Week 5 Day 2

Before sunrise this morning I headed out and completed the week 5, day 2 run for C25k, consisting of 8 minutes running, 5 minutes walking, and 8 minutes walking (with 5min warmup/cooldown, of course). I thought 8 minutes would be really challenging, but surprisingly enough it was quite doable - I didn't even work up much of a sweat.

Of course, it was only 14C outside this morning at 5:30am, so the lack of sweat probably had more to do with the cool temperatures than my fitness level...

I'm now past the halfway point for the C25K 9-week program, and I'm feeling pretty good about things. Time really flies - it feels like I just started yesterday.

Day 3, and my first extended (20 minute) running stretch will be on Wednesday.

I'm still using Runkeeper and Nike+ side-by-side (they run concurrently on the iPhone 3GS) but I'm not sure I'll keep using the Nike+ on an ongoing basis. One plus that it has over Runkeeper is that it has celebrities congratulating you on improvements - twice now I've had Lance Armstrong tell me that I've achieved a personal best for the mile. Sure, it's just a pre-recorded message, but it's cool nonetheless!