Birmingham Blues

Sort of. Week 5 went okay, but I got off to a rough start with Week 6 (run 9, walk 2, run 9, walk 2, run 8). We were traveling most of last weekend, and we squeezed in a Sunday run between arriving home from one trip and leaving on another one. I was dragging big time.

Tuesday and Wednesday, a busy schedule and crazy weather kept me away from the track. For those of you who aren’t from around here, I walked out of the office at lunchtime on Tuesday and discovered it was sleeting. Sleeting even though it was 47°F.  The sleet turned into a cold, nasty rain that continued into the evening while I shuttled myself and various kids to meetings and activities.  Wednesday, the tornado sirens started while I was waiting to pick up 11YOD from school and continued off and on while we once again shuttled all over town.

Thursday I had about 45 minutes to squeeze in a run, so I zipped down to the track only to discover a soccer game in progress.  I came back to the house and got on the treadmill.  That didn’t go well.  I don’t know what it’s like in today’s treadmill-world, but back when we bought this one 10+ years ago, home treadmills didn’t have zero incline.  The minimum incline on ours is 1.5.  1.5 what, I don’t remember, but it’s always uphill.  Combine that with a slightly loose belt and an Allen wrench that has disappeared into the ether and you get a pretty rough run.  Plus…trying to run and read a book at the same time is a bad idea.

Which meant going back to the track on Friday for a better effort.  The soccer players were practicing.  They were playing loud obnoxious rap music, but I just cranked up “Once More with Feeling” on my iPod and went through the motions.  (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

This afternoon I moved on to Week 7 (run 9, walk 1, three cycles).  I’m beginning to think I’ll really make it to Week 10 and 30 minutes of running.  Then what?  Maybe I can increase my pace to the point that I’m going faster than the speed-walkers. 

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Here’s the complete Ease Into Running plan if you’re interested.

Previous posts:

• Tracking My Progress
• Learning from My Mistakes
• Progress Report
• New Year’s Resolution

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