I weighed in at my meeting and I'm up 1.8 pounds. That is not surprising. I think the non-workouts of last week and the drinking over the past few weeks caught up with me. I hope to back on track next week as I've increased my activity this week and it will continue at consistent pace over the next eight weeks.
How do I know that? Well, I'm training for a 5K and I'm following this training schedule by Hal Higdon. My ultimate goal is to run a half-marathon, but I'm starting small. The 5K this spring, another in the summer, a 10K in the fall, and the half-marathon early next year (not sure which one just yet).
Trying to balance academic life with a healthy lifestyle.
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oh! this post reminds me of me back when i started running on grad school :) i used hal higdon's guides to work up to a 5K and a 10K and even beyond that (i ran a 12K once). now i never run, but i want to get back into it.
have fun training! the best thing to do is to just sign up for a race that is being held at the end of your training period. do it as soon as you can and then you'll feel more responsible for sticking with the training because you spent money (at least that worked for me). runnersworld.com and active.com both have good lists of races if you don't already have one in mind.
good luck and keep us posted....
Cheers to you for training for a 5K!!! That is so awesome! I wish I was that deadicated....
It seems that Hal's training guide is pretty popular. I'm glad I chose that one.
Thanks for those sources Betty. I'll check them out.
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