Something to this Galloway method....

According to my husband, I have always been a head case when I run. I manage to psych myself out of doing well. I somehow sabotage my runs (especially with him).....

Find the Spark running program for 5K's has been a perfect fit. I followed the plan as written for the first three weeks. At week 4, it tells you to job for 35 minutes on 2 days and then 40 minutes on the third.

Well - that just wasn't working for me. I wasn't "into" that...so I decided to keep with the intervals of running and walking and see if I could find a good fit for me. I did.

I started with a longer interval 7/1 (run/walk) and then decreased to 6/1, 5/1 and 4/1 as I got further into the time. It worked. I ran 3.5 miles in the alloted time...kept an average 10 minute pace. I'll take that.

I'm not out to break the land speed record. I want a good workout with a big calorie burn, and this does it....400+ calories for that run.

I kept that up for day 2 as well.

This morning was day 3, and 40 minutes....so I started with 6/1 ratio, did that twice (14 minutes) then broke down to 5/1 twice (12 minutes, 26 minutes total). I then did another 6/1 and then a 5/1 (39 minutes total). I was feeling pretty good, and only had 1 minute left, but there was a lot of time left in Ellen....so I decided to keep going.....

I was a little tired, so I did 4/1 for the rest of the time, another 14 minutes or so, and I was shocked when I finished to see that I ran 5 miles in 53 minutes....that's an average of 10:17 per mile....

I am so excited.

I ran a 10K (6.2 miles) last July and it took me an 1 hour and 17 minutes. I will admit it was seriously hot/humid out - but I am so close to a 10K run....and even if the last 1.2 miles took 15 minutes, I would still be under my time last July.

So I am a believer in the Galloway method. My husband thinks that I'm crazy - walking in the middle - but for a head case like me - it's the answer!