Wednesday Night

ORN: 42"R/78"W X 16 Walk 25' Total Time 1 HR

Tuesday

Weights; 40' bike; 24' walk

Monday

ORN: Treadmill 9 X 41" R/ 79" W
Track 5 X 63"R/ 117"W
Walk 24' Total Time = 1:02

Saturday

ORN: Total time 45' (40" R/80"W X 15)

40 years ago, right after Cooper's Aerobics book came out, my dad, a couple of my friends, and I use to jog a few times a week during one summer. We jogged a steady 9 1/2 minute/mile pace, talked while we ran, and had some good times. Today, out of curiousity, I set the treadmill at 6.3 (which is suppose to be the equivalent of 10 minute miles on the road), just to see what it felt like. I only ran about 30 seconds.
Good Lord..... I felt like I was doing a 100 yard dash. Now that's stone cold reality.
Whew.

Easy Day, Sort of

Weights (not so &!@* easy)
36' bike; 24' walk

Focusing

Today, I signed up for both the Thanksgiving 5 miler and next April's Columbus Half-Marathon, and reserved a hotel room in Columbus. Kind of early, I know, but my hope is that these actions will focus my training on real deadlines. For the most part, I've usually needed well-defined goals in my life rather than vague, indefinite notions of accomplishment. Anyway, hope these commitments provide some assistance in maintaining self-discipline for the next eleven months.

[ORN: Total Time = 65' (60" R/ 120" W X 13)

Change Up

Trying something different for the weekly 2 short sessions. The R/W ratio is the same I used last week, but the interval is reduced from 3 minutes to 1.5 minutes. Now that I can focus on a goal of something around an hour on Thanksgiving (have no way of knowing for sure at this point), I'm trying to concentrate on a bit more speed and better running form, rather than just lumping along for longer time periods. For my one long session each week, I'll continue to lump. :)

[ORN: Total time = 35' (30" R / 60" W X 20); 25' bike