Week 9 of Rubenesque Ladies Running never happened, between being sick and being on vacation, it was bypassed. Because of this, I wanted to make sure that I eased my way back into running. This week consisted of 2 minute intervals of jogging and walking. It felt really good to get back in the groove.
Friday March 5th, 2010-This was my first outdoor run. The weather was AMAZING, the sun felt great and I enjoyed the scenery. Those my friends were the pro’s. The con’s well I’m not sure if I will every be an outdoor runner. My feet felt like lead during the running intervals. I missed having the clock on the treadmill telling me when to walk and run and it was awkward to look down at my watch constantly to see where I was at. I instead decided to pick landmarks to run between and walk between. I learned that I walk much faster outdoors than I do on the treadmill (I think my treadmill is fairly inconsistent on its speed, I need to call Nordictrack about that!) I had no idea what my running pace was or how far I was running. I wound up doing 1.7 miles in 27:53 for a Pace of 16:24 which really shocked me. I felt like I was moving through quicksand!
Monday March 8th, 2010-My sweet, sweet treadmill, I missed you! I was worried that I wasnt going to be up to the 2 minute intervals since it had been a week since I know that I jogged for 2 minutes at a time. The first couple were a little rough, but it got a little easier as I went through. I feel amazing now that it is through. This is also the first time that I wore my GoWear Fit during an RLR run, and I learned that I burn approximately 375 calories during the 30 minute session. I went 1.68 Miles for a Pace of 17:46, which is REALLY slow compared to what I had been doing, but I’ll work on getting it back down 
Wednesday March 10th, 2010-This one never happened. I over scheduled myself this week. I could have done it on Thursday, but decided to walk on the treadmill instead of doing my 2 minute intervals. I wasnt even going to walk, but I forced myself to at least do SOMETHING. Walked at 3.1 for 30 minutes.
Bella was on a work trip all week, so I am not sure if she was able to get the RLR Runs in, but you should stop by and encourage her for next week!
Tata for now,
Scale Warfare
Give running outdoors some time! The springtime transition off of the treadmill is hard, but eventually, you get used to being outside. Great week back on the plan!
You did well, considering you had a crazy week. I didn’t get to fit in any workouts while I was gone, but I’m looking forward to getting back to RLR tomorrow after work.
hey walking 30 minutes on the treadmill IS something…don’t forget to give yourself credit for moving even if it’s not what you wanted to do.
You are so right. I also never think about the fact that the calorie burn difference while different is still significant!