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Runaversary
Aug. 24th, 2014 04:07 pmA year ago, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elalyr and I started the Couch to 5k program. At the beginning, I had some rather ambitious goals. In retrospect, it was kinda stupid to think I could reverse 21 years of self-neglect so quickly. Still, the data are interesting.
When I was running cross-country in high school, my personal record for a 5k was 21:55 (average mile time of 7:04). My goal for this time around was to be capable of 24:00 (average mile time of 7:45) by March. That... hasn't happened. I didn't get my endurance up to even be capable of a 5k until April 27th. A year in, my best 5k time is a 29:11 (9:12 average mile). Max distance thus far has been 5 miles flat, which I've only done on two occasions.
However.
I was already losing weight when I started this, thanks to more attentive eating. My attention to intake has fallen off but I've been maintaining at or just under 170 for most of this year. I've probably reclaimed another inch of waistline - anything without elastic absolutely requires a belt to stay on.
So, yeah. Worth doing. Worth continuing. I'll probably stop posting run updates to LJ unless I have a particularly good new record to report, but I don't want to stop. I'm often tired and sore and wishing I'd stayed in bed another 45 minutes but the results are generally worth it anyway.
elalyr and I started the Couch to 5k program. At the beginning, I had some rather ambitious goals. In retrospect, it was kinda stupid to think I could reverse 21 years of self-neglect so quickly. Still, the data are interesting.When I was running cross-country in high school, my personal record for a 5k was 21:55 (average mile time of 7:04). My goal for this time around was to be capable of 24:00 (average mile time of 7:45) by March. That... hasn't happened. I didn't get my endurance up to even be capable of a 5k until April 27th. A year in, my best 5k time is a 29:11 (9:12 average mile). Max distance thus far has been 5 miles flat, which I've only done on two occasions.
However.
I was already losing weight when I started this, thanks to more attentive eating. My attention to intake has fallen off but I've been maintaining at or just under 170 for most of this year. I've probably reclaimed another inch of waistline - anything without elastic absolutely requires a belt to stay on.
So, yeah. Worth doing. Worth continuing. I'll probably stop posting run updates to LJ unless I have a particularly good new record to report, but I don't want to stop. I'm often tired and sore and wishing I'd stayed in bed another 45 minutes but the results are generally worth it anyway.