Day 3 of Project:Carlos
Posted under: Today is day 3 of Project:Carlos and guess what I almost missed waking up! Stupid phone didn’t alarm. Lesson of the day, use the alarm and not the calendar function on my phone to wake me up! I woke up 15 mins later than usual. Thank God my body knows I should be awake already by 430! I rushed everything! I put on shoes, and out the door with just a towel, my Adidas jacket and trainers, jogging pants, wallet, and keys. Getting at Wil’s place I noticed that she wasn’t out yet so I did my stretching and stuff until I got a text from her saying..
“are you running today?”
Fuuuu I forgot to text her that I was outside. Today was a very rushed day for me. I quickly replied that I was outside and in 2-3 mins she was outside already. She started talking to me about reading my blog and stuff up until we started our warm-up jog. I realized though when we started the full jog and I began my c25k program that I forgot to click start at the start of my workout program on my blackberry! Dammit! Stupid me. That’s why my distance and time were all screwed up.
I did notice quite a number of cars today as I struggled to overhear my podcast tell me when to run and when to walk. It was quite annoying and I resolved to bring earphones next time even though most of the time I could hear nothing. I tried increasing my pace but my breathing was off today. I also noticed a crazy man along Wilson St which I was half praying wouldn’t start running after me because I didn’t think I could outrun him. On the way back he was more active walking along the streets so I stretched out my 1 min interval of walking and running and actually half sprinted away from him. I did notice though he was a tidy man. Picking up litter along his curb and throwing them at the trash can nearby.
According to my GPS and sportypal.com’s program, today I ran:
- Total Distance: 4.4km
- Total Time: 43 mins and 55 secs
- Avg Speed: 6.07 km/h
Not improving yet, but I’m excited for the weekend run since embs is running with me! I hope I last with this program. I like how attainable each week is and how driven it has maken me. The sleepy part I noticed came very late in the day. Around 8 pm me thinks. Which was just right since I got enough sleep today!
I might not update this on every run (only if something interesting happens) but I will be sure to upload my weekly progress via the sportypal.com application which lets me keep track of my runs,
As for today’s Adidas wishlist, I want this Adidas running belt. I want to carry water since my throat gets uber dry when I run. I think Wil is asking me to check if Adidas has one too. She wants a place to put her iPhone, water, towel, keys and maybe water as well. I’ll ask them during the meeting on Tuesday!
