Today was Week 5 Day 3 of the Couch-to-5K running plan, (in)famous for being the first 20 minute continuous run of the program. And I’m pretty pumped to say that I did it!
It was about 30 degrees out with rather heavy, wet snow. For the sections of the run where I was heading West, I pretty much couldn’t see where I was going. But I trudged through at a slow and steady pace.
Unfortunately, I forgot to hit Stop on my Forerunner when I finished so my total time and my time for my cool-down are messed up. But the time for my warm-up and the 20 minute run should be correct.
Total for the day was 3.07 miles in approximately 40 minutes. Warm-up was 0.41 miles in 5:29 (13:17 pace). The twenty minute run (19:58 according to the Forerunner) covered 1.77 miles for an 11:17 average pace. My average speed was 5.3 MPH and my max was 6.0 MPH. My cool-down covered 0.89 miles in about 14 minutes.
I was dreading this day because I was unsure that I would be able to complete the 20 minute run. But I took it slow and tried to keep a steady pace. After the first 5-10 minutes, I felt like I found my groove and from then on it wasn’t so bad. It was awesome!
Next week is Week 6… bring it!
Hey,
Good job on the run. Would you mind losing the fluorescent hat though, it’s down-right distrubing.
- Jon