Holy crap. I went for a run with my wife yesterday, and boy did I suffer! Whenever she takes the kids to Taekwando, she runs a 4+ mile out-and-back. She’s told me in the past how much she enjoys it, so yesterday I decided to join her.
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Yesterday afternoon, I went for the longest run of my life. The total distance was 6.5 miles, and it took me 73 minutes to complete. I ran every step of the way – albeit somewhat slowly – and I felt pretty good at the end.
I’m sitting here basking in the glow of my first 4 mile run. I’m also trying to stop sweating. On the way home from work last night, I got a text from my son that read “Just ran 4.2 miles. Own.” Ouch.
And… Done. I’ve made it through Week Nine of the Couch-to-5k running program, and my first 5k is actually tomorrow (Memorial Day) morning. This past week went quite well, and I deviated a bit from the program to get myself ready for the race.
This is just a quick note to say that yesterday, after having completed Week Eight of the Couch-to-5k running program, I went out and ran 5k. According to RunKeeper, I covered 3.11 miles in 34:24, which works out to 11:04/mile. Not as fast as I had hoped, but I’m still happy — I’ll take what I can get.
Whew! A couple of weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I’d make it this far without a long layoff. Instead, I’m just a week late. After taking time off to let my hip heal, I powered through Week Eight of the C25K running program, and am back on track.
And… Here we are. Week Nine. If you’ve made it this far, congratulations! You’ve all but completed the Couch-to-5k running program. Just three more workouts until “graduation.” By the end of this week, you should be capable of running 5k (or very nearly so) from start to finish.
This is just a quick note to say that I ran ca. 2.5 (relatively) pain-free miles in about 25 minutes this afternoon. It took a week of rest, heat, foam rolling, stretching, ice, and new running shoes, but I think (hope!) that I’ve conquered my hip pain.
As I noted in my latest recap, I successfully completed Week Seven, but I’ve also aggravated my left hip, and am thus taking a week off to rest and recover. My current plan is to tackle Week Eight starting next week, but I wanted to post this for anyone that’s been following along.
Well… I’ve successfully completed Week Seven of the Couch-to-5k running program. The good news is that the runs haven’t been all that challenging. The bad news is that my hip pain has gotten worse.