Evan and I had a great run yesterday. We're up to 15 minute intervals and we can keep a decent pace, but still keep a conversation going. After the run, we don't hurt anywhere near as much as we used to. It's very encouraging to see all this progress.
I'm still reflecting on my goal of running a whole mile. A couple of months ago, I thought I'd never be back in the kind of shape to do that. It's something I think about pretty regularly throughout the day.
I've decided that running will probably be my sport for life. I've set the goal of one day making it to the Boston Marathon and I feel this is entirely possible. As I keep running, I'll get closer to making the qualifying time. As I get older, the qualifying time will drop. Somewhere in there, I'll eventually make it. I may be 90-years-old when I make it, but I will get there eventually.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Gooooooaaaaalllll!!!
Ok, so I passed a minor goal of mine.
When I first started this running stuff, I really wanted to get back to where I could stay running for a whole mile. Yesterday, Evan and I definitely did that. It wasn't the fastest mile anyone has ever run, but it was a mile nonetheless so I'm pretty happy about it.
This week, we started running our 15 minute intervals, which really means we walked for two minutes, ran for 15, walked another 2, then ran for 11 minutes. I know it might seem kind of cheap to take our first rest on the front end, but we have to warm up sometime. Also, when we get to our full 30 minute week, I won't count the warm up as part of the 30 minutes.
We missed a 5k run this weekend, but only because of the storms. That was kind of a let down, because I think we're ready to improve on our 5k PR. The last one was run in 45:36. I think we may be able to shave some time off of it, because I believe we can actually run the whole thing.
When I first started this running stuff, I really wanted to get back to where I could stay running for a whole mile. Yesterday, Evan and I definitely did that. It wasn't the fastest mile anyone has ever run, but it was a mile nonetheless so I'm pretty happy about it.
This week, we started running our 15 minute intervals, which really means we walked for two minutes, ran for 15, walked another 2, then ran for 11 minutes. I know it might seem kind of cheap to take our first rest on the front end, but we have to warm up sometime. Also, when we get to our full 30 minute week, I won't count the warm up as part of the 30 minutes.
We missed a 5k run this weekend, but only because of the storms. That was kind of a let down, because I think we're ready to improve on our 5k PR. The last one was run in 45:36. I think we may be able to shave some time off of it, because I believe we can actually run the whole thing.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Still going
It's a lot harder to post stuff when things aren't going very well.
Last week, I didn't get much running after a weekend of hurt knees. I ran on Friday and it felt great. It was the only day that I got to run in the whole "8 minutes" week. It felt good enough that we went ahead and moved up to the "10 minutes" week, yesterday.
This is the strange thing, running 10 minute intervals was really easy. I'm not hurting today and I don't expect any trouble tomorrow. I actually feel like I'm ready for running the whole 30 minutes.
Another big deal is that I weighed this morning and I'm now down 12 lbs. That is a new record for me as I've been at 300 lbs for forever and now I'm back down to 288. I've noticed that the weight really drops off as Evan and I are getting into the harder runs. This just makes me want to run more and keep up eating right.
There's a 5k this weekend that we should run. It's only a little ways away from where I live, so it won't be too much of a deal to go. Hopefully, we can greatly improve on our personal record.
Last week, I didn't get much running after a weekend of hurt knees. I ran on Friday and it felt great. It was the only day that I got to run in the whole "8 minutes" week. It felt good enough that we went ahead and moved up to the "10 minutes" week, yesterday.
This is the strange thing, running 10 minute intervals was really easy. I'm not hurting today and I don't expect any trouble tomorrow. I actually feel like I'm ready for running the whole 30 minutes.
Another big deal is that I weighed this morning and I'm now down 12 lbs. That is a new record for me as I've been at 300 lbs for forever and now I'm back down to 288. I've noticed that the weight really drops off as Evan and I are getting into the harder runs. This just makes me want to run more and keep up eating right.
