Running out
Jun 20
Today was a remarkable day in my life. For the first time in maybe 10 years, I ran just to get in shape (not that one time will do any magic, I’m afraid), and it a few things was revealed to me. First and foremost; my fitness is even worse than I thought! I was thinking about running for 12 minutes, just to get an idea of what I am capable of.
The 12 minutes lapse is just this once, next time, its the distance that matters. But I think I ran about 1 km (0.625 miles). To pass a Cooper-test, you have to run 2400 meters (1.5 miles), so I know what to aim for, over the next months. My goal is to run the 2400 meters below 12 minutes, and pass.
Also I need a few things, before my next run (Which will be tomorrow, I hope). What’s needed is a bottle with water - it’s 21C degrees (70F) outside, which is near my melting point (living in the northern hemisphere and all that). I really got thirsty.Another thing is music. I have a built in mp3 player in my phone, which is great, if I want to play a song for a friend or similar, but not for running. A few cons:
It puts a 5-10 second gap between each song.
It’s likely to fall out of my pocket, while running.
The ear plugs keeps falling out my ears.
And last but not least; I need some better music to run to. Any suggestions for uptempo music worth running to, is highly appreciated. Now, I am going to lay down for a while, and eh.. .die.
Jun 20 at 20:22
http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/
Then go to iTMS and check out the Nike Mixes or whatever they call them. Great workout music.
Jun 20 at 21:56
@Slartie. It’s definately something useful, no doubt about it. Problem is, that I have quite a number of free songs I can download at iTunes, so I’d like to get the good tracks individually, rather than pay for a Nike + set. But I don’t know what tracks are anything worth, for my purpose.