Week Four Evaluation

This week was the forth week of my six week training programme. I ran on the days Monday and Friday and attended the gym on days Tuesday and Thursday. The other days were my resting periods.

Last weeks goal was:
Run 7km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground

This weeks goal is:
Run 8km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground (4km each day)

On Monday and Friday I ran an increased distance of 4km each day.

On Monday I found the training session really hard. I think this is because I was not yet used to running theses distances and therefore my muscles were unable to full fill the training sessions needs. I also think that I was getting bored when running as when I'm at the gym I am kept entertained. On Friday I will try to motivate myself by listening to music while I run. Even though I found it hard I was able to maintain a constant running/jogging pace and I did not stop throughout the whole session.

On Friday I thought that I coped with the training session very well as I did not feel exhausted after running the distance I did. I think this is because I was finally getting used to running theses distances and therefore my muscles were able to full fill the training sessions needs. I also think by listening to music while I ran was a good idea as I was kept motivated and thought that the session was over alot quicker. I was able to maintain a constant running/jogging pace and I did not stop throughout the whole session.

I set my target to run 8km this week as I think that this was a reasonable distance to run over 2 days as I have been increasing the distance by 1km each week. This was my forth week of the training programme and I was adapting to the distances that I have been running and the intensities of the training session. I found the distance to run on Monday really hard as I was getting bored during the run and not being motivated to finish it. However, I didn't stop running throughout the training session and therefore this shows that I am progressing more and more each week. Last week I ran 7km over the 2 days that I was at the forest recreation ground and this week I have increased the distance by 1km. I feel that an extra 0.5km to run this week will improve my cardiovascular endurance further and therefore I will be one step closer to my overall goal.

On Tuesday and Thursday I attended the gym.

On Tuesday I found the training session quite challenging. I found the training session hard as I increased the intensity of the work out by not only increasing the speed but also the gradient of the exercise machines. I was happy that I found the training session hard as this is good for my body because it will train my heart rate and increase my cardiovascular endurance, resulting in me moving one step closer to my overall goal!

On Thursday I found the training session challenging but suitable for my ability. I found the training session challenging because my muscles did not get used to the high impact training on Tuesday and I was aching from the training sessions I had done earlier in the week.

Next Week I will be improving my goals set so that my cardiovascular endurance can increase and become closer to the overall goal that I have set for myself.