So today, I tried to make this my "long run" day. The way my workout plan arranges my jogs is to have my "long run" days on Saturdays. So despite the fact that I can't run uninterrupted yet, I was able to get 5 miles in today.
Let me start off saying it took me nearly forever to get in 5 miles. Today, it took an hour and 10 minutes to finish 5 miles. I need to get my speed up for this. I would like to average 10 minute miles, so I would have to shave off 20 minutes off of this time. The good news is that I have 15 more weeks of progress.
The way I arranged my workout today was to increase my "jogging" intervals to 5 minutes. It felt so good to do this. The down side is that I had longer walking intervals at 4.0. I need to learn to trust that my body will get me through the jogs and stop taking such long walking breaks. By the end of this month I want to be up to 5 miles of straight jogging. After this point, I will begin to look for some jogging buddies I think.... even if I don't, I will definitely begin jogging outdoors. While I love being able to jog in a gym that allows you to watch movies, I would prefer to be outside being nosy and working on my tan.
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