10K Training Plan Started

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Started the new 10K training plan yesterday. It called for a 3 mile easy run. I ended up doing 4 miles easy while watching a football game.

Once I was finished with that I did 30 minutes easy on the elliptical trainer.

After a week off, my legs felt like garbage that evening. However, they feel much better today.

Was hoping to get in the 30 minute tempo run called for, but had too much going on at work. Should be able to get it done tomorrow and isntead of resting on a rest day, just pound out the rest of the week on the rest days.

Turkey Traks 5K and Rest Week

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Ran the Turkey Traks 5k and it went well considering. I wasn’t expecting the hills to be such a factor, but there is what is called the Habu trail that a good deal of the course was on and per the name, those hills will bite like a Habu. Training on the treadmill did not come close to preparing me for those hills. I didn’t do too bad on the hills, but it was after the roller coaster hills that my legs just died.

Turkey Traks 5k Run Tomorrow – Thanksgiving Day Run

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Been almost a week since my last post and I apologize to all the RunningFat readers for this.

NO! I was not out eating all week at Burger King. It was a crazy and busy week.

Knocked out a couple good workouts in and some easy runs to bring me into the race this Sunday at Futenma. It will be a 5k race and I am shooting for 20 to 21 for my finish time.

For those that may not know, I have been following the Hal Higdon Advanced 5k Training Plan for the last 8 weeks. So this Sunday will be the culmination of 8 weeks of hard work.