Just Another Runner

I think there are two types of runners. There are those who will be proudly telling their grandchildren about how he used to run this or that distance when he was younger. And there will be those who will be having fun running with theirs.

In my last blog post, I set out to finally do leg and core strengthening exercises on my non-running days. It's a non-running day today, so I did it this morning. I did the following: Leg Strengthening Exercises Lateral Bounding. Jumping over a box that's by my side from one leg and landing on the other side of the box with the other leg. Done for 30 seconds. Sounds easy enough. I actually used a big duffel bag instead of a box. On my first jump, I tripped on the bag's handle and almost fell. I looked for a box. Single Leg Box Jump. Jumping on a platform from one leg and landing with the same leg. 30 seconds for each leg. The picture showed a box for the platform. I'm not using the duffel bag again. Not the box also, unless I wanted to have fun destroying it. I used the stairs. This was hard. I needed to cheat at first by holding on to the railing and the wall. I re-read the instructions and it also said that I can swing my arms. That helped. Split Squa

I have been planning to do the core exercises recommended in the book Runner's World's The Complete Book of Running. I have been planning to do it on my non-running days. I have been planning since June of last year. Today, my wife just bought the January issue of Women's Health Magazine, which comes with the January issue of Runner's World Magazine. In it, I read about some leg exercises that aim to increase the force of the stride, so that push-off will be more powerful, so that one can run faster. I think I need that too, so I plan to do it on my non-running days too. I'm blogging about it, so that I might actually do it this time. It's a running day today. I just finished my run an hour ago, so I'll start tomorrow ...

Since October of last year, I have been preparing for my first half-marathon. I have been following Galloway's Half-Marathon training program for beginners, which you can find here . There are two plans there, one for beginners and one for runners who have time goals. I customized my plan a little. I use the beginners' schedule for the long runs I inserted the 800 repeats of the time goal runners' schedule in my non-long run weekends Similar to the time goal runners' Tuesday schedule, I run 45 to 60 minutes with a simulated 2km goal pace run (which includes my planned run/walk ratio). The Thursday run is for 45 to 60 minutes with 4-10 hill repeats Using Galloway's race prediction formula and pace and run/walk ratio guidelines ... I can target for a 2:50 half marathon My target paces and corresponding run/walk ratios are: Race: 8:06/km with 2:1 run/walk Long Run: 10:01/km with 1:1 run/walk 800m Repeat: 6:14 I computed what the paces for the run portions are b

Here's what I got for my birthday from my wonderful children! It was specially designed by my daughter. I love it! I wore it the whole day on my birthday. Thanks kids!