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April 4, 2005, 6:30pm: Day One
| GOAL: |
30:00 of non-stop running |
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Francis Park, St. Louis
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| CONDITIONS: |
65°, sunny and windy |
| RESULTS: |
30:30 non-stop running |
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PACE: 11:01/mile
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The Beginning
Today, I knew it would be the start of training. Everything is going great today. In fact, I received my first compliment about my weight loss today from John Pertzborn, a fellow marathon runner! How cool is that! He was excited to hear that I'm training for a marathon. He told me he uses Hal Higdon's methods for his training. I told him I was going through Joints in Motion, and I had just purchased "The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer" guide over the weekend. John said he's preparing for the Boston Marathon, and then he'll slow down for a while.
My New MP3 Player!
Later in the day, the sun was bright and temps were warm. I received a package in the mail, and it was my new MuVo MP3 player (I got the lime green one) that I bought for this project. I went home and loaded up the player with my fav running songs. The spring forward time change occurred yesterday, so now there's an extra hour of daylight after work. I registered the domain name project262.com, and it is now working.
The Run
I got to the park and did some stretching, then after a 3-minute walk, I hit the running, which is a little over 2 times around Francis Park. After the first mile, I was feeling pretty good. Getting halfway through the second mile, I was getting some pains on my right side, but I just kept the same pace and tolerated it. I walked off the run for about a mile afterwards. Very happy with results.
| THOUGHTS: |
Weight stands at 230 pounds.
Make sure to go to bathroom before beginning. |
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TODAY'S PHOTOS
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April 4: MuVo MP3 player. Just got this in the mail today. Loaded it up with my fav songs to run to.
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April 4: Patrick O'Brien, one week before official training Francis Park, St. Louis, MO
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