I've cancelled my plans to run in the Turkey Trot tomorrow. Lauren is sick and we'll be staying home for Thanksgiving. Because of the change of plans, I went ahead and continued my normal C25K routine. There is a 5K near home on Dec 4 that I may run in.
Today was more of the same. I started off with my 5 minute warm up walk and ran for 25 minutes. I didn't feel terribly challenged. I worked on pacing myself based on strides per minute today. I now know that 156 is a comfortable pace that I could keep up for a long time. I ran at that pace for about 20 of the 25 minute run. For the last 5 minutes or so I picked it up to about 168 and for the last 2 minutes I tried to maintain 168 while increasing my stride length. At that pace I felt like I was pushing myself and I had to increase my breathing rate. I still didn't feel exhausted at the end of the run. I'm sure I could have done more. For now, I'm just really pleased to be able to run 25 minutes without feeling like I'm about to pass out at the end.
Today's Stats: I did my 2.8 miles in 32:30 for a pace of 11:36/mile. I'm consistently better than 12 minutes/mile. I hope to be saying I'm consistently better than 11 minutes/mile in the not too distant future.
Next up: Week 7 Day 3 is the same as days 1 and 2. I'll run 25 minutes. Next week I'll push it up to 28. I could have easily done 28 today, so I'm not troubled by the thought.
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