AllieKay
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Well, I'm not REALLY marathon made, but I'm working on getting there. I have this 'problem' where I often set ridiculous, meticulous goals for myself. My goal this time, is to run in the Boston Marathon. I know it's extremely difficult, but I'm giving myself 4 (or possibly more) years to prepare. Sure, it doesn't take that long to be able to run a marathon, but keep in mind you need to meet certain criteria and run in other marathons before you can take on the worlds most famous. My regime basically consists of running up and down hills. Fortunately for me, I live in south-east Pennsylvania, where hills are more common than speed signs.
I suppose my first challenge is that I hate running. I grew up around all forms of H2O. I'm a swimmer and a hockey player, so I'm more comfortable around water and ice. Besides, I've always had a certain malice towards gravity, and gravity plus asphalt makes the odds even worse. My strength is that I'm sturdy and vigorous, mostly in the sense that I'm relentless. If I set a goal, I keep my eyes on the horizon until I reach it. In other words, despite my animosity towards running, I'll deal with it and it will probably grow on me.
I haven't run in at least a year. But now, I run everyday. I know there's a lot of people who probably will call me stupid for that, but I didn't start from nothing, I am by no means out of shape. Playing hockey as competitively as I have been doing for the last four years has helped me at least have good cardio. I always stretch before leaving my house, then do lunges to the end of the street, then I hop on the trail that begins at the park across the street. Let me point out that the trail is approximately 19 miles long. I can run about 2 miles without stopping now, and about 5 miles per day. Once I get on the trail, I run two full miles, stop and stretch for about 10 minutes, then run another mile, stretch for 5 minutes, then run the other two and cool off in the river for a half hour. I then walk/lightly jog 5 miles home.
That's longer than I intended to make this post, but I didn't think I could just say 'I run 5 miles a day and haven't run in a year' without including at least a few details. Does anybody else have training regimes similar to this? Any suggestions, maybe? Because I know this probably is NOT the most effective way to approach this goal. All comments/critique are welcome, of course. :victory:
I suppose my first challenge is that I hate running. I grew up around all forms of H2O. I'm a swimmer and a hockey player, so I'm more comfortable around water and ice. Besides, I've always had a certain malice towards gravity, and gravity plus asphalt makes the odds even worse. My strength is that I'm sturdy and vigorous, mostly in the sense that I'm relentless. If I set a goal, I keep my eyes on the horizon until I reach it. In other words, despite my animosity towards running, I'll deal with it and it will probably grow on me.
I haven't run in at least a year. But now, I run everyday. I know there's a lot of people who probably will call me stupid for that, but I didn't start from nothing, I am by no means out of shape. Playing hockey as competitively as I have been doing for the last four years has helped me at least have good cardio. I always stretch before leaving my house, then do lunges to the end of the street, then I hop on the trail that begins at the park across the street. Let me point out that the trail is approximately 19 miles long. I can run about 2 miles without stopping now, and about 5 miles per day. Once I get on the trail, I run two full miles, stop and stretch for about 10 minutes, then run another mile, stretch for 5 minutes, then run the other two and cool off in the river for a half hour. I then walk/lightly jog 5 miles home.
That's longer than I intended to make this post, but I didn't think I could just say 'I run 5 miles a day and haven't run in a year' without including at least a few details. Does anybody else have training regimes similar to this? Any suggestions, maybe? Because I know this probably is NOT the most effective way to approach this goal. All comments/critique are welcome, of course. :victory: