I moved on to Week 2 last Wednesday. The week's program is a
five-minute warm up, then intervals of a 90-second jog and a 2 minute
brisk walk. I am definitely progressing, because I'm ending further
than Week 1.
I have been using the podcasts from Go
Nicole Yourself!, which I like a lot more than Ullrey's podcasts.
The music changes for the different intervals, and there's a
five-second countdown to the change. The best part, however, is at
the end. A voice announces "aaaaand you're done!" and then a little
audience goes "yaaaaaay!" I live for those yays.
Saturday was Week 2, Day 2. Just as I finished my first interval, it
started to rain. Instead of turning around, I thought to myself, "I
can run through this." Near the end of my run, the heavens opened up.
I had two intervals left. I was DETERMINED to finish it. The rain
got so hard, my glasses were covered in water, and started to fog up.
I had to run the last legs basically blind. Thank GODS they had just
finished repaving our roads so I had a flat surface to run on. All
this time I'm thinking..."am I really running in the rain?" I
think I've finally gone hardcore on this program.
Saturday was also the day I tried out an app I heard about from a
coworker: RunKeeper
utilizes the GPS in your iPhone, and will map your course, keep your
time, and average your pace. The rain and clouds prevented RunKeeper
from working correctly on Saturday. I tried again Monday morning. It
mapped, but not correctly. It went off into the woods, into
backyards...my coworker suggested shutting off the 3GS, and and turn
off the automatically set time optime (put here more for my own
benefit on Wednesday).
If you end up on RunKeeper, I'm "runningkumquat" there. I was
hesitant to show my routes in fear of being judged on my slow pace and
amount I'm running...but fuck it. I'm a fat chick running...so of
COURSE I'm slow!
So that's where I'm at. I'm thinking about going to week 3, day 1
tomorrow. That would mean I stayed on Week 2 only one week, but I
found myself wanting to keep running on Monday morning. So, why not?
