After finishing my first 5K race on May 2nd, I wasn’t so diligent about finding the time to keep my running up. In May, I ran less than half of the distance that I covered in April.
I was pretty disappointed in myself for not finding the time or having the same focus as I committed to running in April, so I set a goal for myself to run 100KM in the month of June.
Running 100K in a month would mean that naturally, I would have to increase my distance for every run. Previous to the month of June, the longest distance that I ran was 5.75KM.
The first Run, I aimed for a goal of 6K, then pushed it to 8K. On June 30th, I was able to complete a 12K run!!
It’s interesting because I look back on how I felt when I started the Couch to 5K program, struggling to complete 60 seconds of running. 5K seemed like such a long distance, 10K seemed impossible. The day that I completed the 12K run to reach the mark of 102Km in June, I felt such a huge sense of accomplishment.
Moving forward, I have signed up for the 2010 Detroit Half Marathon (21K) in October. It is a lofty goal, but I have 3 months to train for it.
I’ve done it! 10 weeks ago, I started my Couch 2 5K running plan again after taking 4 months off. In 2010 I made a real commitment to the plan and really stuck to it. I am very pleased with the results. In the month of April alone, I really upped my game and ran 68Kms.
Looking back starting at week 1, I remember running for 60 seconds thinking that there was no way I could do this. On Sunday, I ran my first 5K race in under 30 minutes.
Here are my C25K stats:
Weight Lost: 12lbs
Time Run: 14H14M
This past Sunday, I ran in the Forest City Road Race for my first race ever. My goal was to run 5K in 30 minutes. In the end I ended up with a time of 28:36 and came in 123rd of 500 runners. Never in my life would I think that I would be running 5K or participate in a run for any cause.
I’d like to thank all of those who sponsored me for the race, your donations were very much appreciated by the Thames Valley Children’s Centre.
Photo by Jason Fredin
So, whats next? Tomorrow, I will be starting a “Freeway to 10K” program. I plan on running a 10K race by the end of summer, and my big plan is to run in the New York City Marathon in November 2011. That gives me 16 months to train for a 40K marathon. It is a huge goal I know, but 8 weeks ago, running 30 minutes straight seemed impossible to me.
It’s been 4 months since I have posted a fitness related activity. I haven’t really done anything fitness related and fell back into old habits. At the peak of my fitness activities back in October, I was one run short of finishing W4 of the Couch to 5K program. and was down to 180lbs. Fast forward 4 months. I am back up to 195lbs, and once again, not eating properly.
I’ve decided to start the C25K program again (for the third time) and this time run it to completion. To ensure that, I have set myself a goal and signed up for the Forest City Road Road Race (5K) on May 2nd.
This time around, I have a couple of new things in my arsenal.
Due to the winter weather, and that I will be running in the snow, I received a pair of traction aids for my shoes over the holidays from my wife.
I also purchased the internet scale from Withings. A geeky purchase, but will allow me to track my progress. It works with RunKeeper and Weightbot for my iPhone. Withings also allows some great API access that I plan on using in the near future.
Week 1 Breakdown:
Starting weight: 195.0 lbs
Ending weight: 192.4 lbs
KMs run: 11.3KM
C25K – W1D1
C25K – W1D2
C25K – W1D3
Taking 4 weeks off has truly brought me back to Week 1. I found myself getting winded in the 60 second running portions. A far way off running 5 mins straight that I was doing last October.
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