What is this blog all about?

Well, actually it is totally inspired by this website.

I've been following Joe's progress this past year and been really impressed.

I am 44 years old.
I weighed 70kg when i got married 10 years ago and now i weigh near to 85kg. In fact after New year I was 85kg, felt terrible, tired out too quickly and with little physical effort.
I decided I needed to do something about it.

Therefore in Spring I started to work out on my wife's exercise bike. I managed to lose 3kg and was really encouraged. Then the bike broke!
I then went to Scotland, where the standard of food is unhealthy. ( you can google "deep fried mars bars" or look here.( a local specialty!)

I returned to Albania almost back to my 85 kg.
It was hot, I sweated too much and finally decided enough was enough.
I also hated some photos of me that make me look fat, and everyone says it is a great likeness( ouch!).

So, I went to the stall at the bottom of our apartment and bought a pair of trainers and yesterday started to run.

I am following this guide.
Couch to 5km run in 2 months.

I won't be advertising this site too much and the aim is not really to publicize what i am doing, but rather keep a diary of my progress.

I get the feeling I will discouraged ( especially in the cold nights), but if you stop by, please post and encouragement. It will mean a lot to me and maybe just be what is required to keep me running...

Day Two

Feeling good today.
Drove the route I run and found it was 2.75km.(1.7 miles)
I only ran 8 minutes and was not very tired at the end, but still I felt I wouldn’t manage another circuit (1.3km – 0.8 miles).

Looking forward to trying another run tonight.

(A couple of hours before the run, and after reading felt remarkably tired and dozed off for an hour. Now, feeling remarkably lethargic and not up for the run.Feeling bloated a little)

Just back from the run.
Far more difficult than yesterday. To be honest yesterday I jogged at “slow” pace not to overdo it. The 90 second rest period were too long and to be honest I was ready to run at 60 seconds. Tonight was different. Maybe my muscles had not had time to recover, but I really needed the 90 seconds tonight. I kept looking at my watch at around 45 seconds thinking “ let’s hope it’s not time to run yet!”.
I pushed myself harder at the running and was really confident I could shatter yesterday’s time by completing the 2 circuits in 20 minutes.
In the end i did it in 20.59seconds.

Next weigh in in 6days.

Day One

Day One 17 Sept 2008 – 23 mins 10 sec.
First run. Well to be honest walk and run.
60 seconds running then 90 seconds walking. When I hit 20 minutes I walked the rest, but I almost made it back to the start by the end of the 20minutes.
Felt good, little pain in the back of my right leg, but no other troubles.For first day felt a lot better than I thought it would.
Slight groin twinge when I got home – maybe need to do the stretch exercises a bit before I start out..

Weigh in 83.8kg