WALKING DAY: 30 minutes on the treadmill (1 incline/3.5 mph) and then 50 crunches, 50 cross-crunches, 30 reps of tricep extensions, and 30 reps of dumbbell curls. I forewent the legs today since I got to walk a little longer than normal.
Last night, I talked to Kirsten (the one who just ran the marathon) about how to process with the timed runs coming up next week and what's the best way to jump five minutes. Her advice was basically not to stick so strictly to this training plan like it was for a grade; if I felt like shit one day, only run 17 minutes. If I get to 17 minutes one day and feel great, keep going. She also suggested that some of my run days could be used to speed train instead of distance, like if I just felt like walking to the gym and running instead of going to the park. In that sense, I would run for a short amount of time, like a minute, a lot faster than I normally run, then walk for a few minutes, then do it again. Run five sets of fast minutes or something, which could be useful.
May the 4th be with you. (hah, Star Wars humor....)
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