Couch to 5K2 Week 4 day 1 - oh yeah baby!!

Week 3 - 5 min warm-u/cool down 90 sec run, 90 sec walk, 3 min run, 3 min walk, repeat
     Day 1 1.36 mi/18 min/13:13 pace
              1.86 mi/ 28 min/15:00 pace (w/ warm-up and cool down)
     Day 2/3 1.38 mi/18 min/13:00 pace
                  1.91 mi/28 min/14:36 pace (w/ warm-up and cool down

Week 4 - 5 min warm-up/cool down 3 min run, 90 sec walk, 5 min run, 2 1/2 min walk, repeat
     Day 1 1.75 mi/21.5 min/4.8 mph = 12:17 min pace!!!!! (according to a pace calc & assuming all info is correct)
               2.23 mi/30:26 min/14:06 min pace (w/ warm-up and cool down)

vs week 4 in July day 1: 1.85 mi total, day 3  1.95 miles/31:32 min/ 17 min mile.
vs week 6 day 1 2.25 miles in 34 min (both warm-up and cool down included)

I didn't run with my buddy today so I don't have the cool table. I ran around my neighborhood and checked against my last session's maps and it wasn't until week 6 that I accomplished what I did today. woot! woot! I went 2.23 mi total and maintaining the pace that I did last week when I didn't go as far. yeehaw!!

I could tell that I am running at a faster pace than I did the first go round. However, I think the walking path we are using when I run with my buddy is too easy. It is pretty much all flat surfaced where my neighborhood has a variety of inclines making the run more challenging and building better muscles. So today's run definitely felt challenging due to the inclines, but I did it rather well I think :)

Matthew has 3 weeks until his PT test. I was surprised/impressed when he verified the program I have been doing and told me he'd been looking for something like this to help him prepare for his great nemesis - the 2 mi run. He figures he could pick up at week 4 and be just fine b/c he is not a beginning runner. I think it is pretty cool that we'd be on the same week. Though his pace is so much faster than mine that even if we could run at the same time, we wouldn't be running together.

I have been curious about my weight b/c I haven't been able to weigh myself the last couple of weeks. The scale decided it didn't want work, even with a change of batteries, and neither do the Wii remotes, again, even with a change of batteries. I think I am losing inches but I am afraid to tape myself b/c the last time I did, there wasn't improvement. My jeans are certainly fitting better though which is nice.