Not good

It was supposed to be day 3 of week 8. I didn't run. Going up and down stairs has me winded. We spent the day at the fall festival at the farm across the street. I am pooped. I may be doing a walk/run 5k after all instead of a running 5K.

Couch to 5k Week 8 day 2

28 min run/2.14 mi

Oh boy. It's like my running legs have switched off. It was so hard!!! I am not even sure I did the full 28 minutes because the phone I've been using had died so I couldn't keep track of the minutes very easily. I did the treadmill and tried to keep the pace at 4.5. I ended up going down to 4.0 and even walked a bit :/ I couldn't believe it. But, I have some theories:

1) I've gone from biking and swimming daily besides running to biking and running down to just running 3 times a week. I think my legs need that cross training.

2) I haven't been drinking my green smoothies in the morning so I'm lacking some nutrients to give me the energy I need. And besides that, I ran in the afternoon. I didn't eat much all day thinking I was going to run and wanted to drink my smoothie afterward. I would have been better off just eating and then running. I think I was running on empty.

3) I am not getting enough sleep at night. In fact, I crashed at 9:30 or so last night and still felt wasted this morning. It is tough getting used to sharing a bed after having my little pillow nest for the last three months. He isn't sleeping so great either so it's not just me.

I officially signed up for the Parkinson Alliance 5k next Sat. I sure hope it goes better than it did here yesterday!

Couch to 5k Week 8 day 1

Week 1 - 5 min warm-up 60 sec run 90 sec walk for 20 minutes
Week 2 - 5 min warm-up 90 sec run 2 min walk for 20 minutes
Week 3 - 5 min warm-up 90 sec run 90 sec walk 3 min run 3 min walk repeat once
Week 4 - 5 min warm-up 3 min run 90 sec walk 5 min run 2.5 min walk repeat once
Week 5 Day 1 - 5 min warm-up 5 min run 3 min walk 5 min run 3 min walk 5 min run
Week 5 Day 2 - 5 min warm-up 8 min run 5 min walk 8 min run
Week 5 Day 3 - 5 min warm-up 20 min run
Week 6 Day 1 - 5 min warm-up 5 min run 3 min walk 8 min run 3 min walk 5 min run
Week 6 Day 2 - 5 min warm-up 10 min run 3 min walk 10 min run
Week 6 Day 3 - 5 min warm-up 25 min run 
Week 7 Day 1 - 3 - 5 min warm-up 25 min run 
     Mon - 4.4 mph 1.85 mi
     Wed - 4.3 1.79 mi/4.1 1.72 mi
     Sat - 4.7 mph 1.94 mi
Week 8 Day 1 - 3 - 5 min warm-up 28 min run
     
     Mon - 4.6 mph 2.14 mi/4.3 mph 2.80 mi with warm-up & cool down

Not as fast as Saturday, but not as bad as Wed either. It was a bit of a rough run. I missed the music from last week. It was very motivating, although this week's had a good pace beat. I wanted to walk half way through. My mind games weren't helping much today, but I didn't give up and made it. My quads were tired from the get-go which made it harder to run with umph. The last five minutes were the best part. I made it all the way to the end of the street where my warm-up usually ends which is cool.

I can't believe I have made it this far!! One more week to go!!