more for four!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, here I am with my Week 4 Training Report:

Monday, December, 20th: Today I did a treadmill interval workout that was suggested in January's issue of Runner's World Magazine. I started with 5 minutes speed walking for warm-up, Run 2 min.(max speed 5.0 mi/hr)/ Walk 1 min. (Repeat x3), Run 3 min (max speed 5.4 mi/hr)/ Walk 1 min. (Repeat x3), Run 2/ Walk 1, Run 1/ Walk 4 (cool down). I covered 2.5 miles over 34 minutes. This was a good workout for my in that I am learning how to pace myself and stay running for longer periods of time. When I am running on the road I run too fast but then cannot keep it up long so I start walking. I hope this type of workout will help me increase the distance/time I can maintain running, and in time improve my pace.

Tuesday, December, 21th: Haircut, 25 minutes of P90X Yoga X Video, Massage, laundry, and pack. Sleep!

Wednesday, December, 22th: Fly to San Jose in the morning. No workout today.

Thursday, December, 23th: Run/ Walk with Dad on the road! (0.82 miles warm-up walk, 1.9 miles of straight running, and 1.1 miles fast walk to cool-down, for 3.97 miles total!), came home to do P90X Ab Ripper X, then 1/2 of P90X Stretch. I did many things today that I never thought I would do: 1) Get up a 6 am to go workout when I had no plans for the whole day, 2) Started running while the stars and moon were still out, 3) Run for almost 2 miles straight (been many years since I've been able to do that!), 4) Did exercise videos after completing a run. Today I realized that running is not only a physical sport but I learned first hand the power of the mind in being able to complete longer distances (hopefully it will still hold true as the distances get longer)!

Friday, December, 24th: While my family took naps I did the P90X Cardio X Video after going to Christmas Eve lunch with extended family.

Saturday, December, 25th: Merry Christmas! And they all settled down for a long winters nap... (Well, not really but I did take a day off from exercise)

Sunday, December, 26th: P90X Yoga X video (55 minutes).

Excitements for this Week:
- Going for a run with my training partner, Dad!
- Total distance covered: 6.4 miles.
- Worked out 5/7 days!

Goals for next Week:
- Keep on training schedule even through working 3 days in a row.
- Starting on a stricter food program.