I ran better today than the past two days. It seems that to run every day, I need to keep everything else in my life in balance: how much I sleep, what I eat, how I spend my day. It helps also when the weather cooperates. For now, it seems that these runs count for about all my exercise for the day. I put everything I have into running for 40 minutes, and then I'm finished.
Today I ran for 21 minutes out, made it to Woodview Avenue and came back at 44:24. Last week, I was able to make it to Woodview in 20 minutes and back in the same time. So, I'm slower than last week, but covered more ground than this Monday and Tuesday.
Starting this week, I'm focusing more on time than distance. Each run will be 1 minute longer on the way out, and I will try to get back in the same time. So, today's was 21 minutes out, and then back. For Thursday, I will go out for 22 minutes and then return. The goal will be to increase this time to 30 minutes on the way out, and return for a total time of 1 hour.
That should put me at about 5 miles, and that is where I will stay. Five miles a day, five days a week is my goal now. I will stay there until the day I can run 5 miles in 50 minutes. So, that means going from a 12 minute mile, where I am now, to a 10 minute mile.
BMI is at 35.2, but Amy says I'm definitely getting thinner.
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