New routine: Working on speed

It's official. I've registered for the 2019 Run Disney race event. I'm not where I need to be, condition wise, so it's time to change things up. My speed needs to increase. You must keep a 16 min./mile rate in order to not be pulled from the race. I've been averaging an 18min/mile, so today I decided to move more, faster and increase my run/walk/run ratio. So I increased to 30sec/30sec (run/walk), and on walking, going a bit faster. I did do a 17min/mile.

So it must be about 200 percent humidity out there today, but I managed to go almost 2 miles. Quite winded, as I could only do about 10 cycles. I blame some of this on the heat. The fall will be easier to train for the race in January. I'm not worried about distance, I know that I can go the 3 miles, I just have to work on the speed.


Last Sunday I tried swimming. I did not feel that I got a good workout. Even though I did 15-20 minutes of water aerobic exercise and then swam laps. It's just not the same thing as running. Plus, I really didn't like being at our pool. There were 2 other people swimming laps, and I don't like to be looked at in swimwear. And with our stupid condo rules, the pool doesn't open until 9:00 am. By then I'm usually far into my day, since I run about 6:00 am. Well, I tried. I may still use this as an alternate form of exercise.

Stop back for more! To follow my progress, you can read my previous post here.