Monthly Archives: July 2009

C25K-W5D2

The C25K program consists of three workouts per week for nine weeks. This is the results of the workout for week five, day two.
Program: Brisk five-minute warmup walk.  8 minute run.  5 minute walk.  8 minute run.  Five-minute cool-down walk.
Result: I completed the workout as planned. My heart rate averaged 139 bpm and peaked at [...]

C25K-W5D1

The C25K program consists of three workouts per week for nine weeks. This is the results of the workout for week five, day one.
Program: Brisk five-minute warmup walk.  5 minute run.  3 minute walk.  5 minute run.  3 minute walk.  5 minute run.  Five-minute cool-down walk.
Result: I completed the workout as planned. My heart rate [...]

C25K-W4D3

The C25K program consists of three workouts per week for nine weeks. This is the results of the workout for week four, day three.
Program: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then two repeats of: three minute run, 90 seconds walk, 5 minute run, two and a half minute walk. Brisk five-minute cool-down walk.
Result: I completed the workout [...]

C25K-Interval run totals

I have been wondering what makes week four so difficult.  It seems so much harder than week three.  I now know why.  I took a look at the program and added up the total run times for the interval run segments.  I think my calculations are right.  Here is how the runs add up:

Week 1 [...]

C25K-W4D2

The C25K program consists of three workouts per week for nine weeks. This is the results of the workout for week four, day two.
Program: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then two repeats of: three minute run, 90 seconds walk, 5 minute run, two and a half minute walk. Brisk five-minute cool-down walk.
Result: I completed the workout [...]