Follow me as I train and fundraise in preparation to achieve my goal of completing a half marathon in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 18th, 2012. In order to achieve this goal, I must meet a minimum fundraising requirement for the Canadian Diabetes Association of $6,100.00 by July 6th, 2012. I hope you enjoy sharing in my trials and tribulations. Any donation to help me reach my goal is most welcome.
Inspirational Quote
"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it." Jesse Jackson
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Begining to increase my distance!
It's been a while since I've posted an update on my training progress. My training has been going extremely well! I have been working out regularly at the GRC gym 4 days per week. One day working my upper body and the next my lower body. Everyday I include an abdominal workout when I attend the gym. I am also still running 3 times/week and I am nearing completion of the "Learn to Run" clinic at the running room. I began my training by working on my endurance. We were running 2 minutes and walking 1 min for about 3 km. We did this 3 times/week. Every week, we increased our run time to 3 min, 4min and now I am running 10 min, walking 1 min for about 4.5km-5km! Last week, I felt pretty good and increased my distance by running an extra 10 min for a total of 45 min and TODAY, I increased my distance again and ran a total of 55 min! Now that I have increased my endurance, I am ready to work on increasing my distance. For the next few weeks, I plan on increasing my distance by 10 minutes/week. For the rest of this week, I will continue my 55 minute runs with 10 minute running and 1minute walking intervals. Then next week I will run for 65minutes, and keep increasing my time weekly by 10 minutes until I can complete a 1/2marathon. I figure it will take me between 2-2.5hrs to complete!
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