Running Report Week Five

This morning I completed my last run for week five.

It was a four mile run, and I plotted my route using trusty g-map pedometer.

I was quite intimidated by running four miles, I thought it was going to be a lot tougher than it actually was.

My time was slow, very slow. One hour, six minutes. But, I warmed up for five minutes, then alternated running and walking for the rest. I started strong, with five minutes running to one minute walking for a good portion of it.

I slowed down towards the end and was alternating minute run/minute walk.

Overall, it was a good run, I finished strong, and actually had fun doing it. I'm not kidding. I hate to exercise, really hate it. However, my run today was fun. I saw birds, and a bunny right off the trail. He was just sitting there watching me. He was the cutest little thing.

Tomorrow is a rest day but even though it's a rest day, I think I'll do a bike ride to help build my quads. Sunday begins week six, which looks like this:

Sunday- 3 miles
Tuesday- 4 miles
Wednesday- 3 miles
Friday- 5 miles

Yikes! I hope I can continue to avoid injury and continue having fun. I still have 9 weeks till the big race, and I'm looking at doing a 10k in August, and another 10k after the 1/2 marathon in October in Toronto.

Overall, I'm enjoying the running and I think I'm doing a good job. Now I just need to push myself so it's more running a bit less walking. But, as they say...slow and steady wins the race. :)