Today I ran 11K, or 6.8 miles in about 1 hour and 6 minutes. I feel really proud of myself! And this time, it did tire me out. But I want to go at it again already and do better.
The path was still a little muddy and soggy from the rains of yesterday and the day before so there were tricky portions to negotiate and maybe I could get speed improvements if I just ran straighter on a drier path. There was also a transition where segments of the running path are connected by a paved road and I got lost and had to go through a number of dead ends to get back on the running path. So again, room for improvement.
There are also a number of physiological changes that happen over the course of the run. At the 1 mile mark, my legs started to get fully into the activity; before that they were just not really "solidly with me"? At the 3 mile mark, I experienced a bit of back pain which almost made me consider stopping. But I was like, fuck that shit, it'll go away. All the pain goes numb in some time, this much running has taught me, and this one did too. At the 6 mile mark, I realized I was running too slowly, so I picked up pace. It wasn't a problem. But by the end of it, I really was tired. Over the course of the run, I saw the lake change to a river, and then to a woody marsh. It was nice. I Ubered back and the drive felt long; it was very satisfying to see how far I'd come! I even boasted about it to the Uber driver lol.
How to get better? I'm realizing that this is now starting to eat up my time in a big way. At the beginning, it was 10 minutes lol! But I do want to run at least a half marathon at some point. And I want to maintain that kind of fitness level for the rest of my life.
PS: Point to note: do not run after drinking. As intuitive as that sounds, alcohol does not make you run longer. I tried this yesterday and that was a massive fail with me slipping on the wetter mud and calling it quits.
PPS: Milind Soman and his mother are just really cool. After I saw his 75 year old mother running a half marathon in a sari and that too barefoot, I know anything can be achieved!
The path was still a little muddy and soggy from the rains of yesterday and the day before so there were tricky portions to negotiate and maybe I could get speed improvements if I just ran straighter on a drier path. There was also a transition where segments of the running path are connected by a paved road and I got lost and had to go through a number of dead ends to get back on the running path. So again, room for improvement.
There are also a number of physiological changes that happen over the course of the run. At the 1 mile mark, my legs started to get fully into the activity; before that they were just not really "solidly with me"? At the 3 mile mark, I experienced a bit of back pain which almost made me consider stopping. But I was like, fuck that shit, it'll go away. All the pain goes numb in some time, this much running has taught me, and this one did too. At the 6 mile mark, I realized I was running too slowly, so I picked up pace. It wasn't a problem. But by the end of it, I really was tired. Over the course of the run, I saw the lake change to a river, and then to a woody marsh. It was nice. I Ubered back and the drive felt long; it was very satisfying to see how far I'd come! I even boasted about it to the Uber driver lol.
How to get better? I'm realizing that this is now starting to eat up my time in a big way. At the beginning, it was 10 minutes lol! But I do want to run at least a half marathon at some point. And I want to maintain that kind of fitness level for the rest of my life.
PS: Point to note: do not run after drinking. As intuitive as that sounds, alcohol does not make you run longer. I tried this yesterday and that was a massive fail with me slipping on the wetter mud and calling it quits.
PPS: Milind Soman and his mother are just really cool. After I saw his 75 year old mother running a half marathon in a sari and that too barefoot, I know anything can be achieved!
No comments:
Post a Comment