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 :-)
