Today was, what I’d consider, a lazy day. I did not get my 10,000 steps in. I got just over 7,000.
Sundays are technically rest days but since I took it easy on Saturday, I decided to do Week 7 Day of Couch to 5k.
Todays run consisted of a 5 minute warmup walk, 25 minutes of running, and a 5 minute cool down.
I don’t know if it was because I didn’t go to the bathroom before starting or if I didn’t catch a proper breath before I started the running part, but this run was moderately difficult. Probably after 5 minutes of running, I started to get cramps in my sides and I just couldn’t get a proper breath. Things did eventually get better, within the last 5 minutes, and I ended up feeling good afterwards.
To make things a bit less dreadful, every 5 minutes I would bump up the speed by .1. I started off with 5.0 and got up to 5.4. I personally like doing that because I’ve always had a tendency of starting out way too fast, thus feeling like I’m dying by the end. I think that’s why I prefer to do these runs on the treadmill instead of outside. Plus, I get to watch YouTube videos which helps pass the time a lot.
According to my watch, I was able to do 2.50 (including the warmup and cool down) and I think that is the most I’ve ran during these workouts. Which makes sense, but still, it’s pretty cool to see the mileage go up.
My eating was okay, nothing special. The Diamondbacks had an afternoon game, and since I was pretty busy doing the scorecard, and having less than 2:00 minutes between innings, I didn’t have an afternoon snack. Which, since I wasn’t extremely active throughout the day, was probably a good thing.
For dinner, I had some pasta with green beans, and turkey cooked with spinach. Added some olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and I think I found my new favorite meal. It could’ve been because I hadn’t eaten since noon, but it was seriously so good! It probably would’ve tasted even better with some parmesan sprinkled on, but unfortunately I didn’t have any.
Some goals for this upcoming week:
- Follow my workout schedule
- 10,000 steps per day
- Stretch at least 3 times
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