Monday, September 12, 2011

Couch to 5k

Alright so I finally decided I'm going to commit myself to doing this now that I've got a 5k picked out.... I hjave a little over 12 weeks until race day... ooh I just thought of something. I need a race countdown ticker... yeah anyways so couch to 5k program is 9 weeks long, plenty of time to get in shape!

This is the plan I am following since I don't have a smart phone with a nifty little app that does it for me. :P

Tonight I followed day 1 of workout 1 only instead of doing it for 20 minutes, I did 43 minutes. the first 5 minutes were the brisk warm-up walk and the entire rest of the way was 60 second run with 90 second walk. After reaching the 20 minutes I was still halfway from my house so I was like well I might as well keep up this pace and how fast I can make it back home. :)

Cardio Trainer app says I did 2.85 miles in 43 minutes. This website calculates my speed to be 3.9 miles per hour, so yay not bad! I'm so excited! Also if I type in how many kmh it says that is on the next one down and tell it I'm going 5k then it says at that rate I would do 5k in 46 minutes and 52 seconds. So I guess if I did a 5k today I could expect my time to be roughly 47 minutes or less. Just for kicks I'm going to take a wild guess/hope that by December I can do my 5k in 42 minutes or less. That gives me a few months to try and shave off 5 minutes of my pace. I hope I can do it!

11 comments:

  1. YAY! Go Jen! You are going to kick butt at this 5K :) Congrats on starting the program, I am looking forward to reading updates!

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  2. Hey! Just wanted to let you know I've got the chart set up on my Weight Loss Community page on my blog, you should update your running and I'll add it to the chart!

    And good luck on the 5k, I bet you'll do awesome!!

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  3. You go girl! I am doing a 5k in October and will be happy to finish in 45 minutes. Let's see if I do that. If not, I am in one in December...

    Just keep working at it!

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  4. Good luck gorgeous! Where is the 5K at? Maybe by then I can go and praise you on! lol

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  5. Thank you all for all the good luck wishes!! You can click the link underneath my ticker on the left side of the page chelsea to read all about it. The one I am running is in Dallas at Fair park!

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  6. Giving you a blog award today, I got my first and I'll be sharing the love with you! Your blog is freakin' awesome, honest and inspiring....

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  7. congrats on starting the couch to 5k. I am confident that you will be able to get a great time.

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  8. Omg april. this is my first too. THANKS LOVE!!!

    and thanks stormy, i sure hope so!!

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  9. Yay, sounds like a plan and good to know im not the only one without a smart phone lol as for the win lose or blog question, the application is right below their blog post.. i saw u commented on the post so Im thinking someting on ur browser didnt allow the application to show up? Cuz its right above your comment on their page :0( or maybe hit the refresh button.. i just checked it out and the application is definitely still there.

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  10. @Carbie Girl
    i finally see it now but it totally wasnt there at all before!!

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