Did three miles on a treadmill last night for the first time. It was hard to gauge my pace but it was less than 12min mile. Probably 11:30 or so. Previously, I had only run two miles consistently.
My chief concern at this point is how fast I should be pacing during the training. When should I be adding speed and miles? Every week? Month? it takes so damn long to run three miles sometimes I want to run faster just to get it over with. Happily, it's not nearly as boring as I expected.
I definitely need new sneakers and will try to pick up a good pair this weekend. The shoes I am using right now are really old -- maybe three years or so.
My colleague Sakura has recommended a good running store near my house, Jack Rabbit Sports. Hopefully they will be able to give me a shoe that fits right. My foot kind of floats around inside of sneakers because I am missing four toes (three on the right, two on the left).
I probably also need a hat or something for my head. I perspire a lot and it stings my eyes. That has already started happening on the treadmill and I cannot imagine what it's going to be like on the streets.
My wife is already having doubts about this venture. She thinks I should just stick to biking because it's going to reach a point where I'll have to pick on or the other and I just spent a lot of money on new biking equipment. I think I can do both for the time being.
I'm trying to cajole my friend Mark into doing this with me. I think he's about 55% there.
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