This week the rubber meets the road and (as you will see later in this blog) I was not quite up to the task. Each day (as in all the previous weeks) begins with a brisk 5 minute warm-up. Here is a summary of the balance of the days instructions…
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) | Jog 1 mile (or 10 minutes) | Jog 2 1/4 miles (or 22 minutes) with no walking. |
This is a ramped up version of week 5. I summed up the total time and then added enough walking time at the end so that I was jogging / walking for 31 minutes total.
Day 1 with its 16 minutes of jogging was not too bad. Day 2 was not all that bad but the final 3 or 4 minutes of the 2nd jogging session was really pushing me to my body’s limits. Day 3 was where I failed (again). If you remember last week’s Day 3 was only 20 minutes and I pooped out at 18 minutes (and 10 seconds). I had the slight advantage of having 2 days rest (I did Day 3 on Saturday) but this week Day 3 was done on the normal Friday with only 2 days rest since Day 2. As a result (and this is my excuse) I was only able to run for 16 1/2 minutes.
I am not sure where to go from here. Weeks 7, 8 & 9 simply repeat the Week 6 Day 3 instructions that involve no walking whatsoever. If I am only able to do 16 or 18 minutes then Week 7’s 25 minutes is way out of my league. I have 2 days to figure it out. I will have to let you know what I decided in next week’s blog entry.
Jon
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