Running to change.

I have not been to the gym since Saturday morning and now it is Tuesday night.  I’m not going to gain much in the way of endurance if I wait so long between workouts.  Tomorrow I have a meeting at work.  I think my boss is going to have me manage one his projects.  I’m a little nervous about such an undertaking but honestly I would be honored to have the responsibly.  Why am mentioning this on a blog about running…well… I want to run before I go to my meeting because I know running clears my mind however since it is late I know that running before work may make me sleepy.  I think I’m just going to take the run and drink a lot of coffee at work tomorrow.

Like I mentioned earlier, my last run was Saturday morning.  I am00 really proud of my progress, I was able to run for three minutes and walk for two minutes.  I was able for run for longer than I was walked.  As long as I stay consistent I will get better so I better go to bed, since tomorrow morning I’m going to try again for the three minute run and two minute walk cycle for 30 minutes.  I wasted time again today watching TV, one day I will not watch TV but I will get all the rest I need and I will run and I will read.  I so look forward to that day.

Day 1, here we go again.

I want to run.  I want to run like the wind.  I think I’ve always wanted to run and be athletic but just fell into this role of the lazy 20-something that watches TV.  Right now I love to watch TV but soon I will love to run.  So I guess the next part is my running goal.  Well… I want to run a half marathon, then maybe a marathon.  I've done a few 5K's but my fastest time was 42 minutes (I am a beginner in every sense of the word).  My first small goal to my half-marathon goal is to be able to run for an hour on the treadmill at 7.0.  I want to reach this goal because I want to do most of my marathon training at the gym on the treadmill.  I know many say that this is not a good idea, but I don’t really like running outside.  I like running on a treadmill because you don’t have to worry about the outside conditions that can change without any notice.  One day I may change this plan, I’m flexible, but for now I am a treadmill runner.  And goal number one is running on the treadmill at 7.0 for an hour. 

Now that you know my goal, it would probably be a good idea to find out how far and how fast can I run now on the treadmill.  Like I stated before, I AM A BEGINNER, with that disclaimer out of the way I will reveal that at this time I can only technically run for 2 minutes at a speed of 5.5.  I’m doing a run/walk program that should work me up to running 30 minutes in about 10 weeks.  As you can see I have a lot of training a head and I look forward to keeping you up to date on my progress.