Road to 5K week Three

Last week I was having some knee trouble, so I didn't do the biking, but I got all of the running in. I've been stretching a lot more and enlisting Jamie to help me massage my legs. That has really helped. I've never been much of a runner and I'm pretty out of shape after these last two pregnancies, but the runs feel good and I don't ever feel like I'm doing too much. In fact, I've been feeling like I could do more the past few runs, but I don't want to get too excited and end up injuring myself or hating it because I over did it.

Here are my workouts for the week:

Monday: Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

Tuesday: Walk with kids.

Wednesday: Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

Thursday: Walk with kids.

Friday: Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

Saturday: Walk with kids.

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By the way, did any of you ever have a PE teacher do something like this couch to 5k program? My experience was always, "There's the track kids, run your mile." No building up, no pointers on running more efficiently, nothing. The other "Physical Fitness" tests were the same way, essentially. I don't remember learning how to increase my flexibility, or having a chance to practice doing pull ups on a regular basis, yet we were tested on it. It may just be my experience, so I'm curious as to what your experiences were.