Feb 28 - Day 21ish

I've been so busy! Last Thursday - The 24th - I COMPLETED my first Couch2 5K (C25K) program.
Known on the Ipod as Workout 1.1!  I strapped on the Ipod, tried to figure out the Nike+ program (only to figure out later that it did NOT record my workout.. I didn't turn it on.. but fear not - I figured it out!

The C25K program involves a 5 min warm up, 20 min alternating between walking and jogging (as the program moves on - the length of time you walk or jog will vary). The first week is 90 sec walking 60 sec of jogging.  I am VERY proud to say that I worked the ENTIRE program!  Although there were several times that I thought.. oh.. I'm gonna need to skip the next run phase.. and just walk harder.. but I didn't.. I ran every single stinking time! I think it comes out to something like 8 cyles of run/walk.

The program wants you to do the program 3 days a week.. and they emphasize that the the "off" day is very important for muscle building and healing. Well.. I took 3 days off! lol. Busy weekend, and cruddy weather and a particularly rotten mood on Sunday ment I didn't do another workout... till today.

Today I went up to the track again. Any time I mess up.. I just need to remind myself that tomorrow is chance to start over.  So.. program 1.2 was completed today.  I walked with my significant other for a mile first... partially to calibrate my Nike+ program and to get a base I suppose. The results were:
Distance: 1.3 miles
Times: 18.09.
Pace 17"36" per mile
Calories 190

then It was time to hit the Run/walk portion of training.
So I let my Nike+ program track the details and let the C25K program tell me when to walk/run
1.2 Program results:
Distance 1.76 miles
Time 26.18 (I cut the cool down short)
Pace: 14'51 per Mile
Calories 326


so for today - my total was a
Distance 2.82 miles
Best Mile 14'56

 So there we have it..

i'm proud I've been able to do it.. I did have to skip one run phase in today's workout.. I needed a drink. Last workout - I didn't walk the mile before hand. I was thirsty! lol

So Now I've got my first workouts actually logged in with real information. I've loaded the information to my new Nike+ account. But I cna't log that info here - seems it only wants to share on twitter or facebook - and this might be a bit much info for some folks on Facebook.  So I'll just keep posting the info here in the bloggy blog.