Thursday, May 25, 2006
Getting there
I am still chugging away on the C25K. I debated not commenting on this because I didn't want to jinx it, but it is not that difficult, and increasingly I am getting the feeling looking at my plan for the week that it is something I can accomplish. Just the fact that I have been able to do whatever the plan has dished up to me so far is giving me confidence that it is structured in such a way that I will be able to do what it dishes up in the future.
Definition of progress - you know that your management of lower leg pain is working because the pain is recurring in a different spot. Heh.
Anyway the fitness is going reasonably well although I was huffing a bit on last night's run esp when going up hill. My reward for completing the C25K program is the purchase of a flash mp3 player. And I have planned out my training program to run up until the Queen of the Lake in August where I plan to run my first 5K race. Mainly I think I will be allowing the joints and ligaments to get used to running three times a week while increasing my time a little bit especially on one of my runs so that I can start talking about "my long run" like the other hip running geeks.
My reward for completing the Queen of the Lake (well it is not really a reward just something I want to get and seeing as I will probably be buying it with my tax return, I won't even be waiting until the Queen of the Lake to get it) is some sort of distance meter (whether a Garmin or a Timex or a Polar one) so that I can measure how far I am running for without a hassle.
Definition of progress - you know that your management of lower leg pain is working because the pain is recurring in a different spot. Heh.
Anyway the fitness is going reasonably well although I was huffing a bit on last night's run esp when going up hill. My reward for completing the C25K program is the purchase of a flash mp3 player. And I have planned out my training program to run up until the Queen of the Lake in August where I plan to run my first 5K race. Mainly I think I will be allowing the joints and ligaments to get used to running three times a week while increasing my time a little bit especially on one of my runs so that I can start talking about "my long run" like the other hip running geeks.
My reward for completing the Queen of the Lake (well it is not really a reward just something I want to get and seeing as I will probably be buying it with my tax return, I won't even be waiting until the Queen of the Lake to get it) is some sort of distance meter (whether a Garmin or a Timex or a Polar one) so that I can measure how far I am running for without a hassle.
4 Comments:
Deege, you are doing great, and great idea about the reward - and a good rewards at that. I'd love a garmin, but as most of my runs are on the tready at the moment it doesn't seem worth it :o/
Talking about the C25k won't jinx it - it will make you more determined to do it :oD
B
Talking about the C25k won't jinx it - it will make you more determined to do it :oD
B
All the running gadgets are great. I bought the RS200 polar running computer as a motivational pressie to myself in January and haven't looked back since! It may not have kept me out running, it may have been coincidence lol. But I wear it every time I go for a run and feel very distressed if I ever forget to wear it!
I'll have to hunt around for just the pod on Ebay or something at some point..... Would really love a whizzy GPS thing though - esp as you can download all the stats and put them into google earth, etc.
I'll have to hunt around for just the pod on Ebay or something at some point..... Would really love a whizzy GPS thing though - esp as you can download all the stats and put them into google earth, etc.
Hmm, I have a source where I can get the polar at cost, but the garmins look cooler. Decisions decisions.
I love my Garmin 301. His name is Gav and I take him everywhere with me.
Like a typical bloke, he can sometimes let me down with distances but overall he normally comes good!!
I'm actually looking to trade him on the new model...decisions, decisions!!
Like a typical bloke, he can sometimes let me down with distances but overall he normally comes good!!
I'm actually looking to trade him on the new model...decisions, decisions!!