run 5 miles

i never thot this cud happen 2 me..i had given exercisn almst dis sem bt smhw here n dere i manage 2 run once a week wich is too dismal by ma standards…nw 2de i ran 2.5 km in 15 minutes e1 tho i ran after so much time..well this is less than 1/3rd of ma target mark…hope to run 2.7 km in 16 minutes 2mrw..jst hope i dnt bak to skipping exercising !

but changed its name so it disappeared. Anyway, I had been thinking I should try a longer run so this morning (nice and foggy and after a rest day)I ran to Forestville and back. Really surprised by how easy it was – just kept going…. I guess the slow pace really works!

Kept in the 150s almost the whole way too – even with the mile long hill! Though my right knee is a bit ouchy right now and the two places that always get blisters have blisters. Tra la!

Distance: 5.5 miles
Time:1:05:44
Time in Target Zone: 1:02
F: 44 (!!)

Well, I am feeling runners shame. I have not been running. I hurt my knee (not bad) right as it was getting into the hundred degree weather hear and I have only been running a couple times since. I know I will start when the cool weather starts, but I hate that I have really set my self back. I was probably half way to my goal and now I am back almost at the beginning!

I have a confession to make…Over Xmas break I was really busy and got off of my running schedule because of traveling and family plans. I told myself that I would start up my running again as soon as break was over, but I never really did…It’s been 5 months since then, but I’m finally picking it up again. I have found a great 5k schedule online that I’m going to follow, and once I reach that goal (as I have done it before), I will continue on with my 5 mile goal. Today I ran 1.5 miles and walked 1.5 miles, so I’m getting there!

Well, I hit a major road block on my way to this goal. I hurt my knee about a week ago. I only hurt it a little, but I am afraid to really hurt it because that would suck in countless ways. So, I R.I.C.E.’d it for a couple of days and I ordered a new pair of shoes because the one’s I was using were 9 years old. The insoles were brand new but the shoes were old. I am now missing my runs and discouraged because I have not gone this long with out running and it is going to be hard when I start up. It has also heated up considerably and I am going to have to do early or late runs to avoid the heat. I can’t wait to get my shoes!

I started running in January 09 and I couldn’t even run a quarter of a mile without a break. I am up to 3/4 of a mile straight and I can run about 2 miles overall. My over all trip varies depending on how much free time I have, but I would like to be able to run 5 miles overall by January 2010. I would like to be able to do it straight through.

I’m doing a triathlon this summer with a 4.5 mile run. This past summer I could run a 5k at my best, but let myself go through the fall. The last couple weeks I’ve started running again, starting at 1 mile, and adding .2 each run, trying to stick to 3 runs a week. My next run will be 2.3, so I’m almost half way. My goal is to get it done by July, when the tri comes around.

I was never good at running and I just stared the Couch to 5k plan a little while ago. I haven’t been doing it as often as I should, but the days I can’t get out there and run I at least try to get a good walk in. Now, for someone who couldn’t even run 1/2 a mile before feeling sick, I can run 1.75 miles straight as of today. I hope in another month or so I can get it to around 2.5, then continue to build up.

trying to run one mile a day…

Its too cold! maybe I can pick it back up when the weather gets a little better.