Gah! I have nothing today, so I’ll write about my run this morning. Sad, yes?
Lessee: I ran for thirty minutes. The end.
Okay, there’s more to it than that. A little, I guess.
Have you ever watched one of those sci-fi movies, where they have a computer, and you know it’s a computer because it has a thousand blinking lights on the front, and you stare at the blinking lights and (besides thinking that this is an annoyingly long run-on sentence), you try and see if you can tell a pattern, because the guy in the movie can look at the lights and tell exactly how many pounds of thrust are in a tootsie roll pop?
Yeah?
Well, I looked at my running log to try and see a pattern. You know, to see if I’m getting faster, stronger, worth six million dollars. That sort of thing.
On Friday, I wrote:
38 minutes, 2.9 miles, to save you the math that is 13.10/mile or 4.6 mph.
And I know I was a little dehydrated. And today (Monday) was my short day, thirty minutes, but here’s how I did:
30 minutes, 2.5 miles, 12.00/mile or 5 mph.
I don’t want to get all excited (it’s just a run), but it seems my time is getting better. I was looking back at the last couple weeks and this is my first 5 mph run since the 21st of August, which practically killed me (I had a time walking home from that run) and my heart rate averaged 20 13 beats per minute less, and well inside my aerobic range this morning. I could have kept running, but my time was up 
I’ll try and think of something more exciting to cover for my next entry…
Tags: running
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You know what? That’s awesome, and I’ll read about it any time.
The first 5K that I did, I overheard a conversation next to me. The woman asked her husband what time he wanted to beat, and he mentioned 22 minutes. She said she’d be happy to break 30. Me? I was thinking 45 or 50 would be cool.
The last 5K I did, I did in 32 minutes.
You can do it. I think you’ve done very well so far!
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you’re getting faster, it’s getting more comfortable, and your body is adjusting to the demands you’re putting on it. Keep it going, and this is the kind of stuff I love to read on here. These and the puking stories (NOT).
My question is — didja see any frogs?
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Slow and steady wins the race and all those other cliches. Sounds like you are really on the right track. My neighbor could barely run around the track a few years ago and now he is in marathons all over the world.
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I love reading these posts about your runs – you’re inspiring me with my struggle to lose weight, get fitter and run more. Thanks!
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What tha hell you talkin’ bout, Bear? “Nothing to report” indeed. You are doing fabulously well, in fact you are making me feel pretty damned guilty about my slugitude. Congratulations.
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