The Running Room

The program that we're following is similar to the one that is put on by The Running Room. Their 5km training starts this week, so we will be on schedule with them.

The Running Room holds free group run sessions on Wednesday nights at 6p.m. and Sunday mornings at 8:30a.m. If you're looking for people to run with, this is a great opportunity. Just join in with the 5km training group and you're all set!

Tuesday Runs

It looks like Tuesday nights will be our group run. We will meet at our destination at 7p.m. for stretching. It would be good to set aside approximately 45 minutes for the run, which will include stretching both before and after running.

The date of our first run will be Tuesday June 6th. We will meet at Springbank Park at the carousel at Storybook Gardens.

Training Schedule

This is the minimum requirement for the 5km training. If you feel that you can do more, try adding more sets to your run.

Week 1: run 1 min, walk 2 min - 6 sets
Week 2: run 1 min, walk 1 min - 10 sets
Week 3: run 2 min, walk 1 min - 6 sets
Week 4: run 3 min, walk 1 min - 5 sets
Week 5: run 4 min, walk 1 min - 5 sets
Week 6: run 5 min, walk 1 min - 3 sets
Week 7: run 6 min, walk 1 min - 3 sets
Week 8: run 8 min, walk 1 min, run 4 min - 2 sets
Week 9: run 10 min, walk 1 min - 2 sets
Week 10: run 10 min, walk 1 min - 2 sets

After Week 10, we will continue to run 10min, walk 1 min, but we will increase the total run time to 30 minutes, which will be approximately 5km of running.

It is important to run regularly to keep up with the program. I plan on running 3-4 times weekly. If you’d like to join me, I’d love to have company!

Welcome!

Welcome fellow joggers! I am very excited that we will be learning to run together. It's a fantastic way to get in shape (it's free!), and it will be our time to socialize sans bebe.

I think it's important to have a goal when running. I hope that you will join me in my quest to complete the 5km CIBC Run For The Cure on October 1, 2006.

This blog can be used for informational and inspirational purposes. I will try my best to regularly post running tips that will make and keep us healthy runners. If you come across any great advice, I hope you'll share it with us here. I think we can use this to post our thoughts and feelings about the running program...like an online journal. Let's try to motivate each other to keep at it, so we can all achieve our goal in the end!

Okay, now I'm getting sappy! I'll post the training schedule next so you will know how the program works. You will see that it is created so anyone can be successful.

Happy trails,
Celeste