Keeping Up With The Jacksons

Yup, you're reading it right. Week 1, Day 2 AGAIN! Last week was not a good week for me running wise. I only completed one day for Week 2, so this week, I needed to redo it again.

Tonight, I started my RunKeeper app at my first run, as opposed to at the start if the warm-up, and I definitely feel like my time is more accurate. Tonight, I ran 1.38 miles at a pace of 13:47. While it's definitely better, I'm still not truly happy with it. I know it's including periods of walking as well, and I keep telling myself that, but I wish my time was faster. It's so frustrating but I know I'll get there. Or at least that's what I tell myself. LOL!

One thing I will say, is that I don't hurt quite as much, but I am questioning that a little. Is it because I'm not pushing myself enough or is it because I'm becoming more accustomed to it. I want it to be the latter, but I really don't know the right answer. Maybe it's because I'm stretching more before and after. Or maybe it's because I didn't run much last week. LOL! Oh, who knows. We'll see how Wednesday goes!

Last night I started Week 2 of the C25K program. I definitely got a late start to the week, so I'll be paying for it this weekend. This week consists of a 5 minute warm up, then running for 90 seconds, walking for 90, repeating the running and walking cycle 6 times ending with a 5min cool down. I unfortunately don't have an accurate time yet again but this time it was my fault. I thought RunKeeper lost my GPS signal and stopped working, so I went to pause my run and instead of hitting pause I hit stop. Oops! I do think I ran around 13:53. I did my best to put the times from both runs (I started a new activity on RunKeeper after I messed up the first) and came up with this. I need to try to get another run in tonight but there's a 50% chance rain. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, it won't rain until after my run, which means I may be going as soon as I get home. Keep your fingers crossed for me that the rain hold out til I'm finished and in the house.

I took TJ and the kids with me today. I'm proud of Dylan for keeping up on the runs, although since I'm not really that fast maybe it wasn't that hard to do. LOL! Today I completed 2.06 miles in 33:08, which was an average pace of 16:08. I'm disappointed but there is something I think is affecting my time. My warm up and cool down. I am starting my time the moment I start my workout and ending it as I'm walking in the door, so it includes my warm up and cool down. Today our cool down was longer because we weren't quite back to the house at the end of the 5 min cool down. After talking to TJ, he suggested not starting my time until I'm done with the warmup and stopping the time before the cool down. He said not to worry about timing the warm up and cool down. Those don't factor into my time so I shouldn't be worrying about it. Does that sound right to you? It makes sense to me. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to get the most accurate time. I'll take any and all advice!