3-Day for the Cure: Training Week Twenty

Spring (if not yet completely sprung) is showing some weak but promising signs of defeating winter sometime soon. Ever the optimist, I have ditched the treadmill in favor of doing some walking in the fresh, albeit brisk, air.

So on Saturday, Ryan and I drove over to the Jamaica Pond. A 1.5 mile loop, it made for a beautiful morning jaunt.

I'm still lacking in the cross-training department, but since I was a bit behind on mileage in previous weeks, I didn't want to ramp up too quickly on other aspects of my training. (At least that's the excuse I'm using tonight.) I plan to add one day of cross-training this week, and then add a second day around Week 16 or so.

On a related note, Ryan and I received P90-X as a Christmas gift and I'll be incorporating these DVDs a few times a week to supplement my workouts.

We've already done a few of these and they're... uh... intense!

Although I find him highly entertaining, I'm pretty sure if I tried to fully incorporate Tony Horton along with Susan G. Komen into my training schedule I would make it forty minutes into Plyometrics and promptly collapse into a puddle of spandex, sweat and, most likely, drool.

Thus, as intrigued as I am by the Beach Body concept, I'm going to be judicious about this for now since the 3-Day is my priority.

Anyway, this is what I was supposed to do this week:

Suggested Training
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 3 Miles Easy Walk
Wednesday - 15 Minutes Moderate Cross-Training
Thursday - 4 Miles Moderate Walk
Friday - 30 Minutes Easy Cross-Training
Saturday - 6 Miles Easy Walk
Sunday - 4 Miles Easy Walk
Total Mileage - 17

And this is what I did:

Actual Training
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 3 Miles Moderate Walk
Wednesday - Rest
Thursday - 4 Miles Moderate Walk
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 6 Miles Moderate Walk
Sunday - 4 Miles Moderate Walk
Total Mileage - 17

I'm proud to have hit my mileage for the week, even if the cross-training was a giant fail. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next week holds.