So it's been a little more than a week since I decided to get back into running. I'm having a blast and actually looking forward to getting home and getting out on the road.
I am doing the Couch to 5K program that comes with some random free iPhone app. It has you progressing from 30 minutes of walking for 1.5 minutes/running 30s/60s to running a 5K in about 8 weeks. So far so good!
Run 1 (5/8/13) - Terrible. Terrible. TERRIBLE. Maybe I just wasn't used to running but I could BARELY make it through the first 3 30-second intervals and ended up walking a decent amount of this "run". To make maters worse, I ended up somehow losing the key fob to get me back into my apartment! I realized this about 2 miles in and then spent another hour retracing my steps in the dark and rain looking for it - all with no luck. My lower back hurt, my knees and ankles hurt and I discovered I had a hole on the inner thigh of one of the legs of my pants - which felt really good after 2.5 wet, gross miles... not. The important thing is that I got out there and got it done. (2.1 miles @ ??? pace ... I forgot to shut off Nike+ when I circled back looking for my fob)
Run 2 (5/9/13) - Not so terrible. I went out tonight not expecting anything better than yesterday but was pleasantly surprised when I was able to run almost all of the prescribed intervals. I'm "running" REALLY slowly - according to Nike + my average was 15'33" (yikes) - but at least it's not sitting on the couch. I also FOUND MY FOB! Hooray! (2.13 mi @ 15'33")
Run 3 (5/10/13) - Instead of hitting the bar after work for happy hour, I hit the road and ran my longest and fastest run yet. I hot all of the prescribed intervals and I felt pretty good ... no low back pain, no hip pain, no shin pain. I could get used to this! (2.35 mi @ 14'31")
Run 4 (5/13/2013) - I inadvertently repeated Week 1 Day 3 of C25K.... but so what. This was the best I have felt thus far. I also made more of an effort to run hard for 30 seconds towards the end, but that ended up in my walking slower and my average pace increased a little. (2.45mi @ 14'47"). I also decided I do NOT want to take more than 1 day off of doing something cardio. I read somewhere that you start to lose fitness after 48 hours ( not that I have fitness), so that's not an option.
Run 5 (5/15/2013) Week 2 of C25K has me running for 1.5 minutes and walking for 1.5 minutes. All good, except I was starting to get tired after the first few run intervals and ended up both running and walking slower because of it. But I finished. I'm also noticing pain in my left shin. Good news is I am not winded at all! (2.43 mi @ 15'33")
Two news items:
1.) I signed up for the Army Ten Miler - it's on 10/20/13 ( the day after my birthday!). 10 miles in a few months shouldn't be too hard. I am hoping that this goal, along with the fact that my sister's wedding is the weekend before - will keep me honest in both running and eating ( I am doing Atkins). I need to not look gross at the wedding and not die in the 10 miler the week after.
2.) I've decided that while the 10 miler is my ultimate goal - I want to have some kind of intermediate goal as well. To that end I am pledging right now - to the whole world - to run 100 consecutive days. I am following the guidelines on http://www.100daysofrunning.com/. Ive made my goal public knowledge on Facebook - so hopefully I'll stick to it!
Other exciting news - I have lost TEN pounds ( I'm sure it's all water weight but a pound is a pound when you are as fat as I am!) and my pants that were too tight and initially sent me into this tizzy...FIT.
-Keep running
MC
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