Yesterday went out for a late run near 8p.m.
At first I switched off the stop watch by mistake, but noticed that quite quickly.
However, half way round the run I saw a man lying in the gutter. he was wet, without a shoe and his crutches were lying on the ground. I stopped and went over to help him. He was drunk. He only had the use of one leg. I got him up onto his crutches but he just fell over. I pulled him over to the nearest bar, and sat him up against the wall. I then asked the bar staff to call an ambulance to take him home.
There wasn't much else I could do. He was so drunk he couldn't speak!
I then stopped off to buy bread before heading back home.
The watch just kept running and I have no idea how quick or slow I was running. i was just glad that the stops had not put me out of stride, and I managed to get back quickly into my rhythm.
Would have liked a decent run and time, but it was not to be.
Interestingly I have run 11 miles this last week, which is the same amount as all other days put together.
I feel comfortable on the 2 mile run, and plan to do 2 miles this week again, at least 8 miles and then see about upping my distance.
This week looks busy. I already have meetings on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.I may manage a late run on Mon. Fri, and Sat , but Wednesday looks out.
I hope the rain stays off!
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Friday, 10 October 2008
Day 24
Was another beautiful day, and looking forward to a run.
Measured out my run on Tuesday to be 4.8km (so not the 5km I had previously thought) but it was 3 miles.
Was at the teenagers class tonight, but one of the mother's had prepared petulla (like a sugarless donut) and I ate 3 of them.
When I arrived back in Shkoder i felt a run was out of the question.
As soon as I dismissed a run, I felt that I wanted to run - even though I was not feeling too good.
As soon as I started to run I felt bad.
However, I just kept running - slow pace, but I just wanted to get through the 2miles.
About half way round, my run was completed blocked by a guy getting out of his car. Then about 1km from the end I was running past a car when it turned and blocked me into the wall. the driver then opened his door and stared at me as though he wanted me to complain.
The song on my mp3 player just happened ( does anything just happen by chance?!) to be "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads.
"Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away"
I though to myself..." far better run run run run run away!"
I told him to continue and I ran away!
Slight delay on these 2 stops and it did break my rhythm although my time was not affected too much.
In the end I completed the 2 miles in 20 mins 33 secs.
Again, not my greatest run, but I was very pleased with myself.
I ran when I really did not feel like running.
I ran with a bit of pain and a bloated stomach.
I ran through the pain and completed the 2 miles.
I feel good about running 2 miles now - even when I don;t feel that good!
Measured out my run on Tuesday to be 4.8km (so not the 5km I had previously thought) but it was 3 miles.
Was at the teenagers class tonight, but one of the mother's had prepared petulla (like a sugarless donut) and I ate 3 of them.
When I arrived back in Shkoder i felt a run was out of the question.
As soon as I dismissed a run, I felt that I wanted to run - even though I was not feeling too good.
As soon as I started to run I felt bad.
However, I just kept running - slow pace, but I just wanted to get through the 2miles.
About half way round, my run was completed blocked by a guy getting out of his car. Then about 1km from the end I was running past a car when it turned and blocked me into the wall. the driver then opened his door and stared at me as though he wanted me to complain.
The song on my mp3 player just happened ( does anything just happen by chance?!) to be "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads.
"Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away"
I though to myself..." far better run run run run run away!"
I told him to continue and I ran away!
Slight delay on these 2 stops and it did break my rhythm although my time was not affected too much.
In the end I completed the 2 miles in 20 mins 33 secs.
Again, not my greatest run, but I was very pleased with myself.
I ran when I really did not feel like running.
I ran with a bit of pain and a bloated stomach.
I ran through the pain and completed the 2 miles.
I feel good about running 2 miles now - even when I don;t feel that good!
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Day 23 - Back to 2 mile
No run yesterday.
I was teaching at church in the evening and had not time to run. I am making Wednesday my rest day as I am teaching in the evenings.
I was glad to have a rest as my legs were quite sore and stiff after the 5km run on Tuesday. I think I took on too much.
