Sunday, February 22, 2009



Thought for the Day

The More you Stretch the less you will stress out your
muscles


Today I stretched out for about five minutes and it made a difference in my running.
I usually experience pain for the first 10 minutes but this time I felt good from the outset. I ran for one hour and covered 4 miles. It was a great feeling to run my first one hour since I started training. My wife told me to stretch more before I run but I thought it was a waste of time so I would jump right in to running. I think I will stretch more before I run from now on.


Wednesday, February 11, 2009


Thought for the day


Don't over do it, but never give up.

First ten minutes is still hard for me to get going and also the last five minutes.
On Monday I run 3 miles on the treadmill and today I ran about a mile outside for the first time since I started training. It sure was very different from running on the treadmill. I had to run down hill first so coming back up was tough so I walked up the hill just before I got home. My wife told me that I should get a nice pair of shoes and my friends told me the same thing and they are all right. I am finding out that I can not just run on bare feet on any sneakers. I felt it hard as I ran on my old pair of sneakers. Tomorrow I am going to buy a new pair of running shoes. I thought my comfortable shoe would do the do but I found out that all sneakers are not equal. My wife and my friends were sharing from their experiences and now I have my own experience.

The best part of the running is the sense of accomplishment and freshness of body, mind and soul. I was afraid of feeling pain and discomfort in my body after I run but so far it is not as painful as I though. But then, I am just starting and I have at 23.2 mile to go yet for the full marathon. As long as I don't over do it I think I can avoid the pain and develop endurance.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Blessing Each Other




Thought For the Day


Remember to bless someone today



Today I jogged for 30 minutes and covered 2 miles.
My Heart rate is still 176 peak.
Right now my diet hasn't changed. I eat rice at least once a day and drink at least one cup of coffee and one cup of chai.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Warm Winter Day

Thought for the Day

Play outside in winter when it warms up to 45 degrees.



Today the temperature was warmer, it was in the 40s so I played outside with my children.
Yesterday I ran for 33 minutes and covered 2.15 miles. My hear rate was 169 peak.