Monday, February 28, 2011
I registered!
EEEEKKK! I just signed up and paid the entry fee for the marathon so it's official. I have to do it now, can't lose 40 bucks:) Here's the official website for the race...
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, Feb 27
Today I was able to walk outside. Paul was home and the weather was decent so I headed out for my longest walk yet...4 miles. I did it in just under one hour. I love walking outside though I get a little uneasy when I am in areas without many people around. It was great. I hope to walk outside again tomorrow.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, Feb 24th
I did 3 miles on the treadmill at the downtown Y today at a speed of 4.2. It was the first time I had gone there since we joined up last week. There are two branches in town and I usually use the smaller one. I did it in about 43 minutes and hurried out to shower to go to Mallory's school where I volunteer on Thursday mornings. I'm going to try to do another 3 tomorrow and Saturday, take Sunday off and go 4 on Monday. We'll see. The weather is bad, rainy and cold so I can't go outside this week. Maybe it will be nicer next week.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Training Schedule I Plan to Use
I found this schedule online and plan to follow it with a few tweaks. I will do my long walks on Mondays instead of Sundays and adapt the rest of this when I catch up.
Walking Connection®
Training To Walk A Marathon
Walking Marathon Training Schedules for
Beginner Walking -- 4 MONTH PROGRAM
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Week | Rest | Easy | Medium | Easy | Rest | Medium | Long |
| 1 | 0 | 3 miles | 3 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 3 miles | 6 miles |
2 | 0 | 3 miles | 3 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 7 miles |
| 3 | 0 | 3 miles | 4 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 5miles |
| 4 | 0 | 3 miles | 4 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 9 miles |
| 5 | 0 | 3 miles | 5 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 10miles |
| 6 | 0 | 3 miles | 5 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 7 miles |
| 7 | 0 | 3 miles | 6 miles | 3 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 12 miles |
| 8 | 0 | 3 miles | 6 miles | 4 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 13 miles |
| 9 | 0 | 4 miles | 7 miles | 4 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 10miles |
| 10 | 0 | 4 miles | 8 miles | 4 miles | 0 | 5 miles | 15 miles |
| 11 | 0 | 4 miles | 8 miles | 5 miles | 0 | 5 miles | 17 miles |
| 12 | 0 | 5 miles | 9 miles | 5 miles | 0 | 5 miles | 14 miles |
| 13 | 0 | 5 miles | 10 miles | 5 miles | 0 | 5 miles | 20 miles |
| 14 | 0 | 5 miles | 8 miles | 5 miles | 0 | 4 miles | 7 miles |
| 15 | 0 | 4 miles | 6 miles | 4 miles | 0 | 3 miles | 8 miles |
| 16 | 0 | 3 miles | 4 miles | 0 | 0 | 0-3 miles | Marathon |
Wed, Feb 23-Paul was in the middle of his colonoscopy and called me while I was on the treadmill and told me to go get Mallory from school and come on to the hospital so I could be there when the dr came to tell me how his procedure went. So, I was only able to go 2.5 miles. I wanted to do 3 or go 45 minutes whichever came first.
Tomorrow I plan to go 45 min again.
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