Ok, so I’ve decided to make this a weekly feature on my blog now. Each Sunday I will post an update on my training for the past week. I’m a total numbers geek, so I love seeing my progress.

Bike: 50m - 10 Mi
Walk/Run: 2h 59m 53s - 9 Mi

I’m definitely seeing progress in the walk/run category. Last week I was doing intervals of 30 seconds of running followed by 4.5 minutes of walking. This week my schedule bumped it up to doing 30 seconds of running followed by 2.5 minutes of walking. Twice during the week I actually did more intervals than the training schedule called for me to do. Each time I also added extra walking time at the end of the intervals. The schedule always calls for a 30 minute training time, but since I have the 5k race coming up at Thanksgiving, I also need to work on getting in extra mileage so that I’ll be ready for the race.

Today I did a total of 10 intervals (:30 run/2:30 walk) and then added the extra walking time. I got in a total of 2.7 miles in 50 minutes. I’m definitely feeling good about where I am in my training in order to be prepared for the 5k. I may be slow, but I’ll be ready.

The time has finally come for my swim class to start, too. I’ll be heading over to the Y after work tomorrow night for the first session. Hopefully I’ll still be excited about it as I’m leaving to come home after class.

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