Apparently today is National Running Day. Sadly (?) I will not be participating as I am full-on resting today. My dog, however, has the runs, so maybe that will be my contribution.
Today marks 4 months till the RNBNBBQ10K, 3 months until I need to register. I'm taking a look at my training plan today to see if this is actually possible. My plan only preps you up to a 5K, or 30 mins of running time. It's a 10 week plan, and I am currently on Week 4, Day 2 (keeping in mind I had to repeat week 3).
The increases in running time go up about 2 minutes per week, but in weeks 9 and 10, you go up a total of 5 minutes each week. At that stage, there's no walking to warm up or cool down, you're simply going out for 20-25-30 minute runs.
Since I haven't really been able to find a 10K training plan, I'll extrapolate the 5K plan out to up the running time 5 minutes a week until I'm running for an hour straight (good fn gravy, that's not actually possible, is it?!)...This adds 6 weeks to the training plan (please, somebody correct me if my math is wrong, my mind is mushy from 5 weeks of lack of oxygen).
OK, so I still have 7 weeks on the 5K plan, 6 weeks to stretch it out to double the running time, and that leaves about 3.5 weeks before the actual race. Youch. Not a lot of time for training to improve my time. Considering my 10K race predictors are closer to the 2 hour mark, I may have to find another race to be my starter race. :( Granted, when I use the predictor calculator, I am including my walk time, but...something tells me there will likely be walking involved in the actual race, too...Ah, we'll see. I just wanted to get a handle on how my training would time out before the race.
By the way, according to one 10K Beginner training plan I found, by week 4, day 2, I should be at run 20 mins, walk 5, run 20, walk 5. Yeah, I think I'm working with a plan closer to my level of athletic prowess. And if it takes me 16 weeks to get to an hour, instead of 5 weeks like that plan, so be it.
I did my FitTV nemesis workout, Revolved Triangle, today. Meh. I don't want to force postures, but I really feel like I need to get Warrior III under control if I ever think I'm going to teach! I think I need to find other workouts that focus on it, so I can keep advancing. After doing it as well as possible, I turned everything off and and pulled into Lotus pose to sit and relax. Hey, I may not be able to do the Revolved Triangle, or Warrior III, or a 10K, but I love Lotus.
"Warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus. You see that there is no war within you. You're on your own side, and you are your own strength." (Terri Guillemets)
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