And Here we go Again.....

I loved Albuquerque Fit however, I found myself out of town or otherwise unable to make it to several runs this summer and ended up quitting.  I couldn't keep up with them, I was the slowest by far and I just got further behind. I did learn a lot by going and improved the run endurance for the run/walk.  I think I will do it again someday if I can get myself to stick with it long enough to progress from slower than a Heard of Turtles.

So I will be going to San Diego the end of September and I decided I wanted to do a 5k next to the ocean.  So I looked up up runs and found this Fun Run that runs next to the bay.  It is really pretty it has a park and a nice hotel on the other side.  Now all I have to do is get so I can run/walk 3.1 miles again :-)  My goal is to run 1 minute/walk 1 minute the whole 3.1 miles.  I started training last week and all is still going well.  I am working out 5 days a week and should be where I need to go by the end of September.  Here is a picture of the path. The path is not that wide but I expect to be by myself, I doubt there are many runners as slow as me.

Albuquerque Fit/ USA Fit

I wrote this May 9, 2015 however I forgot to hit post :-)

I have been wishing I had a running group or someone to help me answer questions I have.  Therefore, I started looking online for running groups.  I found USA Fit and they have a chapter her in Albuquerque called Albuquerque Fit.

Wow, I started running with Albuquerque Fit today and it was all I had imagined plus more.  It is a running group that says they take all levels.  Now, I knew I would be the slowest there so that was no surprise when it was true. They train for 10k, half marathons, and marathons.  I have run a 5K before so I signed up for the 10k. There slowest pace group is 13 minutes and my pace is usually about 16:45.  They encourage the run walk method which I do.  I usually run 20 seconds and walk 1 minute.  There lowest group was run 2 minutes and walk 1 minute.  It was hard, but I did it for 1.5 miles. I am so excited! I started running again April 21st I ran 1.5 miles with a pace of 17:14.  I was dead tired when I finished.  Today I ran 1.5 miles in 15:16.

I have hard time with really stiff calves.  They had lots of ideas to help with that.  My 10k coach took the time to stretch with me at the end explaining why and how to do each stretch.  Emphasizing exercises that would help with my calves. They give you a running plan for the week.