Grooved to Run

Today was Week 5 Day 2 of the Couch-to-5K running plan, consisting of two sets of 8 minutes of running followed by 5 minutes of walking.

Compared to W5D1 on Monday, today’s weather didn’t seem so bad. It was about 21 degrees out, sunny, and only a little wind.

The total for the day was 3.06 miles in 38:28 (12:33 pace). Warm-up was 0.43 miles in 5:40 (13:21 pace). Intervals were 1.87 miles in 20:59 (11:14 pace). Cool-down was 0.77 miles in 11:48 (15:19 pace).

I kept my pace slow during the first running interval, and then picked up the pace a little on the second one. Amazingly enough, I felt pretty good when I was done. Only one more day left in W5, but Friday is the infamous W5D3 workout… a single 20 minute run.