Here are my previous posts:
- Couch to 5k: Injury and Progress Update
- Couch to 5k: Physio
- Couch to 5k: Week 4
- Couch to 5k: Week 3
- Couch to 5k: Week 2
- Couch to 5k: Week 1
- Couch to 5k: The Start
Week 5 Recap
The first two runs of week 5 were pretty good. With the injury and physio it had been a week since my last run so I was very rested and ready for run 1. And since I didn't want to overdo things it was 4 days after that that I did run 2. The following day and I did hot yoga and woke up this morning a bit sore from all the chaturanga dandasanas and the glute exercises I've been doing, so I didn't have as much rest between workouts as I've had previously. It might have been a tough workout anyway with two 8 minute run segments. The fist 8 minutes went pretty well and I was ready for my walk break when it came, but the second one was really tough and I had to really fight through the last half of it.| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min |
| Run: 5 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 5 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 8 min Walk: 5 min |
| Run: 6 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 8 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 8 min |
| Run: 5 min | Run: 5 min | |
| Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min |
| Total time: 32 min | Total time: 36 min | Total time: 31 min |
Week 6 Plan
With the last run being so tough, I'm really nervous about what's coming up on week 6. I was hoping to start this on Friday but I may need more recovery time. I am looking forward to running for 10 minutes and I think I could probably manage that, it's the second one that will be tougher and if that's the case then I will repeat the days until I'm able to do them.| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min |
| Run: 10 min Walk: 5 min |
Run: 10 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 15 min Walk: 3 min |
| Run: 10 min | Run: 10 min | Run: 5 min |
| Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min |
| Total time: 35 min | Total time: 33 min | Total time: 33 min |
Happy running!
