Three cheers for Sonnie's good advice about eating before jogging. I only go in the mornings so I often wouldn't eat beforehand because I was worried about getting a cramp. So, the last two times, I made sure I ate a couple handfuls of peanuts half an hour before going -- and I improved significantly!
Today I ran my whole 1.5 mile route! In the beginning I mapped out 1.5 miles and have been running more and more of it each day, until today (my fifth day out) I got through the whole thing! I really had to keep talking to myself to get all the way up Pine St. to my house. Man, that was the hardest part. It's a steep hill! I felt like I was going to die!
I plan on sticking to my 1.5 mile route through this week and next, to improve my time. Then the week after that, I'll add on a half mile. Then do that for three weeks, then add another half mile, etc., until I'm busting through 3.5 miles!
Do we have a particular 5K in mind? What's my deadline again?? I can't do Sundays, is there one on a Saturday?
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aaaw...shucks. :)
congrats on covering so much ground!! how exciting!
Wow! Great work. Good thinking. I need to know a date so I can look for ones here. Hopefully I can find one on the same day as ya'll.
First of all, wow! I like your method to reaching 5K-dom. So far, I've been sticking with the program, but once I'm a little stronger (and it stays lighter a little bit later) I'm going to start running my route and seeing how I handle it. Thanks for the inspiration!
And I don't think we've picked out a particular 5K yet, so if you have any suggestions...
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