Tag: 100daysofrunning

Date: 01/10/2019
Day: 8 of 100
Weight: 255.0
Miles: 4.01
Total Time: 42:23
Avg Pace: 10’34″/mi

I’m still sick, but I wanted to start week 2 strong, so I decided to do 4 miles today. My schedule is also still crazy with work, so I had to get it in on my lunch break.

But when I made my brain tell my body that we weren’t quitting until we hit four, I felt a little boost going into the 4th and everything sort of evened out. I hate running, but there’s beauty in doing something you hate. One of my favorite things to remember while running is:

Everything ends.

It’s been about an hour since I’ve finished and I’m still riding the high. There’s nothing better than how you feel after making yourself do something you didn’t want to do for an hour – just try it.

Total Miles: 18.11 in 8 days.

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Date: 01/09/2019
Day: 7 of 100
Weight: 254.00
Miles: 1.00
Total Time: 8:44
Avg Pace: 8’43″/mi

One week down, 13 to go. I decided to take the dogs and run the 7th day instead of walking it. I knew we were moving pretty quickly but didn’t think we were running a sub 9, which is cool. I’ve been really strapped for time with work commitments so I’ve been having an early morning meeting with a short gap before my normal work begins, and I have an appointment during lunch so that’s out of the question – and if I wait until the evening, well, that’s too much time to talk myself out of it.

Total Miles: 14.10 in 7 days.

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Date: 01/08/2019
Day: 6 of 100
Weight: 256.8
Miles: 2.05
Total Time: 22:34
Avg Pace: 11’00″/mi

Still sick so still pretty slow. The cool thing is I felt so sick and dizzy that I was kind of zoned out during the run so it went by quick and painlessly. I’m also helping out with some extracurricular projects at work, so I had about a 30 minute gap this morning to get one in.

Tomorrow is day 7, which brings the first week to a close. I don’t think I’m going to walk it, I don’t feel like I’ve done enough to warrant the rest. I’m going to save my “rest” walk for a day I actually need it. I’ve finished two books now, and I’m going to be moving on to the next one.

Total Miles: 13.10 in 6 days.

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Date: 01/07/2019
Day: 5 of 100
Weight: 258.0
Miles: 3.00
Total Time: 38.48
Avg Pace: 12’55″/mi

I don’t have much to say about today. I woke up with a sore throat feeling a little sick, so I waited until the afternoon to run. It was tough to run fast so I decided to go a longer distance a lot slower. I mean, a lot slower.

I’m going to have days like these. Days I’m sick, days I don’t feel like running, but I made a commitment. So unless I’m dead or seriously injured I’m going to have to suck it up and git r’ dun.

Total Miles: 11.05 in 5 days.

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Date: 01/06/2019
Day: 4 of 100
Weight: 254.0
Miles: 2.00
Total Time: 19:22
Avg Pace: 9’40″/mi

I ‘m getting faster. I took the dogs again today and even with them pulling off occasionally and heeding to nature’s call I still ran sub 10s again. My second mile split was 32 seconds faster than mile one.

It doesn’t seem like the progress should be coming this quickly. I’m only four days in. I’m not a runner, but starting day one running at a 10’37” pace then running at a 9’40” pace four days later (almost a minute faster on the pace) feels akin to bench pressing a 185lb Max day one and then hitting 225 day 4. It feels like a ridiculous gain. Maybe it was the pizza I ate last night?

I assume there’s going to be a plateau or regression somewhere. This amount of improvement shouldn’t come this quickly and I’m worried if it will have effects later in training. Should I be more cognizant of my pace? Should I slow it down? It’s day 4 of 100 ffs.

Perhaps I should concentrate on running more miles slower. Input from more experienced runners is welcome.

Total Miles: 8.05 in 4 days.

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Date: 01/05/2019
Day: 3 of 100
Weight: 258.6
Miles: 2.00
Total Time: 19:46
Avg Pace: 9’52″/mi

No dogs today. I broke the 10 min mark as I ran just under a 10 min mile pace. My split was good too, I cut 15 seconds off the second mile. I’m starting to wake up a bit sore but I’m pretty happy about that, especially because I’ve been sleeping like a baby – something I never do.

I feel like sub 10s aren’t that fast but hell, how many 250lb+ people can get out there and run 2 miles under 20 mins in three days? Still feeling pretty good. It’s going to turn into a grind soon. I’ve been thinking about how to handle my first rest day – should I slowly jog it or just walk a bunch of miles?

Total Miles: 6.05

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Date: 01/04/2019
Day: 2 of 100
Weight: 260.4
Miles: 2.02
Total Time: 21:46
Avg Pace: 10’44″/mi

A smidge slower today. I took the dogs with me and when they stop to sniff around or inevitably do their business that takes a bit of time as well. I actually feel like I was faster today, especially at the start as my dogs burst with energy whenever we start a walk or run, pulling me along. I assume nature’s call just evens it all out.

Pretty much the same story today, ran 2 – walked 2. I’m okay with fluctuating a bit with weight (I woke up 3 pounds heavier today) and times at the start of this whole thing. I feel like you have to treat these things like investments. Markets fluctuate, but we’re looking at long term growth. Eye on the prize. I’m 2% done, son.

Total Miles: 4.05

Date: 01/03/2019
Day: 1 of 100
Weight: 257.2 😱
Miles: 2.03
Total Time: 21:35
Avg Pace: 10’37″/mi

They say the first day is the hardest, but I have a feeling that this first day is going to be the easiest. Refreshed and rejuvenated off my Christmas vacation in Switzlerland, these first two miles came pretty easily. I thought about doing another one or two, but remembered this is a marathon, not a sprint – and decided to walk 2 more miles instead of running them for a total of 4 (but I’m only going to count miles I actually run).

Audiobooks are my best friend here. I enjoy reading, and getting lost in a book makes the time not so bad. If anyone reading this has any excellent audiobook suggestions, I’m all ears. As I mentioned in the original post, I just got through reading David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me and I could definitely use another page turner.

Anyway, I’m feeling great. Even though I just came off of vacation it was pretty active, as we snowboarded practically every day. 257 pounds seems like so much but I feel fine, it’s even more weird that I can run 2 miles at around 10 min/30 seconds which isn’t the fastest but like dang for day one it doesn’t feel too bad. I’m also purposely blurring the run maps. This is public, and I don’t want anyone to be able to look this up and see where or when I run.

Hubris is the name of the game today. I’m feeling like finding the will to post is going to be harder than getting after it every day. Time will tell.

Total Miles: 2.03