Jun 15

Excellent Run

It was hot out this morning… which sucks. Still, even with the heat I beat my previous best for 4 miles by 2 minutes. I set my personal best late last year when it was definitely a lot cooler which makes me even more proud of my achievement.

With my super awesome new Asics Gel-Nimbus 10 shoes, some changes in running form (more focus on running tall) and today’s 4.17 mile solid run I think I’m finally over the injuries and problems caused last December. I feel really confident about my success too. If I had been at this fitness level a year ago before starting to train for the half-marathon vs. mom then I would have beaten her no problem!

In fact, a year into this whole running thing I really feel like I’m starting to turn a corner. I can do a relatively long or hard run (for me) and not come back and collapse for the rest of the day. I love how running makes me feel. I think I am going to write up a “A Fat Man’s Primer on Long Distance Running” with all of the lessons I have learned so far. It took me a while to gather all the tips and tricks and how-to knowledge together so I might as well share it for other chubby beginners.

In other fitness news: Starting this last week the wife and I decided to change up our exercise regimen. I had been running 3 days during the work week (Mon - Fri) but with the new job and changed schedules it was getting hard to make it home early enough to get my run in during my normal time. My wife’s exercise regimen mostly consisted of doing either nothing or pestering me or her mother to go walking with her so she wanted someone to help her be more disciplined with her workouts. The solution we came up with was to get up really early 3 days during the work week and go to the gym before work. I’m proud to say we made it through the week, but the change in sleep schedule is still hard at this point. I’m hoping after a few more weeks of this it’ll become routine enough that I wont be so tired most of the time.