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October 18, 2010#

Detroit Half Marathon 2010

Yesterday, I completed my first half marathon (21.6KM).  I’ve accomplished a few milestones this year since I have decided to start running, but yesterday has surpassed any feeling of accomplishment I have achieved this year.  I started running last August, but stopped after only two months.  This year at the end of February, I decided to get back into running and setting goals for myself.  First being running a 5K race, then running 100KM total in one month.  So signing up for a half marathon seemed like a hefty goal for me at the end of June.  I started training very hard in July for the race, but pushed myself too hard to the point of injury.  July and August were hard months as I couldn’t run due to the pain.  Time really seemed like it was running out, and I started having doubts if I could complete the run in Detroit.

Completing the race, was truly a moment that i will remember for the rest of my life. Below is the map of my run:



I finished with an official chip time of 2:37:39








For sure, I will be going back to run next year. It truly was an amazing site running across Ambassador Bridge when the sun was rising.

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July 3, 2010#

100KM in June

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.

May 5, 2010#

Couch to 5K complete.

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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.

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