The weather this week was just horridly hot -- heat index of 105 for two days in a row, and not much better on the days before and after that -- so my running came to a halt. I'm trying to be less of a baby about running in heat than I have been in years past, but I think we can all agree that that is TOO hot.
So there were six days between my last two runs. I was afraid that that would be a problem, but I did okay today. My last time out I did my first nine-minute segment; today was 9 minute run/3 minute walk/9 minute run. The next time out is 20 minutes straight, and I'm kind of terrified. I don' t know why there isn't an intermediate run 10/walk 1/run 10 or something. But I'll do my best. The next couple of days are supposed to be quite cool and I'm hoping to take advantage of the weather to get through the 20 minute run. After that there's a few more runs with shorter segments (15 minutes, 18 minutes) but it's not long at all before each run is just longer than the previous one, with no walking breaks.
I've been contemplating signing up for this 5k. It's just for women, which is appealing: men are intimidating! But it's on July 7, which is in just a couple of weeks; the signup deadline is coming up in a week or so. When I first started this c25k plan I had, theoretically, enough time to get through the whole program before the race, but as my progress has slowed over the last couple of weeks thanks to weather and life getting in the way, now it's quite likely I won't be done with it yet. And further, the c25k name is kind of a misnomer; the last workout has you running 30 minutes straight, and while that's nothing to sniff at, believe me, I'm not running a 10 minute mile!
I suppose maybe I should just sign up anyway, and see how far I get...if I have to walk, I have to walk. Right?