Good:
1) I ran my target distance.(5km)( edit. Not quite...it was 3 miles but only 4.8km)
2) I felt good
Bad:
1) Don't think my body was ready to increase the distance to 5km. Should have stuck to running a few more 3km as I originally planned.
2) I am needing recovery time. I feel dehydrated and after yesterday's teaching was feeling pretty tired.
3) Got to look at this as a slow, long term thing and not a get-fit-quick program!
Weigh in yesterday was 83.7km.
We had a family round for supper after church, so that meant I ate more than I normally would have done, but still the weight loss (or lack of it) is slightly discouraging. I have lost 100g since starting. That is terrible!!
The strange thing is I think I have lost weight on my my stomach and my face, and I feel a lot better.
I must write 100 times...."This is a long term, slow run to fitness and weight loss"
God willing, Summer 2009 is my target to be 77kg and below.
Tonight I had 2 meetings arranged, so I thought I would not get a run in...but one meeting was cancelled so I was able to get out for a run after getting my son from school.
5pm was the earliest I have run and it was a beautiful night, and very warm in the 70's...so it was the hottest night so far for a run.
To be honest I decided 3km was the maximum for this run, and my legs felt far better than at any other time...however it just felt a struggle the whole way round.
When I got back, I had to climb the 4 flights of stairs to our apartment...and no-one opened the door. That was a terrible feeling. When you get home , you just want to get in and get relaxed and warm down....I started to feel worse. When my wife eventually opened the door, I was not feeling too good. Not sick, just a little empty stomached and weak. I saw a packet of crisps and ate them, feeling better almost immediately.
No doubt putting on more calories in one minute than I lost in the whole run. :-(
Still, I ran, and I believe it is doing me good.
Time was slower than last time, but still under 10 minutes a mile.
19 minutes 38 seconds.
Think I need to keep at 3km for at least another week.
I was teaching at church in the evening and had not time to run. I am making Wednesday my rest day as I am teaching in the evenings.
I was glad to have a rest as my legs were quite sore and stiff after the 5km run on Tuesday. I think I took on too much.
Good:
1) I ran my target distance.(5km)( edit. Not quite...it was 3 miles but only 4.8km)
2) I felt good
Bad:
1) Don't think my body was ready to increase the distance to 5km. Should have stuck to running a few more 3km as I originally planned.
2) I am needing recovery time. I feel dehydrated and after yesterday's teaching was feeling pretty tired.
3) Got to look at this as a slow, long term thing and not a get-fit-quick program!
Weigh in yesterday was 83.7km.
We had a family round for supper after church, so that meant I ate more than I normally would have done, but still the weight loss (or lack of it) is slightly discouraging. I have lost 100g since starting. That is terrible!!
The strange thing is I think I have lost weight on my my stomach and my face, and I feel a lot better.
I must write 100 times...."This is a long term, slow run to fitness and weight loss"
God willing, Summer 2009 is my target to be 77kg and below.
Tonight I had 2 meetings arranged, so I thought I would not get a run in...but one meeting was cancelled so I was able to get out for a run after getting my son from school.
5pm was the earliest I have run and it was a beautiful night, and very warm in the 70's...so it was the hottest night so far for a run.
To be honest I decided 3km was the maximum for this run, and my legs felt far better than at any other time...however it just felt a struggle the whole way round.
When I got back, I had to climb the 4 flights of stairs to our apartment...and no-one opened the door. That was a terrible feeling. When you get home , you just want to get in and get relaxed and warm down....I started to feel worse. When my wife eventually opened the door, I was not feeling too good. Not sick, just a little empty stomached and weak. I saw a packet of crisps and ate them, feeling better almost immediately.
No doubt putting on more calories in one minute than I lost in the whole run. :-(
Still, I ran, and I believe it is doing me good.
Time was slower than last time, but still under 10 minutes a mile.
19 minutes 38 seconds.
