Couch To 5k–Week 2

The instructions on the Couch-To-5K page for week 2 are as follows…

Brisk five-minute warm up walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

In the end (just like week 1 you are only running for 6 minutes total.  I had a slight problem with this as the math does not work out great.  Each group of 90 seconds of jogging and 2 minutes of walking is 3.5 minutes.  If you do that 4 times you get to 14 minutes.  Throw in the 5 minute warm up walk and you are only at 19 minutes.  In the end I just walked for 3 minutes at the end to get to 20 minutes (it made me feel better anyway).

As for the actual jogging part, the last 90 seconds was a little tough on Monday and Wednesday but not really.  Next week will pick up the pace a bit.

I had reached out to a former manager of mine (who is an avid runner) for advice on shoes.  I mentioned that I was only on day 1 of week 1 and one of his first questions was “Have you decided which 5k you will run?”  This week I was talking to my current manager (a former avid runner) and he asked the exact same question.  I fear that (like all things I suppose) running is going to contain a certain subset of people that may seem a little crazy to me at first in their love of the sport.  I also fear that I might become one of those people.

After next week I might have to consider getting some better running shoes.  This would involve going into a real shoe store (probably one that specializes in running [and probably one that caters to those fanatics that I am trying not to become]).  I will keep you posted.

Jon