Start to run = Epic fail :-(

My start to run project ended in failure.
During the early days of August I got an injury on my left hip. I still don't know why, but after several minutes into the STR-lesson of that day, it really started to hurt.
I took it easy for a while.... even interrupted my STR and that was the mistake i made. I should have kept up and continued. I never picked up the program again and so the dream ended.

I have promised myself that I will have another go next year. I want to do this and i want to participate in dwars door Hasselt.

12 till 16th of April

The good thing about night shifts is that you always have a couple of days off after them. I'm at home from the 12th till the 16th, restarting with late shifts on the 17th.

As promised I will REstart to run on the 13th.
This time I won't let go. Training for dwars door Hasselt, for which I officially inscribed today.

I also want to make a local walk during these days off. I will go and buy the maps of the Local walks on the 13th and choose one. There seem to be several very nice walks around my hometown.

Lately my heart and mind have been wandering off to the Ninglinspo valley



Time to gather a party and rediscover this beautiful place...

...anybody wanna join?

Start to run..... GO

As promised, I picked up my "start to run" program again today.
Today was a nice spring day; not too cold and finally some sunshine. So when I got home from my early shift, i put on my running gear, my new running shoes, strapped on my iPod and off i went. I took it easy and started with the first lesson in the 0-5Km program. Good news is that I completed it effortlessly which works motivating of course. My new running shoes are a dream. They are very comfortable and it is a great relief to have gel in both shoes again. ( the right shoe of my old reebok pair got punctured while wearing them and because of that I ran with one foot on a cushion and one on solid ground)
So ya, the effort comes from the runner in the end, but good quality running shoes are a blessing.

The goal of the whole program is to be able to run 5KM.
So to spice things up a little I have added extra challenge to that target.
On October 11th there is an annual running event called "Dwars door Hasselt" (right through Hasselt). Hasselt is our provincial capital. You can enter the even for various distances, but one of them is 5KM. What a coincidence... so that is the ultimate challenge for my running. Apart from getting in shape, I want to be able to run 5KM and I will test this during "Dwars door Hasselt" on October 11th.... fingers crossed :-)