Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Science of Working Out

This week was our first face-to-face session of the fall semester.  Many of us stayed at the Doubletree, which has very nice facilities.  I love the gym, as well as the fact that I have a highly motivated Learning Partner who will get up and work out with me!

This week I got to see some data on my run.  It was a revelation because I've been training exclusively with the app Couch to 5K.  The beauty of this app is that it provides an interval trainer.  The downside is that it does NOT provide pace or any data.

Here's a look at my stats:

I was really disappointed at the distance traveled!  In my mind, I was moving!  I've still got to get my speed up to get to a 5k in a reasonable amount of time.

Note: 5 minute warmup and cooldown, 30 minute run.
14 MPH.  Awwww. :'(  Slow!

At tech camp, I couldn't run for 3 minutes.  Now I can do 30!  Slowly but surely making progress to becoming the person I want to be...