Couch To 5K: 9-3

3 miles!!! And Couch To 5K is complete!!!

Felt faster than the rest of the week, but the watch tells me differently. I really needed this run to be 3 miles regardless of time, so that's what I ran. The run next week is longer than 5K, so I really needed to know that I could run 3miles at the end of the program. A little slower than I would have like (32:30 or so), but I have a couple more runs next week, so I know I can finish. Next year I'll work on going faster. :)

So far my plan for post Couch To 5K, and towards the marathon is to take a week to adjust to 3 mile runs (probably with the group at work), running Mon and Wed, possibly with an easy 2 on Fri. The race is on Sunday, so that should all work out well. Then starting the next Monday, I'm going to use a modified version of Hal Higdon's beginner 10K program. I've modified it by making the weekday runs 3 miles instead of the shorter runs he does, because I don't want to go backwards. Essentially it adds about 1/2 a mile to your weekend run over 8 weeks till on week 8 you are ready for the 10K. I'll either run the 10K at the Tacoma Marathon, of the 8 K Beat The Bridge a week after that. We'll see how this all plays out over he next couple of weeks.

I was able to free up some cash and buy some new running clothes. Turns out he Brooks Factory Outlet is a few miles down the road from me. I can fully recommend the Spartan Pant. Orders of magnitude better than my cotton sweats. Got a couple of SS DriFits and a pair of shorts, too. Yay, me. :)