Starting Out

sdelmege — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:57:25 +0000

Today marks a new a day in some respects. Why? Because as of today I’ve decided I want to make running a part of my life. In the past I’ve thought of running as a means to an end. There are times that I’ve wanted to be more fit, run faster, or lose weight. Sometimes a combination and sometimes only one was the focus. I’ve come to the realization that running really just needs to become a part of my life. My guess is that if I focus on learning to love running and make it a regular event, then my fitness and health goals will fall into place.

What’s more is that I can’t remember I came across an unhappy regular runner. Runners love running. I’ve had dreams of running races and marathons, but the reality is that I really don’t do these things because usually I don’t really enjoy running. I can really only think of once that I really enjoyed a run. It was back in high school during a cross country practice. Training that day was labeled as hard and long. That day the course was somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 miles. At the time I thought that run would be the worst day of my life. What actually happened was I experienced my first and only true second wind to date. I loved it!

So here I am deciding to document my journey into the world of people who like to run. Is it possible to learn to love running? I certainly hope so. And so the journey begins…

5.27 mi run @ 7:30 am

sdelmege — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:56:04 +0000

I was a little reluctant to run this morning. I felt ok, but didn’t really feel like putting forth too much effort. I didn’t have a distance goal, but rather a time goal. I was shooting for an hour of running as long as everything felt reasonable.

A little background… I’ve run off and on over the past few years. I’ve never been fast and I usually get bored quickly. In the end I’m hoping that developing a love for running will help me overcome these pitfalls.

Here are some graphs from this morning’s run.

trying to love running

Starting Out

5.27 mi run @ 7:30 am