Second run coming up

I've been slacking on my running, mainly due to being a little apprehensive about running the actual runs, and wanting to make sure my legs are ready. I attempted my first 6 mile run last Sunday, I made it 3.9 miles running, then walked the rest, but I felt good doing it. I'm excited about tomorrows 5k, my strategy is to finish in the same or better time than my last one. Hopefully that's doable.

I've been steadily losing weight, down 31lbs officially as of yesterday, so that's GREAT news. Gotta stay focused, as happy as I am about where I have gotten to, I'm nowhere near the final goal. Thinking about it though, I'm nearly halfway there, so that's good news too! I know the last 30 or so will come off much more slowly and with more resistance than the first 30, luckily those last 30 will be fighting against the increased activity that is known as spring and summer. As the weather warms there are more group rides to go on, and the family decides to come out of the cave and ride on the weekend, all of which adds up to more monthly miles for me, so that's great news for my weight loss and overall fitness!

Clothes are starting to fit very well again, and I'm not like "Urggggggg" when I look in the mirror, more like "well, gettin there" which is a step in the correct direction. Oh, and in the next two months I NEED to start swimming. This will require a membership to some indoor facility with a hole in the ground which is filled with water. Gotta get on that if I want to have any chance at even finishing the swim! :)

Well, TGIF! Here is to a good and activity filled weekend!

F2PH

Legs!

Yep, they feel normal today. Almost completely normal. Nearly like they did before I started this whole running thing. Well, stronger, but I'm speaking of the absence of pain. So what does that mean? Well, that I need to run of course! :) I will be running tomorrow, I'm trying something new, I am stuck at 5.7 as my speed, I think my body is settling in ant trying to make that it's "comfortable" speed. I am fine with my body finding said speed, but I would like it to be a 10 min mile, so that when I push I can get down to closer to an 8 min mile, and when I want to slack off a bit, I can do that 10-11 min mile. Tomorrow I plan to do some intervals, 1 min running all out, hard as I can, chest nearing explosion speed, and 1 min walk to recover. I plan to do this for 30 min, with a 5 min warmup and cooldown. I will be using my GPS to lap between the runs and walks, so I can see what my max running speed at 1 min intervals is. Should be interesting to see how this looks on paper (well, on computer screen, as I doubt I'll ever print it :) )

Back on the road bike, have I mentioned how good a road bike feels after the mountain bike all winter? It's like holding 15mph is so easy compared to holding 9 with studded tires and about 300lbs of bike under ya. (Ok, not quite 300, but you get the idea). Feeling great and still dropping weight, holding around 234/235 for almost a week now, but that beats the heck out of holding at 255 :) It will drop again, this is just how my body works.

Well, I don't think I have anything else. Carry on. :)

F2PH

Running is fun!

Ok, so i'm crazy, I know, but I have actually decided that running is fun. It's not as much fun as biking, I think mainly due to the lack of speed, but it is oddly relaxing, peaceful, and freeing. I like running, and I'm looking forward to doing it, both a short run with the family tonight, and a longer one over lunch tomorrow. I also am planning to run my first organized run in about a week and a half, and I'll be doing my first 5k a month after that. I'm pretty excited. I feel great, I'm losing weight, I'm still biking to work and home every day, in short my body is working as a machine now, rather than as a storage battery for potential energy :)

I'm also looking forward to trying to become a decent swimmer, I'll have to work on that, mainly because of the whole deal I have of hating water in my face, and it seems the head up doggie paddle version of swimming I do isn't going to go very far when it comes to real swimming. I don't have any illusions whatsoever about swimming, I know this will be my weakness, but at least I know it, and I'm prepared for it.

I don't have much else to add today, just wanted to update, and keep logging my thoughts.

F2PH