YAY! Made it to the last week!

Ah, it’s good to have goals, right? Here’s what I’m working on (late August, 2006, in case you are wondering). The original article was at cool running but seems to have moved.

And if you are interested in getting started running (like I was not too long ago), here is the Couch to 5K plan at Cool Running, or just visit C25K for a ton of resources. The only ‘trick’ here is to build up your running gradually so you don’t burn out or get injured. The body is amazing and can do a lot if you push just a little.

Becoming a One Hour Runner

The key component of this program is the one long run per week. It builds up endurance and lays the foundation for further progress.

Weeks 1 – 3: Right now you are running 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Your weekly commitment of time is 90 minutes. Continue doing this for three weeks.

Week 4: Run 30 minutes, 29 minutes, 35 minutes. Weekly total: 94 minutes

Week 5: Run 30 minutes, 32 minutes, 38 minutes Weekly total: 100 minutes

Week 6: Run 30 minutes, 33 minutes, 41 minutes Weekly total: 104 minutes

Week 7: Run 30 minutes, 34 minutes, 45 minutes Weekly total: 109 minutes

Week 8: Run 30 minutes, 36 minutes , 49 minute Weekly total: 115 minutes

Week 9: Run 30 minutes, 38 minutes, 54 minutes Weekly total: 122 minutes

Week 10: Run 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes Weekly total: 130 minutes

I’ll mark the week I’m on in bold at the beginning of the week. I can’t promise that I’ll update this page very often, though 🙂 I Finished on October 6! Woot.