I'm running in a 5K on my birthday.
Yeah, I'm just gonna let you soak that in for a minute. Amber, quit laughing.
I am not a runner, I have never been a runner, but I've decided that I'm getting old and I need to exercise more so I can live a long, healthy life despite the massive amounts of alcohol I consume on a daily basis.
I've also managed to bully April and Jenny into running with me, so if any of you are lacking for entertainment you really need to come watch. I started "training" about three weeks ago and I'm currently at about a 10-minute mile pace. I am not at that pace because I'm a decent runner though, I'm at that pace because running is boring as hell and I'm basically trying to get finished as quickly as I can. I started off just seeing what I could do and tried to run a 12-minute mile pace and almost died right there it was so freaking boring. The next week I bumped it up to a 6 mph pace just to shave off 6 minutes of the monotony. Watching the tv on the treadmill helps tremendously, and I have no idea how I will possibly run 3.1 miles without being able to watch Live! with Regis and Kelly or the E! True Hollywood Story on the Kardashians. But besides the boredom, here's my biggest problem: I cannot pace myself off the treadmill. So when I'm running out on the road I have no idea how fast I'm going.
The only thing I can figure out is that I should run on the treadmill at a 10-minute mile pace and scroll through my ipod for songs that I can run on the beat to? Does this sound right? Or should I just let April worry about the pace and just run with her?
1 comment:
create an iPod playlist that will last you the total time of your 5K. Pay attention to what song is playing at different distances like half mile, mile, etc while you are on the "dreadmill". During the 5K the route should be marked with mile markers, then you can speed up or slow down depending on where your songs tell you you should be.
Or if you have the iPod Nano, just buy the Nike+
Packman
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