Couch to 5K, Week 5, Day 3

I attempted Couch to 5K Week 5, Day 3 on Wednesday. It was a nice day, so Alec and I decided to check out an outdoor trail near our gym. It's not marked off in intervals, but there was a sign that said it was 2 miles out & back. Normally it's a loop, but there's construction going on, so part of the path is cut off. Since the goal for was 2 miles, we decided to go ahead and run there. We didn't do a warm up walk, just started out with a slow jog.

I started out OK. I was breathing pretty hard, so Alec tried to help me work on that. I got pretty tired and wanted to walk a couple times on the way out, but Alec wouldn't let me. So, I ran the whole first mile, minus a very brief stop to try & get a drink of water - but the fountain did not work - I guess the water is off for the construction. But, I was really tired, so I had to start out walking back. I wanted to walk the whole way, but of course Alec wouldn't let me!

Since there were no markers, I have no idea how far I walked - I took 3 different walk breaks, maybe a 1/2 mile total?

I also don't know how fast I went. Neither of us has a digital watch or anything to time with.

The whole thing was pretty hard. For one thing, it's obviously hard to control the pace and Alec thinks we were running about a 10 minute mile on the way out, so that's a lot faster than I've ever done in the gym, which is probably why I was so tired after the 1st mile. For another thing, I didn't drink enough before we left so I got really thirsty, and like I said the water fountains were broken. Then, there's the breathing - I don't breathe right so I have to work on that.

It was fun to run outside though, and the trail is pretty nice so I think we will go there again.