Today I realized I was ready to move on to Week 3 of the Couch to 5K Schedule, so I skipped Week 2. Even then, I modified it a bit, so for the running intervals, I ran 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes for a total of 10 minutes of running, instead of the recommended 1.5 minutes, 3 minutes, 1.5 minutes, 3 minutes, or a total of 9 minutes of running. I thought I might be ready for 12 minutes of running today, but about halfway through the run, I realized I was not ready yet. It was another good run today, but not as good as the last one. The last interval today seemed to last forever, and I kept looking at the time to see if it was time to stop and walk yet.
I had to laugh at myself as I turned a corner on the way back. There was an aluminum guard rail at the corner, and I thought it would be fun to grab on to it and sort of "swing" myself around the corner as I was running, but the guard rail was loose, so one side came off in my hand and swung out onto the sidewalk, and would have followed behind me if I had not let it go. This happened near a busy road, so I'm sure I was good entertainment for someone.
I am curious as to how much, if at all, my breakfast choice on run days affects my performance. I will experiment with different breakfasts to see which one seems best. I have a sneaking suspicion that oatmeal with a banana and walnuts will be the best choice. Today, it was a banana shake, which is part of the 7-day kickstart plan of the new diet I'm following. It was very tasty and filling, too. I'm not usually a shake person when it comes to meals, so I was quite surprised that it filled me up and I didn't have my usual mid-morning hunger, even after running.
Yesterday I did a 30-minute strength training/cardio DVD yesterday which included lunges and squats. It felt good to get back to strength-training again, something I have been neglecting as of late.
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