Moving On! (Literally!)

As far as I can remember, I’ve been chubby. I am chubby. For a brief time I took up running in college I actually lost a lot weight. But due to circumstances I had to stop and I ballooned up again. (Final paper and comps killed my running sched!) Since I am also starting a new chapter in my life I’ve decided to start running again. I’ve found a running route near my place as well as a running buddy. Although she runs like an iron woman and basically leaves me behind within the first few minutes! My secret goal is to finally run at pace with her! (Ok so its not a secret anymore, but I’m competitive that way!) We’ve worked out a 4km and 7km route. But for now I’m sticking with the 4km route until I can run that at ease. The program is a 9 week program called C25k and hopefully by the 9th week I’ll be fit enough to run 5km in 30 mins. It gradually introduces running to your body until your muscles and bones are strong enough to withstand the rigors of running.

Who say’s running shouldn’t be done in style? I am now actually looking at some brands for apparel and of course shoes. Since I am a huge Adidas fan, I am looking at getting some Adi-Zero Shoes.

Really nice right? *ahem Maris* I will be blogging about my journey to lose all this stupid fat and what better way than with Adidas! I am also looking at a wind jacket since jogging at 4:30AM in the morning is not really with the warmest weather and since my jog takes 45mins to an hour the build up of sweat on my shirt really is bad for my health. So along with my Adidas Adi-Zero shoes I think I might get an Adidas Adi-Zero Wind Jacket as well. Over at Adidas, they definitely know what they are talking about when it comes to running and getting and staying in shape.

There are also the minor things like climacool shirts as well as some jogging pants and shorts but those are really incidentals which I might opt to get somewhere cheaper since I have to get a lot. (But hey if Adidas wants to give me some apparel then hello spokesperson! LOL)

My route is a 4km route from my place and around greenhills and back. I jog usually at 430AM based on my running buddy’s recommendation since there are less cars at around that time. I will be tracking my progress on my blog and will be posting my times as well as distance. I will gradually increase distance to 7km once the 4km run has been conquered.

Wish me luck guys!