One cool thing about the Shred...

One cool thing about the Shred program is that it does get easier. In fact, I don't feel like I am getting enough cardio with it so the Couch to 5K program is a good addition. Was out of town yesterday so couldn't do the Shred. For the first time ever, I used the fitness room in a hotel...treadmill. Let me be clear, I hate the freaking treadmill but wasn't confident in running in the neighborhood at night.

Started with slow walk and progressed up to 2.8 (pretty fast for my little legs), then went up to a jog at 4.0. Held it for 5 minutes and went back down for a walk at 3.0 for 5. Jogged at 4.2 for 10 minutes, walked 3.4 for 10 minutes. 5 minute run at 4.2, 5 minute walk at 3.4 then 3 minute cool down at 3.0. Boring stats, I know but the cool thing is that I never got that to that tongue hanging out my mouth panting stage. Focused on the rhythym (trying to see if I can follow Chi Running tips) and never got winded. Heart rate stayed up and I ended up buring 224 cals in 30 minutes. Felt great afterwards...took my time stretching out and not sore today.

Best thing I realized about a treadmill, it's easy to watch your distance and time the running sections. Because I never really got winded, it would have been easy to keep going but then I would have been sore later so it kept me disiplined. And, anyway, I started at the 3rd progression of the C5K program because I was already in pretty good cardio shape from the Shred workouts.

Can't wait until Tuesday to see if I have actually made progress. Still want to throw the scale against the wall, though!