1 mile, 10:07.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

1 mile, 10:07.

notes: 2 minute warm-up, 5 minute cool-down.

no breakfast. 7:20am.

weights-- triceps and biceps.

rating: 6, kind of lightheaded.

so-- training day one didn't work out. i got to the gym without enough time to really work out AND i forgot my running shoes. so that was kind of just a trial run.

today i did a semi-sprint day with just a "quick" mile and some weights. i'm kind of easing into how early i'm getting up in order to work out before having to be at work on the southwest side at 9am.

10:07 is not very quick for a mile, i know (definitely not a "sprint")... i remember the days in high school where we'd have to run it in at least 8min during tryouts and without any previous practice running i would do it, no problem. ugh! but... now 10:07 is pretty quick for me. it's running the whole thing at least, which is what i'm going for. my goal time for the half marathon is 2.5 hours... which is like 11+ minute miles (a pretty high goal, i think), so on my sprint days i'm just supposed to run faster than my "half marathon pace". so i'm doing that. i wish i could run faster, but i'm not quite there yet. plus i figure its better to ease into it so that i don't burn myself out and hate running again. //shrug. step by step. literally.