Month 3 Week 1

Yikes! I forgot to post the weekly goals! Sorry about that. Luckily my darling sister, and partner in this endeavor, was playing with the blog design this week and added a neat monthly goal feature to the side panel of the blog so you weren't left without knowing what this week's goals are.

This week we are to try to add 2 more minutes of running, that means our 30 minute workouts should now consist of 8 minutes of running and 22 minutes of walking. The easiest way to do this is to spread the running minutes out between the walking minutes, but it's really up to you how you do it.

Personally, I have had to start over again. I had a bug that knocked me off track for many weeks and I have decided that I need to slowly work at getting back on track rather than trying to jump in where we are. If you haven't started yet, or if you have been struggling too, it's not to late to start out fresh. This week I'm back to just walking and slowly getting a little faster at it. It feels good to be getting back on track.

So.....how are you doing? We'd love to hear from you.

Month 2 Week 4!

This week the program calls for 6 minutes of running in each 30 minute stint. It's hard to believe that this is the end of month two of training already! I plan on ending this month on a positive note. I just finished my first 30 minute activity this week. I bumped up the running just a little. I ran in 4 one minute intervals and 2 two minute intervals!!! It's so nice to see that I have progressed a little from the beginning already!! When I first started this I thought I was going to die at the 45 second mark of running and tonight I could run for two minutes and still felt somewhat normal (apart from a stitch in my right side...which settled quickly when I was walking)

Anyway...how is everyone else doing at the end of month two?

Month 2 Week 3 - Adding a Little More Running

We are to attempt to do at least 6 minutes of running in two 30 minute sessions this week and 4 minutes of running in the other 30 minute session for this week.

Have fun, and please let us know how you are doing.

Month 2 Week 2 - 4 minutes of walking in each session

The overall goal for this week is to do at least 12 minutes of running and 78 minutes of walking. The plan suggests that this time be spread out over three workouts, each one being at least 26 minutes of walking with at least 4 minutes of running.

What are your plans?

Month: 2 Week: 1 Almost over

How do you find the training so far?

This is the first week that we had running involved in our activity stints. Six minutes of running was suggested out of the 90 minutes of activity. I have just completed my 90 minutes of activity. I have managed to do 5 minutes of running with each 30 minute activity.

I only jog in 1 minute intervals...and I find that very hard right at this point. I am quite winded by the 45 second mark. Today instead of running in place I decided to run around the house (sounds weird...looks even weirder). I did find that doing this was actually easier than running in place.

Ready for the new goals of next week?

Month 2 Week 1 - include at least 2 minutes of running in each session

The overall goal for this week is to do at least 6 minutes of running and 84 minutes of walking. The plan suggests that this time be spread out over three workouts, each one being at least 28 minutes of walking with at least 2 minutes of running.

Here's one may to do it - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday set aside 30 minutes for a workout. At each workout, walk the first 10 minutes, for the next 4 minutes walk for thirty seconds and then run for thirty seconds and repeat 4 times, after that walk til the 30 minutes is up.

This is just a suggestion and you are free to adjust it to suit your needs. We'd love to hear what you do to meet, or exceed the goal this week. Keep up the good work!

Month Two - we're starting to run, a little

The first month of the program called for just walking, and we've made it through, some of us have even managed to add some running in the past month. This month the program suggests that we continue to do mostly walking, but that we do our best to add a little running in as well.

Remember that it is important to add the running slowly. If you are willing to give it a try you will be surprised at how effective it is to just run for 30 seconds and then walk for 30 seconds, and gradually increase the running time over the weeks. It really helps build up your stamina so that you are better able to handle longer periods of running.

So, get your running shoes on and let's start running!

Don't forget to take a minute to leave us a note and let us know how you are doing.