Hares to the Right

Well, the weather finally broke and I've been able to run outside. I'm supposed to be running 2 times a week on my own for 30-45 min. It's nice to be outside now. First of all, it's a little more interesting than the treadmill, and secondly it's a little less time consuming than going to the gym. 

Monday was my first outside run (in between rain showers) along the lakefront path. I've been noticing that during the first couple sets my legs ache a little, but if I push past it they feel fine after a couple minutes. I'm hoping this stays true for the longer distances. On this day, I tried a 3:2 run:walk ratio for 30 minutes. It was fine, but I still had so much energy left at the end that I decided to do some plyometrics for the last couple sets. 

Wednesday I went out for another lakefront path run. This time I switched to the 3:1 run:walk ratio to make it a little more challenging. It worked. I didn't have a lot of energy left at the end, but after 32 min, I did decide to keep running until I got tired, so I ran for an additional 5 minutes. 

So far I'm one of the slowest people running on the lakefront. That means I get passed often, by runners on the right and bikers on the left. But I keep plugging along, remembering that "Slow and steady wins the race." - I think there's a mathematical model that disproves this fable however. 

RE: Comments

- Check out the comment that someone left on the Elvis post... I like it. 

- Thanks everyone for your supportive comments. I really appreciate all t

he kind words. 

- Ashley asked if I have changed what I am putting into my body now that I'm training. Honestly, I haven't been very good about my nutrition and that is a slow work in progress. I love bacon and blue cheese burgers. They make me happy. I also haven't been great about eating breakfast, but I bought a box of cereal last week and that has helped tremendously. I don't smoke cigarettes, so that's never been a problem. And due to my lack of employment, who I hang out with and where I hang out has changed, so I don't drink beer as much during the week. But, that's just happenstance. 

- Please keep the comments coming and I will try and respond to any questions you may have.