Yesterday I completed Week 2 of the Couch to 5K running program. Week 2 consisted of the following repitition; Run for 90 seconds, then walk for 2 minutes. The extra thirty seconds per run took its toll on me by the end of each session. I have also aggravated a knee injury that has slowed my pace down. Right now I have been running through the discomfort, and hope that it is just muscles waking up from such long down time.
I have been extremely pleased with the RunKeeper Pro app for the iPhone (iTunes Link) and also with the Runkeeper community as my blog post of week 1 was added to their facebook page, and I received some great words of encouragement from others further along in the program. My suggestion to the people at RunKeeper would be to build the Couch25K program into the app given it’s current popularity. I do have Nike+, but I only rely on it for history and setting my goals on the Nike+ website.
Programming Week 2 into Runkeeper Pro
Here is the breakdown of my week:
Starting weight: 198lbs
Ending weight: 191.6lbs
KMs run: 10.6KM
Fastest KM: 9:03 (on my last run with a very sore knee)
Couch to 5K – Week 2, Day 1:
First day of week 2, felt great, the extra 30 seconds added to the running portion took it’s toll on the last segment, but felt pretty good.
Couch to 5K – Week 2, Day 2:
Achieved my fastest time. The pain in my knee started about the half way point. Had to stop 30 seconds into the last running segment.
Couch to 5K – Week 2, Day 3:
Ran in some major discomfort, but still managed to make my best time so far. Almost got hit by a guy on a bike coming up behind me.
After the week being complete, I am very pleased with my results, the program is working for me as it is slowly getting me up to the 5K mark.
Tracking my daily weight with WeightBot
As far as the weight loss goes, I’m pretty satisfied with the results as well. I have really made a very conscious effort to be aware of the calorie content of the foods that I am eating, and not giving into temptation and eating the wrong things. I’ve been weighing myself daily and entering the results into WeightBot (iTunes link) on my iPhone. WeightBot is great for me because of my results oriented nature, I get to map the progress towards the end goal.
Tracking daily calorie intake with LiveStrong
I’ve also been using the LiveStrong Calorie Tracker (iTunes). It just reminds me to watch what I eat, and it helps me make decisions on the best choices when I am away from home. My Livestrong Profile is here.
This last App is a total geeky way to track a simple thing, but I have also been using “8 Glasses’ to keep make sure that I am drinking enough water.
Next week is quite a significant boost the the C25K program, I look forward to the challenge.
