A day in the life of Joe

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 08:34 AM ( 2 views )
10 days ago, on April 13th, I started a simple goal:

"Run 3 miles a day, no excuses"

Yesterday I finished day 10, which means I've run 30 miles.

What have I noticed:

Although I'm not measuring, my pace has begun to improve. On the first day, I was jogging very slowly the entire time. Now, I'm able to sustain small sprints, and maintain a decent pace. I've been listening to an album on my iPod shuffle, and am finishing before the last song.

My weight has not changed, it has only been 10 days and so I'm building muscle. This in combination with other eating habits explains the relative plateau in weight. I'm not gaining weight. According to my half-marathon training data, this is expected. I hovered around 205 for the first month.

3 miles is just enough to get a good sweat, without injury. When training for my half-marathon I was constantly stepping up the mileage, which resulted in some mild injury.

I will post again when I hit 60 miles.

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