I may finish last but I am gonna finish...

So who even knows what week this is...I have no idea. I have continued to run and work out. Although it is much harder to make it happen now that I am back in school. School basically has a way of stealing all my energy and leaving me with nothing but I am still at it.

I have found that the best way to get in my workout is to take everything with me at the beginning of the day and do it right after class. If I go home it is pretty much over.

I hit the 2 mile mark last week sometime. It was a pretty big deal for me just because I don't think I have ever run a whole mile. After every lap I did a little fist pump to the air. I was just so pumped. Then when it was all said and done, I cried for like an hour.  Now if you know me, I am not a cryer. I don't cry during sad movies or even at funerals. No one ever sees me cry. After 2 miles though, I cried...for about an hour. My God I needed to be sedated or something.

I am rocking it out. I ran Tuesday and I am going again today. For real training starts next week so I have to really be on point then.

Back to the grind

So I think this is like week 4 or something but since I am actually not too sure, I have decided to title these randomly.

I know some might think that because I haven't been writing this, I probably haven't been working out at all. It's not totally true. For the past few weeks, I haven't been running 3-4 times a week but I have been making it happen at least twice a week. So let me just tell you what has been going on.

Last time I posted on this, I was home. After that I spent about a week in Miami with my Mom. I ran 3 times while I was there on the beach/board walk. This is quite a feat because I was on vacation. Also, did anyone know roller blading was still a big hobby. Well it is, and there were tons of people with there knee pads on just skating around.

Came back from Miami and had about a week before school started back. Hit up the track a few times and now here we are in the second week of school now. I went running Friday of last week, ran 2 laps to start off and then back to the 2 min running 1 min walking. I am trying to find some activities that I can do twice a week to cross train. Last night I did a spinning class which was pretty fun. After about 10 min I was telling the girl next to me how hard-core it was and right after that, the instructor said 'great job guys...we are almost done with the warm-up.' It is safe to say that I almost quit right then and there but I kept going and made it through the whole class and then had to drag my jelly legs down the stairs. I enjoyed it though, so I am going back Friday with some members from my class.

Tomorrow though is another running day. I have got to get my life together and make sure I am doing it at least 3 times a week again.

Week 1, Day 7

I am becoming a runner in training...I have good days and bad days. I did 3 days of running this week and Saturday (yesterday, the 3rd day of running) was a bad day. I am currently in my home town...sitting in a bar to write this because it is the only place I knew of that had wireless internet. I know a bar isn't where you would expect to find a runner in training but here I am.

Back to the real deal though, Saturday was a bad day. I am not sure if it was because I spent so much time sitting in my car driving home Friday or because I ran at a different time or venue than normal. I normally run at night but on Saturday I got up early to run so I could spend some shopping time with Sam-ma, my grandma. I just couldn't focus which as everyone knows is at least half the battle in pushing yourself. Your body can do it, it is just convincing your brain that you are not going to pass out and die from a few more steps. I did just 30 minutes at running 1 minute and walking 1 minute to recover and I literally thought my lungs were going to collapse. I look forward to this day when it becomes easy...something that I want to do instead of being a chore.

Week 1, Day 2

This is the beginning...a new start. I have two books by John "The Penguin" Bingham because I am one of these people that likes to read the instruction manual before beginning anything. I am basically running for my life to become healthy and get in shape. Now I should say that I am the crappiest runner out there. I am like John...I am slow, a penguin not a rabbit, a gazelle, definitely not a cheetah and I probably don't look good running. I don't even enjoy running. It is not easy for me...I breathe hard and basically have to force myself to continue taking each step. I am pretty sure that no matter how fit I become, I will never be one of these people who rolls right out of bed bright and early in the morning just itching to get in 5 miles before the day begins. However, John says you are a runner if you run and so I guess I am a runner.

Right now I am currently just trying to build up to running two miles. I am going to be hitting the pavement 5 times a week to accomplish this goal. Today I did 30 minutes: 10 cycles of 1 minute running followed by 2 minutes of fast-paced walking to recover. Marathon training officially begins at the end of August. It is my goal to run the whole half-marathon. We will see if I make it.

Books:
- The Courage to Start by John Bingham
- Marathoning for Mortals by John Bingham