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lorigaud · 07-09-2008, 10:11 AM

Today was a cardio day.

5 min dynamic warm up
5 min warm up walk @ 3.5mph
3 mile jog @ 5.0mph, 1% incline for the first mile, 0% for the other two.
5 min cool down walk @3.5 mph, 2% incline
10 min Foam roller, stretching

The running felt pretty good, although as usual I struggled for the first few minutes. It's such a mental thing for me.... I have to constantly "talk to myself" in my head and push myself to keep going. I didn't feel as though I had a huge amount of energy today, so I slowed my speed to 5mph (usually I alternate between 5.3-5.5 and try to finish at 6 for the last minute or so). I'm feeling increasingly unsure about my ability to run the whole 10K on August 2nd (the farthest I've ever run is 4m), but then again, I am running with a friend, so we can help keep each other going. In the two 5K's that I've done, I've definitely found that the crowd plays a BIG part in motivation too....

07-09-2008, 10:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
lorigaud Food is FUEL Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 1,143	Today was a cardio day. 5 min dynamic warm up 5 min warm up walk @ 3.5mph 3 mile jog @ 5.0mph, 1% incline for the first mile, 0% for the other two. 5 min cool down walk @3.5 mph, 2% incline 10 min Foam roller, stretching The running felt pretty good, although as usual I struggled for the first few minutes. It's such a mental thing for me.... I have to constantly "talk to myself" in my head and push myself to keep going. I didn't feel as though I had a huge amount of energy today, so I slowed my speed to 5mph (usually I alternate between 5.3-5.5 and try to finish at 6 for the last minute or so). I'm feeling increasingly unsure about my ability to run the whole 10K on August 2nd (the farthest I've ever run is 4m), but then again, I am running with a friend, so we can help keep each other going. In the two 5K's that I've done, I've definitely found that the crowd plays a BIG part in motivation too.... __________________ Lori Training Log Blog "As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne "The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment." Last edited by lorigaud : 07-09-2008 at 10:33 AM.