Workout: Run 4 min Walk 1 min Repeat 6 times.
Route: Around and around Donaldson Park.
JESUS CHRIST! That was intense. Intense I tell you. Half way through my fourth rep, I gave up. Started walking for about 10 seconds. I think my brain needed to catch up and wake up, tell me that I could keep doing it and I did. I finished my 6th rep at almost full speed, wanting to run faster and longer than ever. My second wind came after those 10 seconds where I gave up. I amazed myself. I was sure that once I gave up and started walking I was done, but I think I just needed a couple seconds to process. I'm proud of myself, I accomplished something, I persevered, I got back up on that horse and kept at it. My only complaint is that my left ankle is killing me. I have to call mom and ask her if that was my messed up one...I might even go to the doctor, but I'm worried that he/she will tell me to stop running. I don't want to do that. It's been two weeks and I've gone from running for about 10 minutes and possibly a mile to running about 2+miles and for 24 minutes. That's a great increase and a great accomplishment. I don't want to stop now, I want to keep going.
Next week on my walk days and Saturday I might add some kind of strength training. Maybe squats, crunches, planks and push ups. Just to even things out and make my body stronger. I'll start doing yoga again too. I hear it's good for a runner to do yoga.
Oh man, that was intense!! Tomorrow's the same thing and I know I can totally do it :).
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Day Eight
Workout: Run 3 Min, Walk 1 Min Repeat 7 times Run 2 min
Route: From my apartment, down Benner to Cedar Lane to Route 27 for two blocks back down to Benner, up to Woodbridge Ave Down 11th and home.
Jesus Christ! That was rough. Though surprisingly, not as tough as the first day. I never got the Colossus legs, I just got the "Why the fuck am I doing this?" thought run past my mind a couple of times. I wanted to give up at the 7th rep for three minutes. My body ached, my lungs turned into a lava pit in the middle of my chest, but I kept on. How? I don't know. I impressed myself. I think if I can convince myself that I'm a masochistic enough, I can get into this whole running business. Apparently that's what it takes. Running is an abusive partner in the relationship...I need to learn that it only hurts me because it loves me. The funny thing is before the run, during our warm up walk, I was discussing with Andrew how awesome if would be if I could build up to the point where I could run to work in the mornings. And by run to work, I mean...run all the way to work. All 4.something miles. I'd have a killer body and ridiculous endurance. Not Marathon runner endurance...but I'm sure doing that everyday, 5 days a week, I would build up to get to 26.2 miles at some point.
I know I'm getting ahead of myself with this talk of marathons and even running four plus miles. But it's the thought that I can accomplish this that amazes me. Keeps me going. I want to be able to do this. If Rutgers has the Big Chill again this year, I think I'm going to sign up. It'll give me something to look forward to, something to keep me training. A goal I suppose.
Friday's run, which will be the 6th run for me is going to be intense. It's 4min of running. One minute of walking. Six repetitions. I struggled at the halfway point of three. It's going to be rough and I'll hate it. But no one ever said this was going to be easy.
Three more runs till 9, I feel like I'm making that a magic number, but by that point I should be alright.
Route: From my apartment, down Benner to Cedar Lane to Route 27 for two blocks back down to Benner, up to Woodbridge Ave Down 11th and home.
Jesus Christ! That was rough. Though surprisingly, not as tough as the first day. I never got the Colossus legs, I just got the "Why the fuck am I doing this?" thought run past my mind a couple of times. I wanted to give up at the 7th rep for three minutes. My body ached, my lungs turned into a lava pit in the middle of my chest, but I kept on. How? I don't know. I impressed myself. I think if I can convince myself that I'm a masochistic enough, I can get into this whole running business. Apparently that's what it takes. Running is an abusive partner in the relationship...I need to learn that it only hurts me because it loves me. The funny thing is before the run, during our warm up walk, I was discussing with Andrew how awesome if would be if I could build up to the point where I could run to work in the mornings. And by run to work, I mean...run all the way to work. All 4.something miles. I'd have a killer body and ridiculous endurance. Not Marathon runner endurance...but I'm sure doing that everyday, 5 days a week, I would build up to get to 26.2 miles at some point.
I know I'm getting ahead of myself with this talk of marathons and even running four plus miles. But it's the thought that I can accomplish this that amazes me. Keeps me going. I want to be able to do this. If Rutgers has the Big Chill again this year, I think I'm going to sign up. It'll give me something to look forward to, something to keep me training. A goal I suppose.
Friday's run, which will be the 6th run for me is going to be intense. It's 4min of running. One minute of walking. Six repetitions. I struggled at the halfway point of three. It's going to be rough and I'll hate it. But no one ever said this was going to be easy.
Three more runs till 9, I feel like I'm making that a magic number, but by that point I should be alright.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Day Seven
Workout: Half hour walk
Route: Around College Ave and George Street, New Brunswick.
