Day 20 - It is achievable...

I was able to run for 22 minutes at 4.1MPH for roughly about 1.5 miles at a stretch today. Even though the feeling was there that I could have run for another 5 minutes, I stopped as I started to lose my breath. But there was not lot of pain that I experienced the first day.

I run three or four times a week. I think I should sustain the speed of 4mph and run for an hour before for a weeks time before I increase the speed by a notch or two.

The target is 6mph for an hour. Even though it seems to be a long way to go, it is achievable.

Day 8 - Making pogress...

When I started this blog, I never thought that I would keep it up-to-date that too with this frequency (if two times in a week can be defined as "frequent"). I am happy that I am able to write few lines about my "achievement".

On day 5, I was able to finish two miles in 40minutes in two 20 minute sessions back-to-back. Both of these sessions, I could run 5 minutes continuously at 5mph. I want to bring up the discrepancy that I found in the tread-mills that I use at home and another one at work. What appears to me 5mph in the treadmill at work is close to 4mph in the treadmill at home. One of these needs to be calibrated correctly. Not sure which one is correct.

Today the 8th day, I was able to extend the running time to 15 continuous minutes at 4mph. Not bad... Not bad at all. I do not care about the speed for now. I need to build up stamina to run. Once I am able to do 30 minutes non-stop at 4mph, I will try to slowly increase the speed. My target is 60 minutes at 6mph.

Now I can confidently say that I am not just making progress... but an excellent one!