First run

February 3, 2008, 10:50 AM
2.3 miles(3.75 km) | 20:30 | 8:49 pace
I am using this blog as my training journal. My long-term goal is to finish a marathon this fall. My intermediate-term goal is to run a 10K leg of a team relay race on April 13.

In a couple of weeks I will start following Hal Higdon's Novice 10K training program. My goal is to break 50 minutes for the 10K. The novice training program seems a little light (only running 3 days a week). I will probably step up the difficulty slightly by (a) running an extra day per week, (b) increasing the distance a little bit, and (c) adding some harder tempo runs. I prefer to make my training runs have a certain duration rather than distance, so I will be adjusting the training program slightly to account.

This was my first run since last fall. My goal for the first day was to get out and run! I planned to go 20 minutes, and hoped to cover a little more than 2 miles. I felt surprisingly good running (because of the bicycle commuting). The weather was cool (40 degrees F (5 degrees C)), but not cold. I was a little overdressed for the weather.

I ran to the Brabrand Sti (the trail around the Brabrand Lake near my house) and then ran along the asphalt walking trail past the railroad bridge to a small "S" curve. At the curve, I turned around and came back home. The finish is up a short hill on Frejasvej. It felt good to run up the hill.

I wore the Asics shoes. After the run I stretched and took a shower. Tomorrow's goal is a rest day with stretching in the morning before work, the bike ride back and forth to work, and a short workout in the weightroom at work.