Walk and run

No, I haven't forgotten to train. I'm just lax in posting the results here.

I was out for a 3 mile walk on Tuesday, but forgot my GPS unit, so I just went fast and called it good. Then I took Wednesday off to get some chores done. I went out for 4 miles this morning and although I was keeping track for about 3/4 of the way, I decided to take the softer dirt route and ran across a PAR course. OK, so I stopped and used some of the equipment and got in a little bit of upper body exercise. I would exercise and then run to the next station. I may make this a regular walk/run/exercise for a few days a week.

And the reason I took the dirt path was because I had seen Lin Jensen (Chico's other racewalker) running on it just ahead of me. Running? I didn't know Lin ran at all...

Don't know why

I seem to have forgotten to post here recently. I haven't stopped walking... in fact I did a good 2 miler yesterday; getting in the two miles in 25:40 minutes. That's 12:50 minute miles and pretty good for me. And despite my 'inner voice' saying, 'It's cold. Wouldn't you rather do something else?' I am going out for another practice this morning. Really!

Feeling Fine

Very good! I thought I would take it easy this morning and when I started off I found it easier than usual to get get right past that 'why am I doing this?' stage and within a few minutes, I was actually enjoying myself. I took a look at the GPS unit and I was clocking 4.7 mph and that's fairly fast. I did the first 1.5 miles in 20 minutes, giving me 13.33 minute/miles. The final 3 miles (total) was done in 41 minutes, or 13.66 minute miles. And I felt fine!

The weight still isn't mentionable...but it's coming off.

6 hours later...BP138/68 Pulse 67

Briefly

I haven’t mentioned the past few days in the park. I better get it on record before I forget. Monday, I was ready and able for a faster walk and I was hoping for something in the 12.5 minute/mile range. So I went out and did my best? This ended up being a 13.10 minute/mile average for 2 miles. Disappointing, yes, but still in the ballpark of reasonable times. Yesterday was a rainy day, but not so bad that I couldn’t go walking. It was still warm, in the low 50’s and so the little bit of rain was not noticed. I did a 3.29 mile walk in 43.40 minutes. A 13.22 average. Not any improvement at all. But I can take some comfort in the fact that I did the first half in 21 minutes. Now that’s an average of 12.4 minute miles.

Yes, I'm going out again this morning...

Photo Op

A very nice day in the park. Although it was cold, maybe 28°, I was dressed for it and I really wasn’t going to go very fast this morning. The goal was simply to get in some miles. I even brought Laurae’s camera so that I could take a photo if the opportunity came along.

After a mile or two I settled into a pace that was close to 14.5 minutes per miles, a good one for cardio. And I took pictures.

After about 5 miles, I could feel some pain in both my right knee and the left heel; my trouble spots. So I slowed down and walked back in, 6.3 miles total and I maintained an average of 15 minutes per miles, including the Kodak moments.

And the BP was good this morning! I took it twice to be certain. 102/63 with a pulse of 63