Zen Labs C25K Couch to 5K Week 3 Day 2

Week 3 Day 2

Week 3 Day 2 was better than Week 3 Day 1! I knew that I could get through the three minute running segments this time. It was easier to convince myself to keep going because I had already done it. However, I have to admit that it was really hard to get through. My shins were killing me and my hamstrings wanted nothing to do with this running thing. I was hoping that I would make it around the whole track in one of the three minute segments, but that didn't happen this time. My legs were a quivering mass of jelly for the rest of the day. Walking up the stairs at work was a chore. Standing up was a chore. They didn't hurt like I had done a leg day or anything, but they were soooooo weak and quivering! One more day of this three minute running thing and then next week, I have to move to five minute segments! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

The screen shots above are from BodyMedia and the Zen Labs C25K app. The screen shots below are from Motion X GPS. The graph is another one of mine merged pics because I can't see the entire graph on one screen in my phone. If you look close, you can see the splice since I'm not the best splicer, but I'm getting better! Woot Woot. If you compare this graph, to the Week 3 Day 1 graph, it looks like I ran faster here, but for some reason the graphs aren't really to the same scale. You'll notice on the left of this graph, it only goes up to 5, but the graph from the previous day went up to 10. I'm not sure why it did that, but it made me think that I had been running much faster for Day 2 over Day 1, but then I checked the numbers and it was about the same. 

Zen Labs C25K Couch to 5K Week 3 Day 1

Week 3 Day 1

I was pretty much dreading doing this week! The first week had running segments that were only 60 seconds and then we moved on to 90 seconds. Week Three has 3 minute running segments! It starts off the normal 5 minute warm up. Then we moved to 90 seconds of running, 90 seconds of walking, 3 minutes of running, 3 minutes of walking and then we started over at the first running segment. Last week, I was able to get halfway around the track in 90 seconds, so I thought that I would get all the way around the track in 3 minutes, but apparently, I really slowed the running down in order to make it through the full three minutes of running. Those three minute running segments were soooooooo hard. I wanted to give up, but I kept going. My legs were killing me! My shins hurt during the run. My hamstrings were on fire. My legs were tingly for the rest of the day! My shins were a little sore the following day. Hubby and I went for a walk the next morning, and I couldn't walk very fast. It felt like he was running and my shins were screaming at me to slow down! 

The screen shots above are from BodyMedia and the Zen Labs C25K app. The screen shot below is from MotionX GPS. I really love the Motion X GPS app. I just wish it had an online thing where I could see the whole workout in one screen shot. I had to merge two pics off  my phone into one. You can see where the running segments were! 

Zen Labs C25K Couch to 5K Week 2 Day 3

C25K Week 2 Day 3

It was chilly again so I went with the sweatshirt. I'm not really sure how I feel about wearing a sweatshirt while I run. It feels awful heavy as I get further into the workout. It's too dang cold in the morning though so I can't just wear a t-shirt! I might try the long sleeved t-shirt again. I used a new app this time while running. It's called Motion-X GPS. It cost 99 cents on the App Store. I got the app for hiking and really like it. I decided to use it for running so I could see my speed. Every five minutes, it tells you how far you've gone, how long you've been going and how fast you're currently going. 

Today was another 90 seconds of running followed by 2 minutes of walking. I always thought that I walked at about 2 miles per hour. It's the comfortable pace for me on the treadmill. It's where my shins don't hurt. According to Motion-X GPS, I was walking at 3.4 to 3.9 MPH. I can barely run at 4 MPH on the treadmill. I was pretty surprised by the speed. I discovered last workout that I was doing just under half a lap during my 90 seconds of running. I think that messed with my brain. I was going just over half a lap this time. As I started my run, I spotted halfway across the track. When I got to that point, I was pretty beat and ready to be walking again, but the app hadn't told me to start walking yet. Apparently, I was going faster during this workout. It left me pretty dang tired before it was over. My shins were killing me too! I think I need to go slower next week or I won't make it the full 3 minutes! I'm seriously considering that pre-workout snack! 

I don't have a screen shot from the Jawbone UP3 app. I'm still learning the ins and outs of this app. I'm not sure why though since I've already decided to send it back. However, I can't convince myself to stop wearing it. It's nothing but frustration! So during the run, the Jawbone kept going into sleep mode. The thing was vibrating like crazy during the running intervals. When I got home, there wasn't a graph for the steps. It's also not staying in sleep mode once I put it there while laying in bed. I'm wearing this thing through Sunday and then I'm done!

Motion-X GPS Screen Shots

Here are the screen shots from my new app Motion-X GPS. I couldn't fit the whole workout on the screen shot to the right. I wish there was a way to condense the whole thing into one screen. I'm still learning this app, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet. There's a way to share the workout via email, Twitter or Facebook. I'll see what that does. The screen shot on the left shows all the important stats and the one on the right is a speed graph. You can lay the altitude over the speed in a line graph, but since there wasn't much altitude in this, I just left it off.