Day 2 of Project:Carlos

We’ve all heard it before. From the countless HIMYM references to Barney’s image popping in my head everytime I hear it. But today was legen-wait for it-dary.

I was awake even before my alarm sounded off. (I don’t know. I tend to anticipate my alarms as of late.) I quickly laced up my Adidas shoes and track pants, put on a white cotton shirt and started to do my stretching. I searched for my favorite black Adidas jacket as I’ve decided to run with a jacket on. Loaded the podcast for the training program Wil recommended for me and a few minutes later, after a few facebook updates and twitter and plurk shouts, I was out the door. At least this time I was really eager to get it going.

I was committed to run the entire 4.7km route. No excuses. (One of the reasons I love the route is that its a no turning back route. You have to finish it all the way to get back to my car!) Although the program takes 20 mins I had to double it since it only got me half way. With the 5 min cooldown it was just about right. Those guys at http://coolrunners.com really have a good program for beginner runners like me.

All I could say for the 40+ min run is that I really enjoyed it. I got the breathing down as well as my stride. It wasn’t a particularly fast stride but it works for me and as I build up my time I know it’ll get better. Patience is key and perseverance the secret. I am excited for tomorrows run. I will try to increase the speed of the run or jog gradually. I really don’t like the first 20 mins because my breathing is all screwed up. But at the latter part of the jog, say the last 2 kms I really can push and even jogged at an incline for the last few meters.

For day 2 of what I am calling now as Project:Carlos I think I did pretty ok. (The end goal of Project:Carlos is to be able to climb Mount Pulag or run one of those popular runs.) Here are my stats.

• Total Distance: 4.78 kms
• Total Time: 46 mins 51 secs
• Avg. Speed: 6.13 km/h

And now for my Adidas wish list: (I think this will be a regular thing until they just have to give me some free stuff!)

I got the picture of the Adidas stuff off the internet. I actually have the similar jacket. I just need 4-5 pairs of those jogging pants. I’ve also decided to run with jogging pants instead. I really don’t like how the cold weather will makes me sweat less.