I'm following a women's running program that goes 16 weeks. If I follow it correctly, I run 4 days a week for the first 8 weeks, then add an extra day after that. The first 12 weeks works just on building endurance. It's based on time, so right now I do 3 days of running for 30 minutes, then I do a 40 minute run on the 4th day. The last 4 weeks builds some speed intervals into the mix and keeps the length of time about the same.
Prior to this I was poking along at about a 12:00-12:30 minute mile. I have been feeling like that was almost painful to go that slow, so I picked it up a little bit. I'm now running at about 11:00 miles, but over the course of the 30 minutes, I end up having to take about 3 walk breaks, which is frustrating. I end up, with walking, going about 2.5-2.75 miles in the 30 minutes.
It's good to see a few improvements (that I can actually go faster than I was), but frustrating at going back to doing walk intervals. I know patience, patience, patience. I did lose a little weight this week, so that has made me feel better. I even bought a pair of shorts a size smaller than normal, so that's progress also. If it weren't for my hubby's very fattening (but yummy) cooking, I'd probably lose a bit more weight!
2 weeks until the alumni run. Not sure I'll make my goal of 22:00, but we'll see. I'm pretty certain I can beat my 25:01 time from Albion though, and that would be enough for me!
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