Michelle's Training Plan

Tues/Thurs: Run Walk
Week 1: 2 miles
Week 2: 2.5 miles
Week 3: 3 miles
Week 4: 3.5 miles
Week 5: 4 miles
Week 6: 4.5 miles
Week 7: 5 miles
Week 8: 5.5 miles

Saturday: Long Run
Week 1: 4 miles
Week 2: 5 miles
Week 3: 6 miles
Week 4: 7 miles
Week 5: 8 miles
Week 6: 9 miles
Week 7: 10 miles
Week 8: 11 miles

I finished week 2 today with a 5 mile run. So far, so good. Lessons learned up to this point include:

• Having music matters. Running is *really* boring without something to listen to...
• Tracking distance matters. I find goals like 'running 2 consecutive miles' a good way to keep my mind from 'quitting'.
• Wearing good shoes matters. I find running is uncomfortable, specifically, my knees feel beaten up by the pounding. I recently converted to running shoes from cross-trainers and it seems to make a big difference.

I just got a new heart rate monitor, this time GPS-enabled: the Garmin Forerunner 301. I went to REI looking for a pedometer to better track my distance and ended up with this. Review to follow.