Day 17

4.2 miles, 64 min,LSD, some running, mainly walking.

The walking was Ok but again during the running felt the tightness in the right leg, slowed my speed to 4.5mph and was just thinking-Ok 20 more sec and will stop-when miraculously the tightness went away and I could actually run for 3-4 min. So that was good.By the end of the workout the legs were actually doing Ok but I was having trouble breathing smoothly.

Finished the walk/run early in the AM before starting the day. Feel good about that. Realised and maybe had read somewhere that these regular workouts are the building bricks for the marathon goal and each workout will help in some way to reach that goal. So no missing any.

Surfed the Jeff Galloway site for novice runners, so many calculations needed-magic mile, goal pace, speed workouts, pacing for the run/walk, for eg if goal is to run at 10 min/mile then workout should be 3min run and 1 min walk, but he didnt specify 3min run/1 min walk at what speed. Thoroughly confused, got some tips for novice runners and bookmarked the site for Jan 2008 when the actual 30 week training for the marathon according to his plan will begin.
The other thing learnt from his site is that the pace should always be at conversational level even at the end of the long walk-no huffing and puffing so as to finish strong. That means I shd be walking at 3mph!But I definately finished strong, I vacuumed and cleaned my house for 2 hours after the workout so must have done the right thing.

Off tomorrow, maybe will do some yoga/stretches.