Think I need to keep at 3km for at least another week.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Day 21 - Success - 3 miles
I was ready for a run yesterday. Picked the kids up from school, just relaxing and as it was a beautiful day I was looking forward to running just before the sun went down.
Then, I got a call from one of the teenagers wanting me to go and speak to him...so I put off the run. I planned a run yesterday and 2 days off to rest, but it meant that yesterday was rest day and tonight after picking my son up, I had a meeting with someone.
As soon as that finished I was off for a run.
I had been out on the bike earlier and gone over a potential route but it looked like I would try it in about 10 days time.
However, as I hit 1km, I felt good and really wanted to try the new route.
As I came back on to the old route I thought it was likely to be short of 5km. I estimated this without looking at my watch, as I did not want to see the time. I was only going by the songs on my mp3 player ( this is the first time I have run with the player, but most of my other runs have been short). As I came back up to finish I saw the time was well under 30 minutes, so was sure that the distance was not 5km. Feeling reasonably good, i extended the run another 500km.
I finished on 30 mins. 36 seconds.
I have no idea how far officially it was. I am pretty sure it was 3miles...and it could have been very close to 5km.(edit: measured at 4.8km)
Feeling good.
Legs a little sore, but nothing worrying.
Feeling very encouraged!
Then, I got a call from one of the teenagers wanting me to go and speak to him...so I put off the run. I planned a run yesterday and 2 days off to rest, but it meant that yesterday was rest day and tonight after picking my son up, I had a meeting with someone.
As soon as that finished I was off for a run.
I had been out on the bike earlier and gone over a potential route but it looked like I would try it in about 10 days time.
However, as I hit 1km, I felt good and really wanted to try the new route.
As I came back on to the old route I thought it was likely to be short of 5km. I estimated this without looking at my watch, as I did not want to see the time. I was only going by the songs on my mp3 player ( this is the first time I have run with the player, but most of my other runs have been short). As I came back up to finish I saw the time was well under 30 minutes, so was sure that the distance was not 5km. Feeling reasonably good, i extended the run another 500km.
I finished on 30 mins. 36 seconds.
I have no idea how far officially it was. I am pretty sure it was 3miles...and it could have been very close to 5km.(edit: measured at 4.8km)
Feeling good.
Legs a little sore, but nothing worrying.
Feeling very encouraged!
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Day 19 - 2 miles
No run yesterday, so was looking forward to getting back out today, which should have been my rest day.
It has been a beautiful day. My afternoon meeting was cancelled, so I had time to go for a run after picking up my son from Sunday School.
First of all I think I need to stretch more before starting. I cycled to church and back with my boys on the bike and I thought that would be a good warm up.
Then, I did some stretching but immediately on starting I had a feeling of a sharp pain down the front of my right leg.
More stretching needed!
The first half km I felt my legs heavy and felt I was running well within myself. Then I remembered that I had not drunk a couple of glasses of water which i usually do about a half hour before running. That was psychologically bad. However, I pushed myself to keep going. On getting round the new route and coming back on to the old route I looked at my watch and saw that i was at least a minute up, and decided to push on, but there was no energy. I started to feel bad. I could sense my body searching but my stomach was empty. I decided to keep on at the same pace. As I turned to the last straight my mind said "kick on" but my body said "stop". I managed to keep going and right round to the end.
Looked at my watch and it 19 mins 04 seconds.
That is 2 mins 9 secs secs quicker than 2 nights ago!
WOW!! That is awesome!
It also means I was running 9.32 secs miles!
I am impressed with that!
It felt good. I was a little out of breath at the end and must try to slow down a bit till I am used to the distance.
Very encouraged!
It has been a beautiful day. My afternoon meeting was cancelled, so I had time to go for a run after picking up my son from Sunday School.
First of all I think I need to stretch more before starting. I cycled to church and back with my boys on the bike and I thought that would be a good warm up.
Then, I did some stretching but immediately on starting I had a feeling of a sharp pain down the front of my right leg.
More stretching needed!
