I am still after it and not quitting. The last couple weeks I have been down with the “C”. It hasn’t been too bad, but have been going through a lot of boxes of tissues, and coughing up crud.
I have still been jogging three miles every other day. Skipping a day just doesn’t feel right even with the virus.
Since the end of my “8 week couch to 5K” program, I have been trying to increase speed by lengthening my stride. I think my old muscles are going to have to settle for my natural stride. They don’t seem to want to stretch out. I will try to increase speed a little by increasing cadence. I read that trying to increase length of stride has a risk of injury, so it is better to increase cadence.
Since I didn’t do the 5K at the end of my program, I registered for the “49th Annual Turkey Trot 4 Mile Run“. This is going to be a gas. I have no idea how any of this works, so I’ll wait for my packet in the mail, show up on the 24th, and watch other people to find out what to do.
I have already increased my distance on my every other day jogs to 4 miles in preparation, and have 10 more runs to get used to 4 miles.
I never thought I could run a half a lap around the park. Then I thought I could never run 1 lap, then 2, then 3 miles, then 4 miles. So I guess I shouldn’t feel so bad. From what I have been reading, averaging 11 minutes per mile isn’t bad for a novice runner my age.