Day 12

Well. I walked my legs off today. I don't know if I'll be able to rub tomorrow ouch I want to. But I was on my feet walking and standing for 11 hrs ( less 45 minutes for lunch). I am going to buy new running shoes this week. That will help a bit

We'll see

Day 11

Life is a stealer some times. Due to our selling our car and buying a new car and phone calls etc I missed the run yesterday. Now... I also had some ice cream last night.
This brings me to this morning. We did our run from day 10 today. It was awful. I could not limber up and it was so hard to do the running. I dunno which thing made it so but Monday was soooo good compared to today. Oh well I'll be walking most of tomorrow for Black Friday. Next run on sat. So, yes Dan a little hickup but nothing fatal. Happy Thanksgiving all!

Day 8

Well, this is the start of week 2, day 8 took last weeks workouts up a notch. Instead of running 1 minute and walking 2 I am running and walking for 2 minutes each. It wasn't any hard to run twice a long than it was to do the 1 minute last week. That's a good thing. I actually like running for longer sequences. I can start to get in to the rhythm of running and not focus on the time so much.
What stinks is how hard it is to do this. pathetic . I hate being so out of shape and heavy.
On another note. Thomas continues to run with me. I'm both grateful and encouraged by his enthusiasm. I am thinking more about how his approach needs to be different than mine. As it seems like he might actually stick this out with me I want to make sure he's doing the things he needs to do - mostly in regards to his diet. He eats fine (no variety but that's a kid) for normal activity. However if he is going to continue to run with me and start looking at the longer distances in January he'll need to eat more proteins etc than he does now. I know absolutely zero about this.. For myself I'd never bother but.. with him it seems more important...

Day 5

Better than day 3. But still difficult. Not sure how I'm going to be able to double my running time starting Monday. It will get easier. It will. Annoyed at RunKeeper today. Could not get a gps signal good Enid to track my workout. It was great on weds. Better work better next week or I'll move to new software.

Day 4

I took it easy today.. It was just supposed to to be a 30 minute easy walk. I felt that after how sore my shins were yesterday while running I wanted to take it easy on them. I'l be running again tomorrow.
I got a shot of determination today. I don't know why but I'm even more determined at what I'm doing.. I will do this...

See you tomorrow!!

Day 3

Wow. Seems like just two days ago I felt pretty good when I was doing my workouts. Today was a different story. My shins hurt and I didn't like the pace I did today. Between the running and walking I only had a 17:11 pace per mile. I'm looking forward to next week when the initial shock to my muscles starts to lessen.
Some things were good though. I got to go out with both my boys. I was pushing Andrew in a jogging stroller. That was different. I found it hard to relax my upper body while pushing him. It was a blast to have both of them out there tho. :)
Tomorrow is just walking supposed to be an easy walk and I guarantee it will be!

Day 2

I did my day 2 work out (ha, don't be fooled :) day 2 was just a 30 minute walk, more running tomorrow) with Andrew today. It was a beautiful day for it too. Legs are a little sore from yesterday. I don't have any other issues. I think my main concern is that my body won't hold up. I think i should not have any major issues as long as I don't push too hard...we'll see! Thanks for the encouragement folks. Keep it coming though...i'll really need it!!
See you tomorrow.

Day 1

Well. Today is the first day...of the rest of my life.. Wow does that sound cliche'....
But seriously today I started training for the NYC 1/2 Marathon that I'm going to run on April 3rd of next year.
Getting in shape, losing weight... Not so easy when you are 42, have a family, work, etc etc.
Nothing seems to work. So I figured out a I need a goal, something to keep me focused.
Last week I got another PR envelope from World Vision talking about how people run in marathons and half marathons and raise money to help the kids with World Vision. This caught my attention.
You see.. I used to be a runner. It seems like a lifetime ago but at one time I ran road races, rode I don't remember how many century bike rides, and ran Winter and Spring Track. My favourite distance was 5k and had a personal best of 18:05.
Flash forward 25 years and it's a sad picture I paint now.
until today. Today I start a 4 and 1/2 month countdown to I take part in the NYC 1/2 Marathon on April 3rd :) http://www.131marathon.com/13_1_New_York.htm
When I started getting ready today for my first workout I had a nice surprise. Thomas, my 9 year old son, wants to do this with me! I survived the first work out, and don't feel too bad. We'll see how it goes the rest of this week.
Why am I blogging all this, who is going to care? It's precisely to help keep myself focused. You might think I would keep this quiet. I mean, you look at me and you'd laugh if I told you I was going to run in a 1/2 marathon in 4 1/2 months. Heck you'd laugh if I told you I was going to run around the block! Actually that is why I'm telling folks. If I didn't then it would be easy to quit since no one would know. I am telling folks so they can ask me how I'm doing. I'm less likely to quit if people know because I don't want to look like a quiter..
I think I can do this. I have an 8 week plan for getting in to running shape. I'll still be heavy but I'll be losing weight while i do this. The more I run, the more weight I'll lose, the more I can run. After the 8 week plan I have a 12 week plan to get ready for running 13 miles in a race. There is no wiggle room. I have just enough time to do it, rain - snow - sleet, not withstanding.
Keep me in your prayers, and put me on the spot when you see me IRL or online. Ask me how it's going. Tell me not to quit.
Thanks.