C25K - Week 8 - anyone seen my Comfort Zone? It went missing last week and hasn't returned!

Week 8 - NAILED!


OMG - I really do think I might finish this and still be alive at the end of the final week!


MONDAY - Rest Day - START OF A NEW WEEK!

Didn't have enough time to do C25K today so I've treated it as a rest day. Monday is my "early start" day for work and if I do a reasonable dog walk there's not really enough time for the treadmill.  That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! In future C25K week will begin on a Tuesday.  Bit late in the day for saying that as I've now only got a couple of weeks left before the end of the program!

TUESDAY - C25K DAY DAY 1  - Had a lovely dog walk this morning - 2.34 miles in total. We "surprised" 3 roe deer and watched them  bound across a farmers field when they realised we were there! It was a beautiful site which boosted my happiness meter for the whole day! It's even more wonderful because I live on the outskirts of a city. I do often see them at a distance (people are surprised when I tell them that there are deer so close to us) but I rarely see them so close up.

Todays C25K workout involves: 5 minute warm up walk, 28 minute jog, 5 minute cool down walk.

Day one is a bit worrying - I'm wondering if I'll actually be able to run the distance - 28 minute run is the longest time I've ever run in my entire life!!   But I made it!  Phew!  :)

Duration	Calories	Av. ♥	Max ♥	Distance	Walk Speed	Jog Speed	*	Notes
38 mins	297	141	159	3.02 miles	4mph	5 - 5.5mph	*

  
WEDNESDAY  - Rest Day -  Today started with a dog walk - a different route from yesterday so there are no encounters with exciting wildlife to report. Just the usual - rabbits, birds and a few squirrels tormenting my Girlings. Just for a change Bobby was very tired when we got home. She's a Patterdale Terrier and they're a bit like the Energiser Bunny - they just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and... (you get the picture.........)

With the end of C25K in sight I'm now starting to turn my attention to what I'll do once I've completed it - as I really DO believe that I can finish it!  I think I will have to spend some time building up my speed  on the treadmill - sticking to the same distance but speeding up a little OR maybe I'll give running outside a go?  I'm not sure which option I'll chose yet.  ANOTHER option will be attempting to build up to an 8k run.  I've looked at podcasts for this and I don't feel confident enough to tackle the runs - the durations are much greater with a small walking break in the middle.... Watch This Space!


THURSDAY - C25K DAY 2 - Day 2 is easier to face than day 1. I now KNOW I can run the required 28 minutes that I need to do this week if I run at a reasonable pace.

Duration	Calories	Av ♥	Max ♥	Distance	Walk Speed	Jog Speed	*	Notes
38 mins	272	134	157	3.07 miles	4mph	5.2mph	*

FRIDAY - Rest Day - and what a rest day it was - just a gentle dog walk before heading off to work. No work on the treadmill today.

SATURDAY - C25K DAY  REST DAY- Well, I just couldn't quite manage to get out of bed at 6am today for the dog walk and the treadmill run today.  We had a very late night as we were away playing darts and then needed to eat when we got home (the food that the away team were offering us looked so disgusting that I wouldn't even have given it to my dogs!)  At 8am I had to get out of bed as we had an appointment with our daughter to go and have a second try on of wedding dresses, followed by a look around venue number 1 followed by a look around venue number 2 for her wedding to Hayley next year.  By the time we'd done all that and got back home, had dinner and had time to catch our breath it was too late to do the workout....(excuses excuses excuses....)

SUNDAY - REST DAY  C25K DAY 3  - I woke up at 4am and my very first thought was - "I've got to do my run today!"   Then I promptly went back to sleep!    A few hours later I did crawl out of bed, feeling a little dehydrated (probably because of the wine I drank last night!) but after a swift cup of tea I got down to it and nailed week 8 day 3

Duration	Calories	Av. ♥	Max ♥	Distance	Walk Speed	Jog Speed	*	Notes
38.01	307	142	165	3.17 miles	4mph	5.3	*	Max 6mph for brief time

Nettys Weekly Fitness Updates - a day by day account:

Day	C25K	Treadmill	Dog Walk	Sit-Up	Total  Distance	*	Notes
Monday	*	*	2.07	200	2.07	*	*
Tuesday	3.02	*	2.34	*	7.43	*	*
Wednesday	*	1.81	3.77	*	13.01	*	*
Thursday	3.07	*	3.06	200	19.14	*	*
Friday	*	*	3.07	*	22.21	*	*
Saturday	*	*	*	*	*	*	Wedding Planning Day
Sunday	3.17	*	*	*	25.38 miles	*	*

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