Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Day 7 (8/3): 1 mile / 10:46

With my legs still a little pissed at me over yesterday's 5k, I decided I'd give them a little break and only run a mile today, and do so at a more leisurely pace.  It felt pretty good and, I must say, seemed a lot easier after running so long yesterday.  It's funny how much easier this distance is just a week and a half after getting started.  Sure, a full marathon is still a stretch, but at least I can already see improvement.

I'm a little nervous about vacation next week and whether or not I'll stick to my routine.  I plan to give myself a little break, but I'm hoping to run at least 3 times next week.  A typical week would be 5 times and I'd be really happy with 4, but I figure it's best to set the bar a little lower for such things and be pleasantly surprised when they end up better than expected.  No need to be disappointed at the end of vacation just because I was having too much fun drinking to fit in as many miles as I would have liked, right?

On another note, I've been told by a few people that I should consider joining a running club to train.  I feel that's a bit premature at this point... those running clubs usually like to accomplish more than 2 miles in a weekend... but I suppose it's a good idea to at least look into it for when I'm ready to move on to the next stage.  But, to be perfectly honest, this idea makes me really nervous.  I don't mind having someone to answer to when it comes to my training, but something tells me I'd be joining some pretty seasoned runners and I'm fairly certain I'd start out a little further behind than I'd like.  Then again, I suppose I should consider it a challenge and a great way to push myself to improve.  I know I'm still not ready for that step yet, but I should probably do it sooner than later.  We'll see how I feel about that in a few more weeks.

Until then, I'll just continue to plug away on my own and see where this crazy adventure takes me.

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