3 posts tagged “running”

trail running!

Ok, so I remembered that I do not blog much on the weekends. How did I do overall?

Friday - I had bombed my diet by eating a piece of cake.
Saturday - I had bombed my diet by eating a piece of leftover cake.
Sunday - I forgot what I ate.

Ok, that does not paint a picture of how my weekend went.

Cheerios with either a banana or strawberries still stands at number 1 when it comes to my breakfast.
Lunches were ok
Dinners were ok as well.

I need to keep a small notebook with me to write everything down when I am not blogging.

So this morning? Cheerios and Banana cut up into it. So I am off on the right foot.

The big question is... did I run?
Yes I did, I ran on Sunday morning.

I really wanted to increase the amount of time I was running. The walk minute thirty and then run for thirty has been going well, however my ankles are still absolutely killing me halfway through. It is not that they just hurt, no... they want to stop holding me up. They are just sore.... massively sore. It was some hours later when I even felt remotely normal again. lol

I am keeping at it.

trail running!

I started to run.

I can only run for 30 seconds at a time before I have to walk, but I am doing it.

For the last 2 months I have been on medication that has made me absolutely sick every single morning and I was previously told by the Doc that if I lose weight then I can be off of the meds.

So I am motivated constantly by the pain of illness due to the meds.

So I began running.

I figured I would blog my progress. Eventually post "before" pics and some transition pics as I stay going.

I used to explore as a kid, nature trails and cities where I lived. I realized, how much I missed exploring. So I am going to explore a trail. That is my short term goal, to have enough stamina to explore a short nature trail and take some pics.

So for those of you whom I have not talked to in a long time.... Hi, My Name is Damien.

Running

I need to exercise... seriously...lol... I really need to.

I see people running all the time and while I am in NO shape to run, I can start walking though. Maybe one day I can work my way up to running.

How does one get started? Oh yeah, just go walk, easy answer...lol...

What I would like to know specifically is, is there anything I need to know about shoes?

What works for people? Building up a routine slowly? Or just jumping right in?

How should I prepare myself? What kind of stretching?

What are some things you do to keep you motivated?