So, after a day of cross training and a day of rest, I was back on the treadmill today. Weather outside is still sub-freezing, which again, doesn’t bother me, but the lack of concerned citizens shoveling their sidewalks kind of f*cks up my attempts to run outside.
Just as a side note, I’ve done two cross trainings so far, one on each monday of this plan, and I’ve simply been doing some yoga to begin to build some fundamental strength and to stretch out my sore body. I almost feel I’m on the verge of shin splints from the running, but I’ve never really had them so I don’t know what they feel like.
I ran a mile today. This time a 12 minute mile. Again, just trying to get a bit faster each time till, ideally, I am running nine minute miles.
Weighed in at 193 today, which is up a bit. That may be from weighing myself at night instead of the morning this time, or it might be the junk food binge I hit today when my stress level hit 9.0 at work. When stress comes barreling down, some folks drink, some do drugs…Charley eats chocolate. Very unmanly but it is what it is…
| Week | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Jan 4 | Cross | Rest | 1 m run | 1 m run | 1 m run | rest | 2 |
| Jan 11 | Cross | Rest | 1 m run | 1 m run | 2 m run | rest | 3 |
| 3 | Cross | Rest | 2 m run | 2 m run | 2 m run | rest | 4 |
| 4 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 3 m run | 3 m run | rest | 6 |
| 5 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 3 m run | 3 m run | rest | 7 |
| 6 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 4 m run | 3 m run | rest | 5 |
| 7 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 4 m run | 3 m run | rest | 9 |
| 8 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 5 m run | 3 m run | rest | 10 |
| 9 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 5 m run | 3 m run | rest | 7 |
| 10 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 6 m run | 3 m run | rest | 12 |
| 11 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 6 m run | 3 m run | rest | 13 |
| 12 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 7 m run | 4 m run | rest | 10 |
| 13 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 7 m run | 4 m run | rest | 15 |
| 14 | Cross | Rest | 4 m run | 8 m run | 4 m run | rest | 16 |
| 15 | Cross | Rest | 4 m run | 8 m run | 5 m run | rest | 12 |
| 16 | Cross | Rest | 4 m run | 9 m run | 5 m run | rest | 18 |
| 17 | Cross | Rest | 5 m run | 9 m run | 5 m run | rest | 14 |
| 18 | Cross | Rest | 5 m run | 10 m run | 5 m run | rest | 20 |
| 19 | Cross | Rest | 5 m run | 8 m run | 4 m run | rest | 12 |
| 20 | Cross | Rest | 4 m run | 6 m run | 3 m run | rest | 8 |
| 21 | Cross | Rest | 3 m run | 4 m run | 2 m run | rest | RACE! |
