Couch to 5K ~ Week 5

Twenty. Minute. Run! Need I say more? (Okay...I will. ;-) I did my first solid run without any walking breaks today. A full twenty minutes! Can you believe it?

Week 5 Routine:

• Workout 1- Brisk 5-minute warm-up walk; 5 minutes running; 3 minutes walking; 5 minutes running; 3 minutes walking; 5 minutes running
• Workout 2- Brisk 5-minute warm-up walk; 8 minutes running; 5 minutes walking; 8 minutes running; 5-minute cool-down walk
• Workout 3- Brisk 5-minute warm-up walk; 20 minutes running; 5-minute cool-down walk

Angie's Week 5 Schedule: I started the "week 5" routine on Friday, March 27. I completed it on Friday, Saturday, Tuesday and today.

Angie's Notes: When I wrote my last post, I hadn't yet looked ahead to week 5. You can imagine my surprise when I finally checked the schedule and saw a 20-minute run! I really doubted myself early in the week. No walking?! How could I do it?

I reminded myself to take it one day at a time. Because I work out four times in a week, I did the second routine twice. Then the big test came today. The good news? I was able to run outside. The bad news? My mp3 player ran out of juice 7 minutes into the routine! Without any music, I had only the sound of my breathing to keep me motivated. :(

But I did it! I made it all the way to the lake, part of the way around it, and back again. If it hadn't been for another nasty side ache, I think I could have run much longer. I even started to get a little bit of that "runner's high" you hear so much about!

If anyone has a great solution for side aches, I'm all ears!

-Angie