Sorry for not posting last week but I didn’t get a chance to post Friday or Saturday and Sunday I was too wiped out to post so I’m combining day 3 of week 8 and day 1 of week 9 in this post. 
I made it through both days ok but it was a battle against my mind once again for both runs. The course I took on Friday was less uphill than the one I did last Wednesday but it was still a hard run. For most of the last 15 minutes I was pretty much telling myself I could make it in spite of the pleading to just walk. It was the same way for today’s run, which was my first 30 minute run, I ran in spite of my body and mind pleading with me to quit.
It didn’t help matters any that the enter button on my Garmin decided to quit working so I couldn’t pace my runs to my heart rate because the normal display of the heart rate is too small for me to see when running. Usually I set my workout so I stay in a certain HR range and when I do that the HR display is big enough for me to keep an eye on it. However, without being able to choose my planned workout I had to go with the default screens which are setup more for timing the pace of the run and not the HR.
Hopefully I’ll be able to get that enter button situation resolved and be able to get back to HR training, but I think the workouts are still going to be difficult until I have been running 30 minutes consistently for a few months. After that I’ll probably start working on my pace. I had planned on running 5K on Friday but I’ll probably just do the 30 minutes for a couple more weeks to get my body into better shape before trying the 3.1 miles. Here are my stats for day 3 week 8 and day 1 week 9.
Garmin Forerunner 305 stats for the Day 3 Week 8 run:
Total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down: 39 Minutes
Average Pace: 1 mile in 12 minutes 26 seconds
Avg Speed/Max Speed: 4.8 mph/11.7 mph
Average Heart Rate: 163 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 193 bpm
Total Distance: 3.04 Miles
Calories Burned: 475
Garmin Forerunner 305 stats for the Day 1 Week 9 run:
Total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down: 41 Minutes
Average Pace: 1 mile in 12 minutes 8 seconds
Avg Speed/Max Speed: 4.9 mph/7.7 mph
Average Heart Rate: 157 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 177 bpm
Total Distance: 3.38 Miles
Calories Burned: 529
Just a note, Wednesday’s run results probably wont be posted until Thursday as I have to work late Wednesday so that’ll be the next post from me. I posted week 8’s summary right before this post if you would like to see that. Have a great Tuesday and Wednesday! 
Tags: couch-to-5k, running, fitness
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September 4, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Tanya
You haven’t given up, have you? I wanted to let you know that one of last week’s entrys about you reading the bible every morning inspired me to do the same. Then I looked forward to reading more about your success.
I hope you are not gonna go back to being a couch potato. I hope that I can join this thing too.
Confession- I read your entry on my couch! But seriously I thank you for helping me to be inspired to read my bible and strongly consider moving my body!
Tan
September 14, 2008 at 9:08 pm
jonpeckham
Hi Tan.
I haven’t given up, just been super busy the last couple of weeks with work and all.
That doesn’t mean I’m going back to being a couch potato though, and I know you can do this too. If I can do it, anyone can. 
I am putting in a quick update today as I haven’t had time to get a regular post in but keep checking back, I hope to get in all my stats by end of week.
Oh, and most importantly, keep reading your Bible! It makes the soul well just like running helps the body.
Thanks also for the encouragement, I really appreciate it!
September 19, 2008 at 10:08 am
Tanya
I’m still reading!!