This week was the second week of my six week training programme. I ran on the days Monday and Friday and attended the gym on days Tuesday and Thursday.
Last weeks goal was:
Run 5km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground
This weeks goal is:
Run 6km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground (3km each day)
On Monday and Friday I ran a distance of 3km each day. On Monday I found the training session quite difficult and stopped running a few times for a short while. During this time when I stopped running I maintained a brisk walk though so I didnt stop all together. The reason that I stopped running during this training session was because the distance was difficult, however, this is a good thing as by me pushing myself I will increase my cardiovascular endurance.
On Friday I found the training session as difficult as I found it on Monday. I think that this was because I was due for a resting period as it was only my second week of the training programme and I was still getting used to the intensity of the training session plans. I'm sure that after my resting periods over the weekend I will be fine with running an increased distance next Monday.
I set my target to run 6km this week as I think that this was a reasonable distance to run over 2 days. This was my second week of the training programme and therefore I was adapting more to the distances that I have been running. I found the distance to run on Monday quite difficult as I was still adapting to the distances that I have been told to run and therefore I stopped for a few minutes. However, I started running again after a short while ass I wanted to try and run the whole distance. Last week I ran 5km 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.
I feel that I partially achieved my running target for this week. The realistic target that I set myself for this week was:
* Be able to run a distance of 6km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground (3km each day)
I found the training session difficult, however, I feel that this was beneficially for me as it shows that I am increasing my cardiovascular endurance and therefore working towards my overall goal.
On Tuesday and Thursday I attended the gym. On Tuesday I found the gym training session challenging due to the increased intensity of the training session. I feel that this is a good aspect of the training session as by it being difficult it shows that the training session is increasing my heart rate and, as a result, is increasing my cardiovascular fitness slowly.
On Thursday I found the training session alright as I knew what to expect as I did the same training session on Tuesday. The training session made my muscles ache, however, this is good because it will allow my muscles and heart rate adapt to the intense work out and improve my cardiovascular endurance.
The machines that I used at the gym were the treadmill, stair master and exercise bike.
I feel that I partially achieved my gym target for this week. The realistic target that I set myself for this week was:
* Be able to improve my cardiovascular endurance at the gym by using the following exercise machines:
- Treadmill
- Stair Master
- Exercise Bike
I improved this goal by increasing the intensity of the workout and therefore working at a higher level on the exercise machine for a longer period of time than I did last 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.
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