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Jul232009

Couch Potato to Road Warrior in 60 days

Want to run? Here's the way. Start easy. Commit to three days of walking/running a week. Thirty minutes at a time. Here's the breakdown in minutes:

Week One: Warm up 6 min, Jog 30 seconds, walk 90 seconds (9 cycles), Cool down 6 minutes

Week Two: Warm up 5 min, Jog 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds (8 cycles), Cool down 5 minutes

Week Three: Warm up 5 min, Jog 90 seconds, walk 2 minutes (6 cycles), Cool down 5 minutes

Week Four: Warm up 5 min, Jog 3 minutes, Walk 3 minutes (4 cycles), Cool down 5 minutes

Week Five: Warm up 5 min, Jog 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes (3 cycles), Cool down 5 minutes

Week Six: Warm up 5 min, Jog 8 minutes, walk 2 minutes (2 cycles), Cool down 5 minutes

Week Seven: Warm up 5 min, Jog 10 minutes, walk 2 minutes, Jog 8 minutes, Cool down 5 minutes

Week Eight: Warm up 5 min, Jog working up to 20 minutes, Cool down 5 minutes

Final Week: Try to do as much of the 30 minutes jogging as you can.  Congratulations!  You Did It!

 

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