Yesterday, Princess Jennifer & I did our first training session. It was a bit windy, but sunny and it felt amazing! I just can't believe the endorphin rush from talking about the race and making our training schedule...
We have planned to work on pace/speed first. I am REALLY slow, and so the goal is by July 1 to be at a 15min/mile for at least 3 miles. Distance wise, I can do three miles easily now but they are slow miles. We are planning to use the Galloway method of walk/race walk-run to increase the pace. Tomorrow will be my first solo training session with the new plan. I have the interval run app on my iphone, so I have started with a 5 min warm up walk, then 30 seconds of race walking-running, alternating with 2 minutes walking for a total of 20 minutes, then a 5 minute cool down walk. I also need to remember stretching after my walk. In my excitement yesterday, I overlooked the stretching, and boy did I feel my mistake the rest of the day. Unfortunately, being a more "mature" princess, I totally need the stretching...
We have also decided to do a 5K race sometime in July. Again, the goal is to complete the 5K at our Princess Pace and then add distance from there. We also plan a 10K in the fall at our Princess Pace, and then we are right in line for the Princess Feb 26, 2012 !!
So were are official now. We have a training plan and our next walk together is scheduled for April 20th. I have a lot of homework to do in the next two weeks, but I am pumped!
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