Yesterday was Run 6. It was only my second day of the week, but I’m learning that my knee is more sensitive than I first thought. I’m having to take it a lot easier than I wanted to. Hopefully I can still hit my time goals and run just 3 or 4 days a week [...]
Run 5 – Good Start for the Week!
Yesterday I had a great, late day run. I hit my goal, but made it home one minute early. I ran the same route as last Monday. My times were (9:00 Run & 2:00 Walk) X 2 + 7:00 Run for a total of 29 minutes. I covered 2.17 miles. I know that is incredibly [...]
Week 2 Review
Yikes! What a bad week! I had a great run to start the week and then it was all downhill from there. I missed one day due to some soreness, and 3 days due to rain! That isn’t good! I think I’ll be shooting for the (9r/2w)x2+8r cycle this week. Who knows what this week [...]
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Anyone else have a hard time running on the tread mill? I can’t stand it! I only focus on the pain & I can never “zone out” like I can when I’m running outside. So, I’ll wait on the rain to stop! Hopefully I can get a run in today before dark. Yesterday I didn’t [...]
Run 4 – SLOWLY hitting a Goal!
Last night, I decided to run about 7:15ish. I wanted to go out to a soft track, but it was going to be dark soon and I had to run around my block. My goal was to run 09:00 | walk 2:00 | 2 cycles + 8:00 run. After last week, I didn’t think I [...]
Week 1 Review
After the Unexpected Hill Work day, I couldn’t really walk on Saturday so I decided that a day off might serve me better than forcing a run and risking injury. It was a tough week. It was my first three days back to running in 9 months and it showed! I’m probably starting a little [...]
Run 3 – Unexpected “Hill Work”!
The bad thing about being a “newbie” runner is that you don’t really know where to go or what a course is like before you run it. I charged out to Lake Fayetteville to run out and back 15 minutes for a total time of 30 minutes. I’m still on 8 minute run, 2 minute [...]
2nd Run, a little more fun.
Today I had to get my run in right after lunch. I was a little off on my eating so it was actually about 30 minutes after my mid meal. I stopped at a park that is currently under construction in Rogers. They have put in the walking trail and covered it in soft gray [...]
Running doesn’t welcome you back! It disciplines you for leaving!
In the future, I will post my time, distance, pace and all of that jazz, but not for this run. Yesterday, I “ran” for 31 minutes. I was going to try and run for 8 minutes and then rest for 2 and do that for 3 cycles for 30 minutes. I wasn’t worried about the [...]
Didn’t Write, Didn’t Run… But I am Now!
For a long time, I quit running. Why? I guess I just lost the drive. I was doing well. I enjoyed my first 5K, ran for a while after that, but then it got hot and I got lazy. “Busy” was the excuse, but that is just an excuse. So, I’m running again. The first [...]
