It's too cold and icy to run outside now, so I hit the treadmill on Tuesday. My time SUCKED. So, in talking with E (who ran track in HS and is actually a pretty fast guy), I asked him what I was doing wrong. He said I was taking small steps during the "jogging" part of my interval training, and not long strides.
So, I decided this morning to go back to week 1 on the "Couch to 5k" program, and start again with a new stride.
I did not do so hot. I started with the 5-min warmup walk, and then started at a jog for 60 seconds, at 4mph. Then, walk for 90 seconds at 3.5mph. At the second interval, my shins started to scream at me. So I lowered it: jog at 3.5, walk at 3.2. I got off the treadmill feeling like a loser, and not being a very good runner.
I came home to hugs and reassurances from Sweetie that this stuff takes time. I popped my time in to coolrunning's log, and my time, including the 5-min warmup, was 16:00/mile.
Not bad, but I'm still feeling like I suck. :(
