Joe Thorn three months ago began running. Last week I began running. Joe three months ago was 45 pounds overweight — I’m 30-35 pounds overweight. Joe could barely make it 1/4 of a mile his first day. Same here.
But God has used Joe to inspire me. He can now run a 5K in around 33 minutes and has lost 16 pounds.
So there’s hope for me. Thanks, Joe, for the inspiration.
HT: Mark Combs.
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Thanks for the link Matt. I tried to leave a comment on your earlier post but for some reason WP was choking on it. Keep running man! I have really fallen in love with it. Today was my PR (personal record) for the 5K. 31:29. My goal for my first actual race is anything under 30 minutes.
I’d love to start running. With a busy schedule, when do you run? Maybe you have some pointers?
Steven
I run first thing in the morning, between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. That’s the only time that’s cool enough and it’s before the day gets rolling. Otherwise, I don’t do it.
I run when it best fits my schedule. On my day off (Mon) I run in the mornings. On Wednesday (I am in the Home study for most of the day) and Saturdays I run in the mornings. But the other day or two I have to run later – afternoon, or early evening.
The thing is, everyone responds differently to running in the AM. Mentally I love it, but physically – once I started running 2 miles and up for sure – I couldn’t do it unless I had a small bowl of oatmeal and a half a banana and hour before the run. Without that fuel I gas out. With it I run great.
Just run when you can. I have even run from the church office (my first four miler for example) and then cleaned up in the washroom and continued with my day.