I have decided to get seriously in to running. I tried last year and I did it for a while but I tailed off due to going on holiday and not taking my kit and then not really starting again seriously when I came back. So this year I am going to make room in all my bags for my kit and get on with running at least 3 times a week. Oh and I’ve signed up for a 10k on 4th March so I really need to be able to run properly by then.
Before I stopped I was doing 5K in around 33 mins. I have re started with a slow build up. My first week’s runs have been split between 5 mins walk / 10 mins run to cover the distance required by the Nike+ 10k coach (though quite frankly I think the coach is way excessive so I just use it as a guide to frequency rather than distance).
The first run I did was in the rain, which was a good thing, as the subsequent dry runs have been easier. I covered 4.44km followed by another 4.6km run 2 days later and 7.11km 2 days after that. Here is the proof that I actually RAN 7.11km
The Nike 10k coach suggested I should have done 8km but I’m not listening to him. Finally on day 7 I did 5.29km so I’ve covered 21.44km in my first week. I am very pleased and surprised that I have managed this. The 5.29k run was split 5 min walk, 15 min run, 5 min walk then run to 5k mark and I covered this is about 38 min. As I was doing 5k in 33mins last year, and I had 10 mins of walking during this run I am really pleased with my progress. I even felt like I was enjoying it for some of the time (and not just during the walking bits) and I feel really motivated to carry on.
At the end of my first week I’m feeling good about being “a runner” and I would definitely like to be able to say that is what I am but I don’t think I’m there yet.
We shall see how I get on.
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