The title is meant to be a subject, not a statement. Although I have "started running," I have not yet broken the threshold of consistency. I have run a couple of times per week the last couple of weeks. For about 35 minutes. Today, was much better and I went for about 75mins I figure. I did buy a battery for my watch, but for the life of me I can't find my mini-tiny screwdriver to open it up and replace it.
The trouble has been getting out of bed at a reasonable hour in the morning. Nearly every day I set the alarm for 6. So I wake up, shut if off, lay 'awake' and all of a sudden its 8am and I have to get ready for work. I even slid my phone across the room so when the alarm went off i'd have to get up to turn it off, still no good. Its not as though i'm undersleeping either, i'm getting at least 7 hours a night, by 6, which means 8-9hrs many days (one of the reasons I have not gotten sick this winter). The next plan is to set my coffee machine timer so it starts brewing at 6am, that smell has to get me out of bed right? Anyway, i'm not sure what the problem is, back when I was serious about running i'd roll out of bed throw my clothes on and wake up during the first 15mins of my run. i don't seem to be able to do that these days.
Getting in shape is tough, and when I look back, I've rarely been able to do it incrementally. When I try to ease-into fitness, I almost inevitably take a few days off and am starting back from square one. So what ends up happening, and this is now the plan, I just ramp it up at a relatively unsafe rate. Take today for example; I have run no more than 35mins for the last few months, and today I ran somewheres around 75mins. Next week, i'll have my watch ready to go by then, i'll ramp it up to 2hrs. When I recover from that, i'll pretty much be in-shape. That is to say i'll be able to go for 60min runs pretty easily. So that's kind of the short term plan. The medium term plan is to get the weekend long run up to several hours over the next several weeks. The longer term plan is...a secret.
- Ryan Day
- Secwécwpemc-ken ri7(I am Shuswap), Chief, Economist, Distance Runner, and Secwepemc Health Researcher/Co-ordinator/Policy guy. I've run a 30:24-10k, 1:06:23-half, and 2:19:55-full marathon but am most proud of the World Peace Prayer Day '06 relay run to Anchorage from Vancouver I participated in. This blog is primarily about running but I will post photos of the many places I like go on the tmícw of my maternal ancestors, Secwépemcul'ecw.
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