Today marks the end of the second week of my quest to become a Runatic (running fanatic...DUH!), and I finished it up with a great run. I jogged 4.5 miles in a row, then ran an extra 200+ yards toward the end of the walk back to the office, just to keep my heart guessing. I still jog barely faster than I walk (at least for the first half of the run), but I'm getting to where I can speed up a bit and do some interval training to increase my overall capacity. Also, finishing a full 4.5 mile jog means that I increased my total to 25 miles for the last two weeks! For those of you who have never gone 4 years without running at all to starting up a running program at random one day, that's pretty good.
So, in two weeks, I went 25 miles. So, if I see absolutely no improvement in the future, that means I should get to my goal, 1000 miles, in 79 weeks (about 1.5 years). I'm pretty confident that I'll start getting faster and increasing the length and frequency of my jogs, so I think I'll be hitting the 1000 mile mark before next Thanksgiving.
Now that I've proven to myself that I can run, I want to set some goals.
By January 1, 2011:
-Consistent 10 minute mile (6 miles per hour); I'm currently doing about a 14 minute mile (estimate)
-Weight down to 240 pounds (currently back up to 255 from a low of 250)
-Able to run 6 miles in a stretch
-Run 6 miles at least 4 times per week
-Buy sweatpants and sweatshirts, because it is going to get COLD after Thanksgiving!
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