My goal is to get to 6 miles, or a 10K with 10 to 15 minutes miles by the end of this year. It's been slow going, as my body is 51, and my lungs, muscles, and heart are still recovering from a 35 year booze and ciggie wrecking job. Although I could do 10K's easily when I was in my 20's, it's a bit different these days.
I've been dieting and losing weight. Trying to get to below 20% body fat in the next couple of months, and hopefully to 17 or 18%.
I bought two new pair of shoes today, as a co-worker who used to marathon in HIS late 40's and early 50's told me to get new shoes. So I got a pair of ASICS Gel Frantic 2, and a pair of Nike Reax Runner 2. Both felt good, but now they are for running ONLY. No cross training or daily wear for these, and I will keep track of miles on them. The marathon guy said get new ones at 700 to 800 miles, so I will listen to his advice.
I also got a camel-back water pack. I also took delivery of a Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS with heart rate training monitor. Going to take my gear load down from 15 lbs to 10 lbs to save a little weight there. Out here in the boonies where I run, it is pretty isolated and remote, so I need to carry my supplies.
Other than getting out there, and doing the miles, any of you long distance guys have any advice for this middle-aged hoofer? Shoe preferences? I do runs of 2 to 4 miles roughly twice a week, with bicycle rides in between runs.
Neil
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