Training for the 5K: Day 1.5

[coffeejunkie]

I love my new running shoes! I've gone running for the past 2 days. Not very far, but I have training schedule I found online (the author of the info was a former olympic trainer, so I guess he knows what he doing) and it's pretty specific about what to do and how to do it. After today's first official training run, I feel pretty great. There are

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[laurajerry]

Can you share a link to the training schedule you found?

Also, if that one is too difficult, the C25K is also a good one:

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

[coffeejunkie]

The one I found is really similar to the one you linked to. It's called 30/30 running and it's a 30 minute walk/run 6 days a week for 30 days. It starts with 10 minutes of walking, then 15 minutes of alternating 30 seconds of running and 30 seconds walking, and finished with 5 minutes of walking. I did this yesterday and it was so easy! The hardest part was keeping the running intervals to just 30 seconds.

[loopyzany]

Yay for you!! I would never even try.

[coffeejunkie]

If it hadn't been for that one insane winter camp my first year of Master's I would have never ever started. But I'm finding (like so many other people have said--not that I believed them at the time) that running is addicting! And having amazing shoes makes it even more addicting (it's really cool what happens when you have a professional to help find the right pair). And having a beginners guide to running is really helpful too.