A Few Thoughts…

Well, I made it - I finished my first 5k race! I achieved my goal of finishing faster than I could walk. Officially, my time was 32:35, though I didn’t start right at the gun of course. I had to walk part of it (there were some crazy hills that I was not ready for), but not much - just more than I’d like. To add to the hill problem, my allergies decided to rear their ugly heads. But I finished the race with my head up, and I’m ready to continue training. But I need to get something better to listen to music with….

I finally made it to the last week in the Couch-2-5k program, and I gotta say, the program works. I was a little unsure about actually making it to the 5k mark in the 30 minutes of running, but I did it. And not on a completely flat course either! Now, the Zoo will pose a slightly greater challenge, but I’m feeling pretty good about the running at the moment. I think I’ll keep with this distance for a week or so more after the Cheetah Run, and then start pushing on a 10k program, with the ultimate goal being the Heart mini-marathon 15k in the spring!

I really like running - especially in the mornings. Well, other than almost getting run off the road that one time…and that was even in a wide shoulder to run in (there was no problem when I was ACTUALLY sharing the road with the vehicles and running on the white line). And I kinda like the new diet: not having to worry as much about the quantity of the food I intake, but more about the quality of the food. So really I’m getting to eat more good food - and an occasional trip to the fast-food establishment of my choosing is just fine!

If you have any tips on moving up the distance on the running, post them!

Another day, another run. This time, I crossed the 10-minute mile mark. Probably not a big feat for some of you, but it was a first for me. Yay me Unfortunately, the pizza I had for dinner made the run quite difficult. Boo me

3.00 mi in 33:45

Now for a shower and sleep…though not at the same time. I think that’s called drowning…don’t wanna do that…

Today’s run got me to the 3-mile mark! I feel pretty good, though a little dehydrated. It seems like a lot of the runs at this point are more of a psychological achievement than physical achievements. Certainly the 20-minute continuous run from last Thursday did a good job of making me feel more like a runner than someone who is just trying to make his way through some running program.

Running for me is somehow strangely relaxing. I don’t really know how to explain it, but I enjoy it. Just under 5-weeks until the Cheetah run, and I’m thinking about adjusting my personal goal…but I haven’t really done any running outside yet. So I’m gonna hold off on that one

Last night’s run was a little more difficult than friday’s - don’t really know why though. It was a little warmer in the fitness center, but I don’t think that would cause my shins to burn. On a side note - a little wikipedia-ing shows that the muscles which hurt were probably called Dorsiflexors, which is a cool word. Anyway, I was able to finish my 30 minutes or so, and go back home to eat and begin a long night of work. School work, and HTG work kept me up WAY past my bedtime to almost 1:00 or so. I don’t really know how long I was up, I kinda dozed off on the couch at one point. Anyway, hopefully not too many more of those nights are in store - I have a lot to do around my house to get ready for Thanksgiving!