As I reported in a previous post, I have begun a training program offered by the Nike+ website. The end goal is to run a 5k in good time, but along the way I will be running much longer distances.
Tonight’s run was for 3 miles. My online coach dictated both the day and the distance. It was a good forcing function, because if I didn’t have that mandate from Coach I wouldn’t have gone out tonight. I worked a long day, followed by a work dinner. Ordinarily, I would’ve come home and crashed in bed for a little while before clocking in some more work time.
Coach had other ideas for me. So after dinner, and in fact not long enough after, I went for my run. I felt my pasta dinner in my throat the whole run – how gross. I should have waited, but when I got home I wanted to get on with my run instead of milling about.
In the interest of time, I chose to run my loops around the neighborhood. Its a hilly course – see if you can detect where the hills are on the route by looking at my speed.
Sept 21 Obstacles
- I had a long day at work, and was feeling tired when I got home.
- I had a working dinner, and then drove straight home. When I got home it hadn’t been long since I finished eating. But I didn’t want to wait, otherwise I figured I may not bother to run.
- It would have been easy to forget that Coach wanted me to run today.
Sept 21 Solutions and Motivators
- I solved the reminder problem by putting my runs into my corporate calendar.
- I was primarily motivated by the Nike+ coaching program. I really want to follow my program, so it was important to me to get out there tonight.
Coach has me running twice more this week. I look forward to it!
Stats
- Distance: 3.3 miles
- Time: 35:13
- Course: Eldorado Loop
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