C25K-W5D2
The C25K program consists of three workouts per week for nine weeks. This is the results of the workout for week five, day two.
Program: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. 8 minute run. 5 minute walk. 8 minute run. Five-minute cool-down walk.
Result: I completed the workout as planned. My heart rate averaged 139 bpm and peaked at 163 bpm. Including the warm-up and cool-down walks, I did 2.15 miles in 35:20 for an average speed of 3.66 mph.
This workout went better. It certainly wasn’t easy, but it was not the struggle the last was. I didn’t feel like I had to stop during a run and I even started running a little early. I started my timer at the beginning of the Beatsmith podcast. At 6:30, I was wondering where the run beeps were. I thought I had missed them. So, I started running just in case. Then, the beeps came. There was a period near the beginning of the second run segment where things flowed smoothly. I was in the groove, moving along easily at an 11:09 pace. Surprisingly, this came only thirty seconds or so into the run segment. Then, I lost the groove and had to push again. It was nice while it lasted. I hope to find it again. I have quite a few workouts left to search for it.