I’m running a 10k!
I don’t know what I was thinking when I agreed to this, but I’m signed up to run in a 10k. The race, Run The Bridge, is on November 1st and costs $25 if you sign up now. Signing up for this is only ridiculous because I’m not a runner by any means. My running capability extends to 45 mins of jogging on an elliptical. So how do I plan on surviving this?
Hopefully, I’ll survive by learning from other people and properly preparing. In order to figure out where I stood, I had to go for my first run outside.
I threw on my shirt, and my briefs in preparation for being a sweaty mess. I had these when I trained jiu-jitsu and they worked really well for me. I also downloaded an app, called RunKeeper, for my iPhone that can track my running via GPS. When I’m finished, it uploads my data to their website and allows me to share it with the world.
Here is a link to my first run
As you can see, I am not a runner. I nearly keeled over after 3/4 of a mile. I am cutting myself some slack since it was 95 degrees and I haven’t run in years.
My plan is to continue running outside at least 3 times a week. After this run I was pretty sore, so I continue my adventure next week (or possible this weekend). I’m going to read up as much as possible on increasing my endurance, however, if you have any tips you’d like to share… send me some comments!
Until next run…
