Maiden Voyage

I bought a new pair of Asics GT-2150 over the weekend and finally got around to putting them to use. I can not remember the last time I went for a jog. That is not good. Also helps explain the predicament of the 280 pounds I am now carrying. Anyway the plan was to run two miles, two easy miles. I could do that, right? Well not quite. If I had been a smart boy I would have run with Wichita Falls Runner's Club on a flat course, instead of the "rolling course" in Windthorst.

If I had been in any kind of shape it's not the bad, but when your shape is round well any little incline about kills you!!! Needless to say the first little incline I hit was about 3 minutes into my run, so I tell myself let's run four minutes then walk a minute then run four more. So I get my one minute walk break in and start to trot once again. My heart rate had not slowed down from the mole hill I just came up and am meet with another slight slant, probably an incline of 3 or 4 on a treadmill, maybe even a 2. Shouldn't be anything major but when you are carrying a lot of extra weight and you have not been very physically active in a long time well it sucks. So needless to say with my heart feeling like it was going to beat out of my chest, I decided to walk after maybe a minute and a half of running. I was maybe six tenths of a mile into my jaunt when I decided to walk to my mile turn around point that way I did not have to run the few inclines that lead up to the turn around point!!! Actually I was just trying to get my heart rate back down. So I arrive at the mile turn around and my Garmin 305 shows a time of 11:54.

I then made a decision to run two minutes and walk two minutes. So I started trotting again as it was downhill so I figured I better take advantage while I could. Thank goodness that two minutes is up as I am now on another slant. And we are walking.....Crap two minute rest period is up, oh no we are on a slant. Ok just make it to the next utility pole, see that wasn't so bad, 30 more seconds keep going. You are not going to die. Good job another two minutes down and we are walking downhill. The remaining three tenths of a mile back to the car is uphill. My heart is pounding in my chest, it's hard work dragging all my dead weight up the hill. I make it a minute and half before caving in and decide to walk. So I take a breather of probably another minute and a half when I look at my watch and think to myself if I run the rest of the way in I can make it in under 12 minutes. I don't know why under 12 minutes was important to me. So I sprint, yeah right, to my car where Garmin beeps mile two with 11:42 for a total time of 23:36.