I started today doing some research while it was pouring down rain this morning. First, I'm probably not going to get to run on Day 12 (Saturday) like I'm supposed to. I was trying to find out what others suggested for switching up their rest days..I know you should only run every other day, but the plan I am doing puts two rest days together at the end of the week, so my Sunday and Monday this week should be rests. I'm thinking I run today, Thursday, then rest Friday and Saturday, run Sunday, rest Monday, then I'll be back on schedule. I'll just be alternating my Day 12 run and Day 13 rest, but still keeping rest days between each run. My research told me, don't deviate from the schedule, not for one second. So...I will certainly try to get my run in on Saturday, but if I do, it will be on a treadmill, and I hate that idea.
I also found a website where you can easily track the distance that you went. I'm super excited about this. I put in my previous routes, but realized I don't keep an accurate time of my walking, especially if my 5 minutes at the end leaves me a couple of blocks from home, like it did on Day 5, so it's still hard to compare day to day distance improvements. There's also a graph for elevation change. Maybe at some point I'll be motivated enough to figure out how to insert that into my blog, but for now, here is the data from my first four days:
Day 1: 1.31K (.81m); Elevation: +16.1/-16.6/net -.5 ft; Time: 12 mins
Day 3: 1.08K (.67m); Elevation: +35.4/-32.4/net +3 ft; Time: 12 mins
Day 5: 1.5K (.93m); Elevation: +19.5/-37.7/net -18.2 ft; Time: ~15 mins
Day 8: 1.53K (.95m); Elevation: +17.9/-30.7/net -12.8 ft; Time ~14 mins
I calculated the race times for these days, and the two days when I was in the most agony (1 and 8) had the best times. :( I'm going to assume that means I was running too flipping fast those days for this stage in my training.
Here are the times for 5k/10k:
Day 1: 50:59/1:47:47
Day 3: 1:02:49/2:12:46
Day 5: 55:04/1:56:24
Day 8: 50:18/1:46:20
Ouch, spelling it out like that makes me want to quit.
Oh, and I looked up the stretch of the RNBNBBQ10K that I fear the most: it's .35K (.21m) with an elevation change of +47.4 ft, promptly followed by a flight of stairs to cross the pedestrian bridge. Foul. If I make it until October, and anyone comes to see me race, there's two things to note. 1. I don't want anyone standing along this stretch of the course - this will be me at my most unglorious, and 2. I do want someone within a few seconds of this stretch, as this is most likely where I will quit and demand a ride home.
Anyway, now that I have these tools, I'm going to try to keep more accurate time, so I can get better data going forward.
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