yay I get to make one! 
And big news today, I fully completed Week 3 of my E25K program, whereas last week every day I had to stop short on the 2nd 3-minute run. Today I completed the whole thing with no cutting short, and no stopping whatsoever. Real progress!
As for mileage, it was my usual 2-mile circuit.
I think one thing that helped was increasing the amount of warmup, from starting the actual iPhone app later. This allowed the warmup to extend past a sizable hill on my route. Before, I started the first 3m run before that hill, which wore me down some. I'd like to get farther along with just running before I really tackle hills, although this hill will be more difficult to avoid later on as the running intervals get longer. But hopefully by then it won't wear me down as much.
The problem with this one hill is that it's the side of the road so it's off-camber as I climb it. Plus I stay over at the very edge to avoid cars. There is smoother pavement at the edge, but it's also littered with more pebbles and debris (plus it's under pine trees) so it's rather tricky for me. I think by waiting until after that hill before starting the first run helped me finish strong. I also thought I went a bit slower, but the iPhone app says my running pace is around what it has been, the 13:50 to 14:00 min/mile range.
Also want to mention that as of last Thursday morning I was down another 2 pounds from the week before! Now at 204.6 last measurement, where I hovered between 212-218 for quite a few years. Sub-200 pounds is so close!
And big news today, I fully completed Week 3 of my E25K program, whereas last week every day I had to stop short on the 2nd 3-minute run. Today I completed the whole thing with no cutting short, and no stopping whatsoever. Real progress!
As for mileage, it was my usual 2-mile circuit.
I think one thing that helped was increasing the amount of warmup, from starting the actual iPhone app later. This allowed the warmup to extend past a sizable hill on my route. Before, I started the first 3m run before that hill, which wore me down some. I'd like to get farther along with just running before I really tackle hills, although this hill will be more difficult to avoid later on as the running intervals get longer. But hopefully by then it won't wear me down as much.
The problem with this one hill is that it's the side of the road so it's off-camber as I climb it. Plus I stay over at the very edge to avoid cars. There is smoother pavement at the edge, but it's also littered with more pebbles and debris (plus it's under pine trees) so it's rather tricky for me. I think by waiting until after that hill before starting the first run helped me finish strong. I also thought I went a bit slower, but the iPhone app says my running pace is around what it has been, the 13:50 to 14:00 min/mile range.
Also want to mention that as of last Thursday morning I was down another 2 pounds from the week before! Now at 204.6 last measurement, where I hovered between 212-218 for quite a few years. Sub-200 pounds is so close!
