Week 1 Report

Week 1 of training is done and there are 19 more weeks to go! I currently and following a training schedule from Stack. This is s 20 week program that starts out easy. Week 1 was an easy 10 miles and 40 minutes of cross training. Each week the runs become progressively longer and harder. Cross training time increase as well. The longest run is 20 miles in week 18. While I would like the longer run to maybe be two or three miles longer, I’m going to do my best to stick to the schedule to a T. However, the reason that I like and chose this training plan was specifically for the variety of runs. There are runs that are all about going up and down hills, runs that are divided into hard, moderate, and easy sections, and runs that allow you to play with your pace. I also love how it includes cross training into the schedule too!

So how did my first week go? It looked something like this:

• Tuesday (5/20): 20 minutes on a stationary bike. I watched Netflix and it was awesome. 
• Wednesday: 3 miles outside at a 9:56 pace. This was my first run after the half marathon and it hurt but I’m super glad I did it.
• Thursday: 20 minutes of yoga to work on hip strength. 
• Friday: 3 miles on the treadmill at a 9:58 pace. I watched Netflix again. This is becoming a bad habit. 
• Saturday: Another 20 minutes of yoga. This was more general stretching out.
• Sunday: 4 miles on the treadmill at a 9:53 pace. My fiancé was running around the gym making funny faces at me so the running itself went by quickly.
• Monday (5/26): Although this is supposed to be a rest day, I still did 10 minutes of yoga to stretch out and jumped in the pool for 15 minutes.

I feel good about the first week and I can’t wait to step it up for the second week. I’m hoping to get outside more in order to keep training on the road. It will all depend on the bipolar Portland weather and my time management skills. Next week is 14 miles and 50 minutes of cross training. Can’t wait!