Check these bad boys out: They look seriously bad a**, right? They’re totally going to revolutionize my run, right? Nope. Sadly, I still run like me. An even slower version of me than last week’s. But still – I strapped on my cool new shoes and went running last night. Stuck with the same three minute walk, three minute run schedule, and tried to keep my pace about the same. Turns out the new shoes…
Lesson learned – always take your shoes off before you blog. If I had, before writing my last entry, I would have known that the rubbing on the inside of my right foot had left me with a blister the size of my thumb on the arch. Ow. I drained the blister, and have been keeping it covered with ointment and gauze since Wednesday night. It’s still really sore, and wearing any shoes besides flip-flops…
Progress – progress, I say! I took off on my second run (or as I described it to my father today, my “wog” – walking/jogging) tonight around 7:30, since it was 88 degrees when I stopped working at 6 p.m. Blech. I waited until the temperature dropped to 82, and took off. I got to the first interval of running, and had to stop for a walk break about a minute and a half in.…
As I mentioned on Facebook yesterday, I got tired just TYPING up my training schedule. I didn’t think that boded well for actually starting to run. And I was right – kinda. I’m doing a hybrid training program, mashing together the plan from the Women’s Health publication “Run Your Butt Off” (oh please, oh please, oh please, let that happen!) and “The Non-Runners Marathon Guide for Women” by Dawn Dais. The latter is my favorite,…
Desperate times, my friends, call for logos containing pirate parrots. So here’s what I’m planning to do.