We walked around New Brunswick because I had a ridiculous craving today for a Chili Cheese Dog. Odd because I hate hot dogs, but something inside of me was like, you need a Chili Cheese Dog! I should've asked for onions. But aside from filling up my fat ass, the walk wasn't so bad. I was sore in the thighs, but I think I felt a lot worse this morning. The walks aren't so bad, especially since I already do them every morning. A half hour walk is what it takes to get to work, so I have no idea why I comment on them.
Oh! One thing I have noticed. My left ankle aches, I would say immensely but I think I'm overreacting.
Route: Around College Ave and George Street, New Brunswick.
We walked around New Brunswick because I had a ridiculous craving today for a Chili Cheese Dog. Odd because I hate hot dogs, but something inside of me was like, you need a Chili Cheese Dog! I should've asked for onions. But aside from filling up my fat ass, the walk wasn't so bad. I was sore in the thighs, but I think I felt a lot worse this morning. The walks aren't so bad, especially since I already do them every morning. A half hour walk is what it takes to get to work, so I have no idea why I comment on them.
Oh! One thing I have noticed. My left ankle aches, I would say immensely but I think I'm overreacting.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Day Six
Workout: Run 2 Min, Walk 1 Min Repeat 10 times.
Route: From my apartment, down Benner to Cedar Lane to Route 27 back down to Benner and Home
I was not ready for this. I actually thought I would quit. Two minutes sounds like nothing. It's 120 seconds, it seems so insignificant. But when you feel your lungs burning it becomes a monstrous. I don't understand how anyone can run for 2 continuous hours...I could barely run for two continuous minutes. It was intense. In the beginning, I thought it was nothing. The first three laps felt like nothing. Even by the fourth repetition, I thought soon I'd get my second wind and be able to do this. I didn't know five, six and seven would bring on trouble. Andrew had intense cramps, I felt like my lungs were on fire, but we both persisted and made it. I got a second wind around the eighth repetition. Realizing that it was just four more minutes, made me move on. I didn't want to give up, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it...and I did. I was very happy.
But now, Wednesday is making me flip out. That's a three minute run...I could barely handle two...an extra minute might be the death of me! Wish me luck! Five more runs till number 9 and though I thought I'd by sneakers, I think this week if I do all the runs, I'm getting myself a visor! That sun is intense and my hair get so annoying!!
Route: From my apartment, down Benner to Cedar Lane to Route 27 back down to Benner and Home
I was not ready for this. I actually thought I would quit. Two minutes sounds like nothing. It's 120 seconds, it seems so insignificant. But when you feel your lungs burning it becomes a monstrous. I don't understand how anyone can run for 2 continuous hours...I could barely run for two continuous minutes. It was intense. In the beginning, I thought it was nothing. The first three laps felt like nothing. Even by the fourth repetition, I thought soon I'd get my second wind and be able to do this. I didn't know five, six and seven would bring on trouble. Andrew had intense cramps, I felt like my lungs were on fire, but we both persisted and made it. I got a second wind around the eighth repetition. Realizing that it was just four more minutes, made me move on. I didn't want to give up, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it...and I did. I was very happy.
But now, Wednesday is making me flip out. That's a three minute run...I could barely handle two...an extra minute might be the death of me! Wish me luck! Five more runs till number 9 and though I thought I'd by sneakers, I think this week if I do all the runs, I'm getting myself a visor! That sun is intense and my hair get so annoying!!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Day Five
Workout: Run 1 minute, Walk 2 minute, repeat 10 times.
Route: From my apartment, down Benner and back
Today's workout was actually great. I felt like I could run for longer than one minute intervals. No soreness, no ugh I'm not going to make it. I was on the ball. Except that my ankles kill me...but hey, that's what happens? I guess I can't handle the impact yet...maybe I should look into a new routine. Who knows?! I have to go prep for Wildwood. Which means shower and pack some last minute stuff!
Route: From my apartment, down Benner and back
Today's workout was actually great. I felt like I could run for longer than one minute intervals. No soreness, no ugh I'm not going to make it. I was on the ball. Except that my ankles kill me...but hey, that's what happens? I guess I can't handle the impact yet...maybe I should look into a new routine. Who knows?! I have to go prep for Wildwood. Which means shower and pack some last minute stuff!
Day Four
Routine: Walk 30 min
Route: From the Apartment to Benner down South 5th Avenue and back.
We just walked and talked. My soreness is going away! There's nothing really to report about the walks. I walk everyday to work for half an hour, so this isn't anything new. Deep within Highland Park though exist some McCainiacs. Completely unexpected. Then we saw a "Beware of Dog" sign in Hebrew...or at least I think it was a "Beware of Dog" sign.
Tonight's another 1X2 run walk. And then I go to Wildwood for the weekend. Saturday's blog will be late then. And hopefully I don't forget to run on Saturday!
Route: From the Apartment to Benner down South 5th Avenue and back.
We just walked and talked. My soreness is going away! There's nothing really to report about the walks. I walk everyday to work for half an hour, so this isn't anything new. Deep within Highland Park though exist some McCainiacs. Completely unexpected. Then we saw a "Beware of Dog" sign in Hebrew...or at least I think it was a "Beware of Dog" sign.
