more damage walking on it than he did in the initial fall.
I’ve only fallen once when I was out and it was minor – just a couple of scrapes.