Week 3 Run 1

So after 3 days off my legs felt great tonight. I ran in the dark around Miliken. Gotta love a good night run now and then. My legs were fresh and had more juice than they have in any run thus far. This course is exactly 3.0 miles. I unofficially (by the car time getting in and out) ran it in 25 minutes. I did stop once right in the middle. For the first time not from fatigue but from weezing. There is a different kind of pollen out right now and it has effected my asthma more that before. A couple of nights over the weekend I woke up and took the inhaler in the middle of the night. So I gathered my breath and got back going again. If my legs will continue to feel like that and I can get the breathing down, I will be bumping these distances up further here pretty soon.

Week 2 run 3

I ran last Thursday another 3 miles. It felt really slow and like my legs were dead but I made it with only stopping once on the same course that I ran with Bradley and stopped 3 times earlier in the week. Heading to a bachelor party for the weekend so just 3 runs this week.

Week 2 - Day 2

Ran about 3 miles today, give or take a bit. It was 27 minutes of running with Bradley mostly on the grass at Miliken here in Spartanburg. We stopped 3 times briefly. My legs were pretty tired from running yesterday and playing ball for a while. Still I am happy with this today.

Week 2 - Day 1

It was a difficult day as my time at my company is no doubt coming to an end shortly. I only ate a half of a buttered biscuit all day going into my run at 5:30. I definitely felt that during the short run. It felt extremely slow even though I guess it wasnt awful. 15 minutes to do 2 miles. I cut it a bit shorter due to the fact that I was playing basketball at the church later in the evening. I am beat right now, but I expect to have a good week this week and run numerous times.

The First Two Days

Day 1 is Monday April 6. I went to the USC Upstate Wellness Center for a jog on the treadmill. For some reason my finger got stuck on the speed button a little too long. See my mind remembers when I was a fast runner.... I think the legs and lungs forgot about those times years ago. Nevertheless my workout went like this.

1st mile in 7:03. Not bad if I must say so myself, but my legs are screaming! And thank God I had headphones on so I couldnt hear my breathing. I took a short break with brisk walk for a tenth of a mile. Then I ran 4 tenths of a mile at 7:03 pace again, walked for another tenth. Then ran another 4 tenths at 7:03 pace, the walked another tenth. I checked my heart rate after that one I believe and it had surely come down some when I was walking but was still at 190. Thats really high, the kinda thing you only want during sprint workouts when running. I finished with a mile at like 8:40 pace I think. A good run, but 3 miles with breaks is all I had in me.

Day 2 was Thursday April 9. I didnt mean to take that many days off, but a long night on Tuesday night set me back a few days... I was suppose to run with Bradley at Miliken but he chickened out with the rain. I use to like a good run in the rain so I thought I would try it again tonight. Little did I know that rain was going to turn into a full blown thunderstorm. Still I really enjoyed it and I made it 3 miles exactly around Miliken without stopping at a decent pace. Its a starting place and I am happy with it.

The Beginning

A few weeks ago I stepped on the scales to notice I had hit an all time high in weight. 210. That coupled with the feeling that I am finally ready to get back into some kind of shape has led me to the journey I am starting now.

I still like to talk about my former running days. How I was tough and focused, but that is just not who I am anymore. I still think I am tough but what do I have that can prove that. I still think I am capable of being focused but I am not sure that I have had any real goals of any kind in some time. Thats why last week I sent out an email to a good number of my friends admitting that I need to get back in shape and giving an ultimate goal of November 13, 2010 at the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon and its half marathon race as the destination.

So the purpose of this blog is to keep myself motivated and on track while putting another means of accountability out there. I plan to update it as I progress maybe even daily.