I found a park at the top of town that has a nice circuited path, that is about half a mile long. It's also far enough away from my house that the neighbours won't see me!
Anyway, I decided in order to break myself in, so to speak, to do a mix of walking and running (I've heard that's a good way to warm up and get started...) Last thing I need is to collapse with chest pains and have to explain to my colleagues! So off I went, five minutes of walking then five of running etc etc. Forty minutes later, quite frankly I'd had enough. I was hot, thirsty and my legs hurt....I had though, run about 1.5miles in total! Yay me! Feeling rather chuffed I went home in a sickeningly good mood and had a cold shower (I've heard that's good for recovery?!).
In order to track my progress I thought I'd share with you some vital stats. When you read the following, imagine it's being displayed with a rotating photo of myself, NFL Style...
So, I currently weigh, if I'm being kind to myself, 85kg., I'm 5'5 (and a half) and have a 36" waist, which means I have a BMI of 31. So I'm overweight. This I knew. I eat too much. I like food!
My Resting heart rate rate is 78 and my last blood pressure was 131/78. I "ran" a mile in 14 minutes (this isn't wholly accurate 'cos I like totally walked some of it!). I'm hoping that all these figure are going to drop. Obviously not my height. There is nothing I can do about that, I've made my peace there...
So, on Monday morning I'm going out again. This time, I'm going to see how far I can run before I have to stop, just to set a bench mark there! I'm hoping I can manage at least a mile. I have some learning points from this week though.
1. Take water
2. Cycling to and from work the same day, means the next day I will hurt!
3. Cold showers are horrible!
Onwards and upwards!
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