Week 4 : Friday : Cool Running
DONE!
Today I changed up my times. I really wanted to run that 16 minutes but I haven’t been able to get that last 5 minutes as jogging. So I changed up the times and did it this way.
Day 12 : 5 m warm-up / 5 m jog / 1.5 m walk / 5 m jog / 2.5 m walk / 3 m jog / 1.5 m walk / 3 m jog
(original : 5 m warm-up / 3 m jog / 1.5 m walk / 5 m jog / 2.5 m walk / 3 m jog / 1.5 m walk / 5 m jog)
Total: 26.5 minutes - walking (10.5 min) / jogging (16 min) – yay!
With the structure this way, I was able to get all the jogging parts in. 
At the end, it’s easier for me to say “it’s only 3 min you can do it” vs “it’s only 5 min”. Right now, 5 min is still a long time for me running. This structure worked better for me and I was able to complete the longer stretches when I was fresher. woo hoo! I may have been able to do it the other way with the 5 min at the end, but I didn’t want try it just in case.
I was planning on repeating this week’s structure one more week, but after looking at week 5′s routine, I’m just going to move ahead. Next week is 5/5/3/5/3/5 – which to me is actually better – shorter time (running/15 min – walking/11 min) But the running is all done in 5 minute increments and I think that is where the real change will come. So I’m just going to move to week 5 with the idea that if I need to repeat a week, I’ll repeat week 5. I’ve been very happy with how this has been progressing for me.
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