Week 1 of 23: Monday

Distance: 2.55 miles
Average Pace: 3.4 mph

I was on the treadmill today.
Running felt really good , I ran much more than I was able to last week.
I did:
5 min walk, 5 min run, 4 min walk, 5 min run, 7 min walk, 2 min run, 5 min walk, 3 min run, 9 min walk.

the bolded 2 minute run above was my most difficult. But I was able to scrap together some energy for the final push of a 3 minute run.

I'm glad because I was able to hit my 15 minute running goal, which is FAR better than I had expected. I was also to work on my pecs for a bit. I didn't have a spotter with my free weights and the last rep I hurt my right elbow a bit.

I'm doing the fartlek (yea, I know... I said fart) method of training (or at least a slightly modified version of it) so I'm stagering my running. I plan on slowly increasing the duration of the running to the point where I'm running the entire workout. Also when I slow down to a walk the walk is still brisk with my heart rate elevated to about 60-75% max heart rate.

This style of work out helps to build endurance suposedly. As a new runner my "run" is really more of a jog and I'm not going very fast at all. My brisk walk pace is 3.0 mph and the jogging today was at 4.2 mph.