There's a 5k this weekend that we should run. It's only a little ways away from where I live, so it won't be too much of a deal to go. Hopefully, we can greatly improve on our personal record.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Slacking, but not slacking
Ok, so I have been slacking on making my posts to this blog. It's strange because I get excited about making posts, but I tend to forget to make posts pretty easily. Anyways, things are going great.
Evan and I took last Friday off to recover from all our pains. It turned out to be a really good thing. I didn't try to do any strenuous activity until Sunday night when my wife and I went for a mountain bike ride. I figured this ride might screw up my run on Monday, but just getting out in the sunny weather and enjoying the outdoors was more than we could resist.
On Monday, I decided that Evan and I would go ahead and try to run our 6 minutes of running week, despite having a miserable 4 minute week. It paid off to go ahead. Evan and I ran the 6 minutes pretty easily and we both started learning more about pacing. Afterward, we even felt okay.
On Tuesday, Katy and I went mountain biking and my legs still felt great. With the installation of some new bike seats, I was able to ride for over 45 minutes and enjoy about 2/3rds of it. The other third consisted of hills.
Yesterday, Evan said he was hurting from Monday's run and needed a breather. I told him that was okay and that I could run by myself. It didn't hurt that I had just received a new armband for my phone so that I could listen to music while I ran. Anyways, the Wednesday run went pretty well except that I have some pretty strong pain in my Achilles tendon. I'm hoping it will be gone by Friday.
Evan and I took last Friday off to recover from all our pains. It turned out to be a really good thing. I didn't try to do any strenuous activity until Sunday night when my wife and I went for a mountain bike ride. I figured this ride might screw up my run on Monday, but just getting out in the sunny weather and enjoying the outdoors was more than we could resist.
On Monday, I decided that Evan and I would go ahead and try to run our 6 minutes of running week, despite having a miserable 4 minute week. It paid off to go ahead. Evan and I ran the 6 minutes pretty easily and we both started learning more about pacing. Afterward, we even felt okay.
On Tuesday, Katy and I went mountain biking and my legs still felt great. With the installation of some new bike seats, I was able to ride for over 45 minutes and enjoy about 2/3rds of it. The other third consisted of hills.
Yesterday, Evan said he was hurting from Monday's run and needed a breather. I told him that was okay and that I could run by myself. It didn't hurt that I had just received a new armband for my phone so that I could listen to music while I ran. Anyways, the Wednesday run went pretty well except that I have some pretty strong pain in my Achilles tendon. I'm hoping it will be gone by Friday.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Owwwwww some more
So I went ahead and ran with Evan yesterday and that may have been a mistake.
I thought I had rested enough after my very painful Tuesday run, but I'm pretty sure I was wrong. We made it more than halfway through the run before the pain in my lower calf muscles became unbearable. We had to walk it the rest of the way home.
Today, I'm not really hurting that bad. I was expecting the usual sore feet and knee pain, but I actually feel good right now. Regardless, I'm going to make sure that I feel ready to run when Friday comes around and I'm very glad that today is a rest day. I'm hoping to get a little biking in today to keep active, but I cannot decide if that would be a good idea.
I'm still pondering whether or not to do that April 10th 5K. I probably should just stick to my training, but I really want to see if I can beat my current 5K time of 46 minutes and 37 seconds.
I thought I had rested enough after my very painful Tuesday run, but I'm pretty sure I was wrong. We made it more than halfway through the run before the pain in my lower calf muscles became unbearable. We had to walk it the rest of the way home.
Today, I'm not really hurting that bad. I was expecting the usual sore feet and knee pain, but I actually feel good right now. Regardless, I'm going to make sure that I feel ready to run when Friday comes around and I'm very glad that today is a rest day. I'm hoping to get a little biking in today to keep active, but I cannot decide if that would be a good idea.
I'm still pondering whether or not to do that April 10th 5K. I probably should just stick to my training, but I really want to see if I can beat my current 5K time of 46 minutes and 37 seconds.
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