CONGRATULATIONS, CHOCOKAT!!!!! Way to go! And your medal opens up into a compass?? How cool is that?!!? I'm very impressed that you made it through. Great work!
tolemommy - Here's a link to the training plan I'm using:
http://www.active.com/running/Articles/How_to_Run_Your_First_5K.htm . I didn't want to go with an iPod version, since most races won't let you run with an iPod and I didn't want to get used to running to music, because it might mess me up when I have to do a race without it.
So, I just completed week 5 of the program (my week 4) last night. OMG!! This was, by far, the most difficult workout yet. Each time, I ended up fudging a bit on the walking times to allow myself to catch my breath. I did manage to get through each workout, amazingly. Last night, on my next to last 5 minute run, there was about a 30 second period where I was pretty sure I was going to throw up. But, fortunately, the feeling passed and I was able to finish the full workout.
BUT, at then end of the final run last night, I realized my entire left foot was numb. That was kind of scary. It stayed numb for about half of my walk home, but then was okay. Not sure what caused that, as I've been running in these shoes for 2 weeks and hadn't had any inkling of a problem like that before. I was on concrete for most of the run, so that may have played a part. I'll have to see how things go on my next workout.
Week 6 (my week 5 of training) is 2 days of 5 min running/3 min walking, repeated 4 times. Then 1 day of 8 min running/5 min walking, repeated 2 times. I think I can make it through that. At least now I can email with my friend, who's also doing the Turkey Trot, and commiserate with her. She's picked up the training plan at week 6, so we're on the same workout.
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