It's hard to imagine that it was only three months ago that I started this journey. Everything obviously started a lot earlier -- twenty years ago, in fact -- but it was two weeks after celebrating my twentieth anniversary in remission that I laced up the sneaks and went outside for my first run in almost a year. I could safely say that the number of times I'd gone for a run in the past handful of years was, well, about a handful. Nothing I'm necessarily proud of.
But I knew if I was going to run a marathon in October, I had to start somewhere. March and April would be my months "to get in shape to get in shape." Informal, running or walking a few days each week, just trying to slowly increase both distance and pace.
Here's a quick look at distances and times on this day, over the past three months.
03/17 - 1.7 miles in 20:00 (11:48/mile).
04/17 - 6.1 miles in 01:10:00 (11:14/mile) -- really struggled on this run. Longest distance to date.
05/17 - 2 miles. Didn't log the time, but it was probably around 10:15/mile or so.
06/17 - 3.33 miles in 31:17 (9:23/mile).
Today was another simple out-and-back, wearing the Five Fingers for the third time this week. Felt much better than yesterday's run along the same route. Can't wait to see what the next three months look like.
Today's mileage: 3:33 miles in 31:17
Total mileage: 79.6 miles.
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