I ran 6 miles, and walked one. I burned exactly 800 calories. ;)
I ran the first two miles as warm up at 5.0 mph, then ran two miles at 5.5, then 1.5 miles at 5.7, .25 miles at 5.9, and .25 miles at 6.0 mph. I felt good though. My four mile run earlier in the week was hard. I was having trouble breathing. Today I felt good, and the 6 miles went much more smoothly. I was fatiguing a bit near the end, but not by much.
With my new training schedule, I am repeating each training week once. So my schedule was more or less the same for the past two weeks. The first week, my goal is to just log the requisite # of miles. In the second week, my goal is to work speed.
This week, I started to work with speed.
Starting on Monday, my mileage will increase.
Last week, I was running at mainly 5.0 - 5.3 mph. This week I tried to work on 5.5 - 6.0, with a resting speed of 5.3. I ran outside once, and after doing the math, it turns out I ran at 5.0, so I'll have to work on pacing without a treadmill.
As a side note, while my weight hasn't changed much in the past seven weeks of training, something is shifting. I got into two pairs of jeans that haven't fit me in two years. I'm not saying I got in easily, but I got IN. ;)
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Wow you are making great progress! Sounds like you are on the right track! How are your shins feeling?
Whatever fat weight you are losing is probably being displaced by the gain in muscle weight.
I'm not much of an expert on this stuff, but that would be my guess.
Thanks, Pat! That's a good reminder. I'm paranoid that I'm losing muscle, because I'm not weight training and one of my trainers told me I'd have to do weight training several times a week to keep up with the cardio that is potentially burning up muscle too.
Anyone else have thoughts or info on this?
Yes, you would need to lift to maintain the muscle mass you'd built before.
However, take a look at a pack of elite runners. Do they look especially muscular to you? They kinda look skinny. Muscle is heavier to carry on the trail with you. You don't WANT a lot of muscle, at least right now.
If you're running for weight loss, lifting weights will help you burn more fat because muscle burns fat. However, your goal is not to lose weight. That is a lucky consequence. Your goal is to finish a half marathon. Don't forget your goal. :)
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