Week 8 Report!

Well, let's just say it's still some progress. 

Week	Date	Kipp		Weekly%	Overall%	Dad		Weekly%	Overall%
	3/22/2011	275				227
1	3/29/2011	275		0.00%	0.00%	227		0.00%	0.00%
2	4/5/2011	272	3	1.09%	1.09%	225	2	0.88%	0.88%
3	4/12/2011	268	4	1.47%	2.55%	223	2	0.89%	1.76%
4	4/19/2011	268	0	0.00%	2.55%	223	0	0.00%	1.76%
5	4/26/2011	269	-1	-0.37%	2.18%	223	0	0.00%	1.76%
6	5/3/2011	266	3	1.12%	3.27%	220	3	1.35%	3.08%
7	5/10/2011	262	4	1.50%	4.73%	222	-2	-0.91%	2.20%
8	5/17/2011	261	1	0.38%	5.09%	222	0	0.00%	2.20%

At least the big news for me tonight is that I did Week 5 Day 2 without any issues.  No slow downs, no shin or calf pain.

I tried something new tonight.  I covered up the timer on the treadmill.  MUCH BETTER!  As much as I tried to not look at it before, I was always watching it dreading how much more time I had yet to run in the segment.

Tonight, with covering up the timer, I just kept running and listened to the music on my iPhone as the C25K app kept me going along.  I added a few more songs to my songs list tonight and that also helped change things up a bit.  Overall, the 8 minute segments really didn't SEEM all that long since I wasn't able to keep track of it!

Now on to the dreaded Week 5 Day 3.  It's the 20 minute solid run.  Warm up 5, Run 20, Cool down 5.  I plan on doing the same thing with the timer.  I hope doing that little trick will help me concentrate on just running along and the 20 minutes will just fly by listening to some tunes.

I've been looking for a countdown wigit/gadget/doodad/thing-a-ma-jig  to add to my little blog here, but haven't found anything that really looks like it will do what I'd like.  So I now bring you...

Cheap imitation countdown doohicky (subject to name change at any given time)

Today is:	5/17/2011
		DAYS
Walt Disney World Trip:	9/2/2011	108
Disney World 1/2 Marathon:	1/7/2012	235

Thanks for Reading!  Regards,

~Kipp

Running to 2012... and BEYOND!
Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon - January 7, 2012