Still cranking throught the “Couch to 5k” without much trouble. Looks like I’ll be changing my goal a little though – from one 30 minute 5k to running 3 each week. I think I’ll get more benefit from that than trying to come up with something to top a timed goal. I’ll revisit that after my 30th birthday.
Also – my weight training schedule has altered some, mostly by focusing more on free weights than machines, and using bigger, more complex exercises..like bench and squats. For the record, even running a couple miles and doing a few sets of squat will leave you sore. But, it’s a good sore.
My goal in this is to achieve a level of base fitness that fits my body type. This can easily be achieved in 3 workouts a week – all running/weight trainng combos. I’m going to keep this up until I’m running the 3 5k’s each week, and lifting afterwards. I figure that will put me in a higher percentile than most. Also, hopefully by this point, I’ll be down to about 200lbs and then I’ll be able to reflect on the next stages of this.
For the record, I’m on pace to kick off my first 5k about mid-December, and I’m kind of looking forward to the challenge that maintaining that over the holidays will pose.