The first half km I felt my legs heavy and felt I was running well within myself. Then I remembered that I had not drunk a couple of glasses of water which i usually do about a half hour before running. That was psychologically bad. However, I pushed myself to keep going. On getting round the new route and coming back on to the old route I looked at my watch and saw that i was at least a minute up, and decided to push on, but there was no energy. I started to feel bad. I could sense my body searching but my stomach was empty. I decided to keep on at the same pace. As I turned to the last straight my mind said "kick on" but my body said "stop". I managed to keep going and right round to the end.
Looked at my watch and it 19 mins 04 seconds.
That is 2 mins 9 secs secs quicker than 2 nights ago!
WOW!! That is awesome!
It also means I was running 9.32 secs miles!
I am impressed with that!
It felt good. I was a little out of breath at the end and must try to slow down a bit till I am used to the distance.
Very encouraged!
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Day 18
No run.
heavy rain and thunderstorms. Cleared up in the afternoon and hopes to run in the evening after the teenagers class. the heavens opened and the roads were blocked with water - a run was totally off.
Drove round yesterday's route.
3.3km (maybe near 3.4km)
That is over 2 miles!
I actually ran to the bottom of a road that I have thought about running but thought it was WAAAAAY too far. In the dark, and feeling good I extended my run and actually ran to the bottom of this road without realizing it!
feeling good. Looking forward to getting out tomorrow(hopefully)
heavy rain and thunderstorms. Cleared up in the afternoon and hopes to run in the evening after the teenagers class. the heavens opened and the roads were blocked with water - a run was totally off.
Drove round yesterday's route.
3.3km (maybe near 3.4km)
That is over 2 miles!
I actually ran to the bottom of a road that I have thought about running but thought it was WAAAAAY too far. In the dark, and feeling good I extended my run and actually ran to the bottom of this road without realizing it!
feeling good. Looking forward to getting out tomorrow(hopefully)
Friday, 3 October 2008
Day 17 - Progress
Today I ran 3km.
Not 100% sure of the distance but at least it was 3km.
I ran a new route and will need to check the proper distance. It took 21 mins 13 seconds and it felt GOOD!
Was not thinking too much about a run, just a little disappointed that the weather was rainy and forecast heavy showers. the evening was beautiful and warm and after the teenagers class in Koplik I was out for a run.
I had measured a new mile run that crosses my old run...this gave me the option of running the new mile or a further longer run, taking in the last part of my original route.
I must admit, I was determined to run further than a mile and I just felt good the whole run.
I am so pleased with myself. As I completed part one I had actually run 11 minutes. Slightly slower pace, but some lanes were pitch black and i was running on unknown roads. i was scared of the many open manholes!
As I got to what must have been a mile I felt so good and I continued. No real pain, no difficulty in breathing, no desire for a drink.
I extended the home run a little to try to make it nearer 2 miles...but am unsure at the exact mileage.
Absolutely delighted with myself and my t-shirt was soaking with sweat!
Running is fun!
Not 100% sure of the distance but at least it was 3km.
I ran a new route and will need to check the proper distance. It took 21 mins 13 seconds and it felt GOOD!
Was not thinking too much about a run, just a little disappointed that the weather was rainy and forecast heavy showers. the evening was beautiful and warm and after the teenagers class in Koplik I was out for a run.
I had measured a new mile run that crosses my old run...this gave me the option of running the new mile or a further longer run, taking in the last part of my original route.
I must admit, I was determined to run further than a mile and I just felt good the whole run.
I am so pleased with myself. As I completed part one I had actually run 11 minutes. Slightly slower pace, but some lanes were pitch black and i was running on unknown roads. i was scared of the many open manholes!
As I got to what must have been a mile I felt so good and I continued. No real pain, no difficulty in breathing, no desire for a drink.
I extended the home run a little to try to make it nearer 2 miles...but am unsure at the exact mileage.
Absolutely delighted with myself and my t-shirt was soaking with sweat!
Running is fun!
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