Miles from Hobbiton: 13.25
Miles to Rivendell: 444.75
"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."
I never thought, at least since I hit puberty, that I'd be interested in running. I mean, as a kid I loved sprinting and I even did track for a year when I was ten. I"ve tried many times in my adult life to start 5k training, and failed miserably every time. This time, however, I'm using the Zombies Run 5K training app, and I discovered something.
I'm really liking running!
I'm as shocked as you are. But in all seriousness, I guess having the app tell me when to walk or run or how much time has passed really helps to keep me engaged. In any case, I just finished my second week of training, and I'm looking forward to doing more!
Music is essential for my running, which is why you'll never see me run without my pink headphones in. I have quite the "Running from Zombies" playlist, to go along with my app and my weird fascination with zombies in pop culture. It seems to work for me, which is wonderful. I'm finally getting exercise, and I'm finally sticking with it.
So this blog is going to be mostly for my own records; I'm going to keep track of my runs and mileage. As you could see at the top of the post, I'm tracking the mileage by Middle-earth terms. I guess you can say I'm a multifandom runner.
My goals are to be able to run the 5K at the zoo on May 22nd, to run at least 3 times a week, and to run at least 4 races over all this year. If all goes well, I'll probably do more! But this blog is going to be a way to keep myself accountable, as well as to amuse myself since I'm horribly vain and I love talking about myself.
Follow along, if you please. If you don't, that's fine too. It's all good!
I'm as shocked as you are. But in all seriousness, I guess having the app tell me when to walk or run or how much time has passed really helps to keep me engaged. In any case, I just finished my second week of training, and I'm looking forward to doing more!
Music is essential for my running, which is why you'll never see me run without my pink headphones in. I have quite the "Running from Zombies" playlist, to go along with my app and my weird fascination with zombies in pop culture. It seems to work for me, which is wonderful. I'm finally getting exercise, and I'm finally sticking with it.
So this blog is going to be mostly for my own records; I'm going to keep track of my runs and mileage. As you could see at the top of the post, I'm tracking the mileage by Middle-earth terms. I guess you can say I'm a multifandom runner.
My goals are to be able to run the 5K at the zoo on May 22nd, to run at least 3 times a week, and to run at least 4 races over all this year. If all goes well, I'll probably do more! But this blog is going to be a way to keep myself accountable, as well as to amuse myself since I'm horribly vain and I love talking about myself.
Follow along, if you please. If you don't, that's fine too. It's all good!
I'm totally following along! I wish I could run. At all. But I will someday! I just need to find a way to get past this pesky scar tissue on my lung. Then I'll be good to go. For a while, on the elliptical I was using an app called "Zombies, Run!" that was pretty fun. You picked up gear along the way and could build up your base. If the zombies caught you, they stole some of the gear you picked up. The story line was pretty good too. It allowed you to play your own music through the app so it could pause your music when it was story update time. Kept it interesting.
ReplyDeleteHey, Jess! I hope that you can get running again soon!
DeleteI"m actually using the 5K training app that's a spin off of Zombies Run, and it's a lot of fun. The storyline is essentially your training to become the new runner for the base. And there's other stuff going on too.
Yeah, I think that is the same story line. It really does keep things interesting. I tried the couch to 5K app once, but because of the scar tissue on my lung, I can't run as long as it wanted me to. I have noticed my endurance increasing in my interval training classes though so I might give running a try again later in the year.
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