Slow and steady wins the race.
I've been running for the last three weeks. Focusing on timed runs to build up my stamina. Started with 10 minute runs and hope to build up to 40 minute runs by the end of next week.
Over the course of my first 8 runs, I've been averaging about 11:30 a mile. Not horrible, considering I've never been a runner and I'm in the worst shape of my life.
11:30 a mile turns out to be just north of 5 hours for a marathon. (*sidenote: I'm planning on attempting my first marathon January 23, 2011. That's why I'm doing all of this running.)
So, today I graduate to a 30 minute run after two 20 minute runs this week. And I figure a solid pace would be 12:30 a mile, which would mean I would run 2.4 miles in 30 minutes. Achievable, right?
Definitely achievable...
... if I had run at 6:30am, so I could avoid the heat...
... if I hadn't run at 1:21pm in close to mid-90 degree temperatures...
... and if I hadn't started my run at 9:30 a mile!!!!!
I went out too fast. I played checkers, not chess. I got ahead of myself, and shot myself in the foot. I was that hare, sprinting past the tortoise, yelling back, "See ya at the finish line, you slow poke!", burning out at 25 minutes, and panting, gasping, dredging to the finish line as the tortoise lounged in triumph...
I was very disappointed today. If I had just stuck to the plan, I would have run 2.4 miles in 30 minutes, and I probably would have felt fine...
Lessons learned:
- NEVER skip the morning run.
- If you skip the morning run, definitely don't run IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EFFING DAY... Just wait for dusk.
- Stick to your pacing.
- Set-up Runkeeper to update every 3 minutes, so I can adjust my pace if it's off.
2 rest days, then 25 minutes on Tuesday. GOAL: 2 miles.
Now off to watch Spirit of the Marathon on Netflix...
Soundtrack:
With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
An Autopsy- The Faceless
Whatever Happened to Pong?- Frank Black
Turned Out- Helmet
He Feels Bad- Helmet
Obnoxious- Immortal Technique
This Is F*****g Tragic- The Impossibles
The Boys Are Leaving Town- The Japandroids
Blood of the Scribe- Lamb of God
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