Tonight's another 1X2 run walk. And then I go to Wildwood for the weekend. Saturday's blog will be late then. And hopefully I don't forget to run on Saturday!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Day Three
Work out: Run 1 min Walk 2 min x10
Route: Same as Day One.
This too place yesterday, but I came home stretched for what felt like forever, cooked and just wanted to relax. I hadn't slept much the night before.
It wasn't as bad as Monday. Actually, I survived the entire thing without feeling too terrible. No thoughts of needing to be towed entered my mind. The toughest parts were the hills..which is understandable I think. This time, I didn't start to feel it till the 7th rep. Not bad! If I did feel like crap in a run, I focused on something else, my breathing, my stride, my pace. It helped me out. Granted they are only short minute runs...and as of right now I'm not sure how much longer I could focus on my breathing. But this workout is supposed to slowly bring you up to being able to run for 30 continuous minutes. And I think I've accepted the fact that it's not going to be an easy battle. It's gonna hurt, and I'll feel like crap, but eventually I'll get to the point, where it doesn't and it's always been part of me. Tonight's work out is another walk...so I'll be back with updates on that.
Route: Same as Day One.
This too place yesterday, but I came home stretched for what felt like forever, cooked and just wanted to relax. I hadn't slept much the night before.
It wasn't as bad as Monday. Actually, I survived the entire thing without feeling too terrible. No thoughts of needing to be towed entered my mind. The toughest parts were the hills..which is understandable I think. This time, I didn't start to feel it till the 7th rep. Not bad! If I did feel like crap in a run, I focused on something else, my breathing, my stride, my pace. It helped me out. Granted they are only short minute runs...and as of right now I'm not sure how much longer I could focus on my breathing. But this workout is supposed to slowly bring you up to being able to run for 30 continuous minutes. And I think I've accepted the fact that it's not going to be an easy battle. It's gonna hurt, and I'll feel like crap, but eventually I'll get to the point, where it doesn't and it's always been part of me. Tonight's work out is another walk...so I'll be back with updates on that.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Day Two
Workout: Brisk Walk 30 minutes.
Route: Down 5th Street to Donaldson Park, to the Raritan and back.
My legs are sore from yesterday. Walking to work (which is a half hour walk itself) was difficult. But the walk wasn't as bad as yesterday's run and I got to discover a whole new part of Highland Park that I'd never seen before. It really made me appreciate my new town a whole lot more. Donaldson Park is actually pretty cool and when I feel up to it, I definitely think The Drew and I will make many runs there. Someday, maybe we'll even get a canoe and paddle the Raritan. There were a couple people rowing in sculls on the water. Tomorrow is another Walk Run and we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Route: Down 5th Street to Donaldson Park, to the Raritan and back.
My legs are sore from yesterday. Walking to work (which is a half hour walk itself) was difficult. But the walk wasn't as bad as yesterday's run and I got to discover a whole new part of Highland Park that I'd never seen before. It really made me appreciate my new town a whole lot more. Donaldson Park is actually pretty cool and when I feel up to it, I definitely think The Drew and I will make many runs there. Someday, maybe we'll even get a canoe and paddle the Raritan. There were a couple people rowing in sculls on the water. Tomorrow is another Walk Run and we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Day One
Workout: Run 1 minute, Walk 2 minute, repeat 10 times.
Route: From my apartment, down Benner and back.
I thought this was going to be cake. I just didn't expect it to be a cake I'd have to earn through Portal like challenges. I was duped by the fact that I can walk 2 miles to work with no problem. Running apparently, is a whole different ballgame. I didn't feel like crap until about the 6th interval. Felt the pain at about the 7th interval was convinced death was coming in the 8th or 9th interval. Home felt so far away by that point and my legs felt like had been swapped with 10ton steel legs, that I'd never used before...and I was going to be forced to live on Benner. At least until Andrew got a tow truck and got me home. I got my second wind on the 10th and final interval. Oh well, at least I was able to walk home I guess! Came home, stretched and then set in that sense of accomplishment. Concluded that this may in fact never be fun, but I liked feeling that sense of accomplishment at the end of it all.
Tomorrow is a walking day...that won't be so bad.
Route: From my apartment, down Benner and back.
I thought this was going to be cake. I just didn't expect it to be a cake I'd have to earn through Portal like challenges. I was duped by the fact that I can walk 2 miles to work with no problem. Running apparently, is a whole different ballgame. I didn't feel like crap until about the 6th interval. Felt the pain at about the 7th interval was convinced death was coming in the 8th or 9th interval. Home felt so far away by that point and my legs felt like had been swapped with 10ton steel legs, that I'd never used before...and I was going to be forced to live on Benner. At least until Andrew got a tow truck and got me home. I got my second wind on the 10th and final interval. Oh well, at least I was able to walk home I guess! Came home, stretched and then set in that sense of accomplishment. Concluded that this may in fact never be fun, but I liked feeling that sense of accomplishment at the end of it all.
Tomorrow is a walking day...that won't be so bad.
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