run 2 miles without stopping

I ran 2.8 miles with just walking for one block in the middle because my legs felt crampy. It took me just over 21 minutes to run the first 2.2 miles which was when I started walking. Who knew that I could cover a mile in about 10 minutes?

Just get out there and do it-right NOW! Don’t worry about the time, pace or even the distance. Go exploring somewhere and use running to take you there. I did that when I was stationed in Germany and the next thing I know I’ve run for over an hour and a half without stopping-and this is coming from someone who use to say they hated running and thought you had to be crazy to ever run more than 5 miles period. Also, you’ve gotta want it. You’ve gotta want to push yourself. Want that hill you’re coming up to! Want that head-wind! Now don’t get too crazy at first. Take it slow and easy and always been pushing yourself a little farther and a little faster. Also maybe pick up a Runner’s World magazine for tips and motivation—there’s nothing like an 80 year old that can run farther and fast than you! Good luck! Run.
—Adam

I can’t say that I had fun all the way (outdoor running in New Orleans heat doesn’t help) but I didn’t even stop to walk although my crampy calves weren’t necessarily happy with that choice.

I did the 2 miles in a little over 20 minutes. My goal for next time will be to shave off 30 seconds and finish under 19:30. It’s a good goal to keep me running. And I plan to – once this gets comfortable I may move on to a 5K.

is a 2 mile fun run in our city park. I’m going to go, and am really looking forward to it. Hopefully I will accomplish this goal!

In middle school and high school, my parents would write me a note so I wouldn’t have to run the mile. There was no reason why I should have gotten out of doing it. I didn’t have asthma. Sometimes I was chubby and sometimes not, but nothing unusual. I was just not athletically ambitious, and was the sort picked last in gym class. So I never ran a mile. I walked lots of miles. I walked 2 miles each way to high school every day. But I never ran.

Today, 14 years after graduating from high school, slightly overweight but fairly active (I lift weights and bicycle several miles each way to work), I ran 2 miles without stopping. Other than for lights, of which there weren’t many. I mapped out the route on google maps (someone asked: you pick an address that’s about 1 mile away from your house, and then add a destination back to your house and then move around the lines until you like the route), ran 5 minutes warm-up (I had to move my car anyhow because of complicated parking rules), and then ran 2 miles while listening to an old podcast of This American Life. I didn’t stop so I could mark it off as done, and now that I’ve done it I’m glad. It wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t bad either and now I feel accomplished.

I have no idea how long it took and I don’t care!

While I was doing it, I wasn’t sure if I would ever do it again, but now that I’ve done it, I think I would like to try again. But next time for 5 km.

and Tuesday, Thursday

Run 14 min, walk 1 min (on treadmill and track)

and after that I’m ready for the 30 min run in a row. I should be able to hit 2 miles during that time. I plan to chop it up too with different kinds of runs on the treadmill and/or outside and on the track. So many options. I’d love to teach my dogs to run with me and kill two birds with one stone.

Yesterday I ran for 0.9 miles without stopping. And then did a combination of running and walking for another 1.6 miles.

Now I’ve used Google maps to plot out my run for tomorrow, to run 1.2 miles without stopping, and if I complete the loop to my house, it will be 2 miles without stopping. I think I can do this.

In high school, for some reason my parents were willing to write me a note to exempt me from doing the mile run, so it’s exciting to discover that I can actually run.

i defidently think im going to work for this goal. its rugby season, and my conditioning is not top notch. so, im going to run a little bit every day until i can reach this goal. and when i do, it will feel soooo good!! i cant wait till i do it

Just found out I have exercise educed asthma.
Blehh. =[

I’m on week 4 of the Couch to 5K so I’m only running 5 minutes at a time max but yesterday I decided to see if I could run one mile straight. Not only did I knock this goal off but I also knocked my two mile goal down!

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John

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