How does it feel to be almost a month into the program? How was last week and 6 minutes?
This week is a rest week. There are additional rest weeks at week 8 and 12. The purpose of these weeks are to maintain mileage and give your bodies a chance to heal…. so enjoy it! Your body will thank you later 
This week is 1 workout with 3 minutes running (of 30), and 2 workouts of 6 minutes running (of 30 minutes). The schedule is set up so that the 3 minutes running should be your first workout this week.
Rest up! Enjoy it… and know that you can still challenge yourself this week by moving your running intervals closer together (with less recovery time in between) and/or by running for longer intervals.
Have fun!
I think this is so cool Anne! Thanks for posting these updates every week!
Comment by blestwithsons — April 29, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
Blest, thanks! It’s such a fun, fun thing to do. I’m enjoying making sure that I’m working out and being active so, so much more than making sure that I’m eating healthy. (which, again, is why I’m hopping on the phase 1 and 3/4 SB train!)
My week was good; all of my workouts were hard, though! They really kicked my rear. I did manage to do the full 6 min of running (jogging, really!) all at once, though. My goal for this week is to do the 3 min a little faster and to do the full 6 min all together both times…. fingers crossed.
Comment by Anne — April 30, 2007 @ 7:26 am
Anne - I’m so proud of you girl. I was going strong and then my knee and ankle decided they couldn’t do it. I’ve decided to wait until I lose a bit more weight before I take up serious running again. This made me realize just how much I really miss it though
Comment by Blair — April 30, 2007 @ 11:11 am
Blair — you can always try to switch to the 7-month plan (http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=27) if you wanted.
But seriously, way to know your body. That’s the most important thing of all of this. And I’m glad that you’re re-hooked on running
You could also build up your walking distance/endurance right now, too. I think I read something about how every pound of body weight causes 4 pounds of pressure on your knees when walking but 16 pounds of pressure when running… so maybe your body can handle walking 
Comment by Anne — April 30, 2007 @ 11:20 am
Ack! Crazy week and I only went to the gym twice! I did quite well both times though…just didn’t get the other workout in. Glad this is a rest week…maybe I can catch up!
And yeah, thanks. This is cool!
Comment by Bethany — April 30, 2007 @ 7:53 pm