run a 10K

just signed up for a 10k in october. So thats me got about 3 and a half months to train. It should be plently of time just need to make sure i actually try hard and prepare both phycially and mentally. My diet needs to imporve for a start, just need to seriously take care of myself.

Im quite exceited about it now :)

Trying to do a mix of road running and gym work. Done 40mins on the tredmill which is the longest so far. Trying to work up to an hour so i get used to running for that lenght of time then i can start thinking about the distance im covering. The race is in september and im aiming to do it under an hour. In theroy this is very realistic as i done my 5k in 27mins so in a way it a 10k would take me 54mins. We’ll see what happens.

I did this a couple of years ago, but apparently I forgot to tell the rather pathetic, humiliating story…

I’d done the run before with a time of 50 minutes, but this time they changed the course and there were a LOT more up and down bits than before, so I was fairly certain I wouldn’t beat my time. Also, I didn’t bother to do any training…

For some reason, despite not doing any training, I was feeling quite confident on the day. A few hundred people showed up, and we all had to stand in a field with a big stage at the front, while some fitness instructor co-ordinated a warm-up. The warm-up was hell. By the end, I think most people were out of breath. Then, a few minutes later, the run started. Great.

Still, I wasn’t feeling too bad, and after a couple of kilometres I thought I was doing fine, so I upped the pace a bit… around about the five kilometre mark, I really started to not feel good, and then I suddenly became really cold and my head was getting a bit light, so for the first time ever, I had to stop jogging and walk for a bit..

That was effectively the end of my race. Shortly, my dad and my brother passed me, and my embarrassment was complete. I spent the rest of the race running and walking in intervals, and only just managed to run over the finish line. Thanks to the strong start, my time was about 65 minutes, which isn’t too bad considering it was a harder track, but I felt pretty awful for a long time afterwards.

The run was in aid of charity – cancer research – and beneath the bit of paper with our number on, we could write who we were doing it for. I dedicated my race to a friend of mine that died of leukaemia when he was 17… He would definitely have appreciated the humour value!

July 23, Bill Kelley Memorial Road Race
http://www.coolrunning.com/major/09/billkelley/

Went to cycling class only to find it cancelled. Ran 3.5 m instead but then realized that I was not wearing my running shoes and stopped before I returned to black toenail status!

The heat index is well over 100 degrees last few days so running and biking are rather limited.

walk 2 miles

Ran 4 miles treadmill
Walked 4 miles with dogs

back to running this afternoon…

I will run a 10K on October 18.

This is a first step towards running a half marathon this coming winter. AND A MARATHON NEXT YEAR WHEN I TURN 50.

Ran 4 miles today. Speed wasn’t great but endurance was acceptable for this point.

“I am like SPAM: Some people like me, some people hate me, but nobody knows what I’m made of.” ~C.J. Harbison

so after completing my first 5k and now that i’ve joined a running club its time for a new challenge. Theres a 10k in september so thats 3 months to train for which from speaking to others is quite resonable. Looking forward to this next goal.