So before I start on where I have been for the past couple of months, I need to vent about something...
Today I went to the gym at my apartment, and this guy kept throwing me looks while I am huffing and puffing on the treadmill behind him, because I apparently was being too loud while he was talking to someone on the phone.
- I was there first.
- Why are you on the phone in the first place!!!!
Why do people insist on talking on the phone while they are "working out"? Seriously, you're not working out. All you are doing is yelling over machines and annoying everyone else around you.
The other thing that has me a little worked up it the other gentleman at the gym. As I was leaving, this guy stops me and says that I am running incorrectly. Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for learning new running techniques, so I asked what he meant and he said that I need to be hitting my heel first. I then kindly said, "Isn't that heel striking?" He told me yes and that was how all the best runners ran. I told him I would look into it. Honestly though, I don't. Heel striking is quite possibly the WORST thing you can do as a runner. It will lead to more injury and I actually find it extremely unnatural to run that way. I posted a youtube video to show you how to run correctly and help you recognize if you heel strike.
Rant is complete. Now onto the good stuff.
Basically I stopped posting after I did the Iron Girl run. I have still been running, I have just been lacking on the whole blogging part. I got a little busy with work and the holidays and when those passed I just forgot about blogging. I did do another run after the Iron Girl. I completed the Color Run. It was a lot of fun and I was able to run with my friend from work, Val. By the end of the run we were both completely covered from head to toe in colored powder. It was AMAZING! I am also doing the Firefly run in April and I am seriously looking forward to it. I am actually going to dress up like a firefly. It's going to be epic. :)
On to the bad part (kind of), I am no longer using the app Learn to Run on my phone. I was having a lot of problems with not only the app, but with the stupid phone too. I decided that I was not going to be a slave to a crappy phone anymore; I decided to get a more reliable iphone. It kills me to say it, but I love my iphone and I have not had any problems since purchasing it. Buying a new phone meant that I had to get a new running app. I spent about 2 or 3 days researching different types of running apps for the iphone and I think I have found the most perfect app. It is called Run Training (the paid version is Run Training Pro and costs $3.99). It has 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon training on it, and instead of running to beeps, the app voices the instructions.
As of right now, I just completed the first day of 10k trainer. The 10k trainer is 13 weeks of running 3 times a week. It is definitely doable and there is not much of an excuse not to go run three times a week. So far it is pretty easy (1 minute runs with 2 minute walks), so I am sprinting on the treadmill during the runs to make myself work harder and hopefully it will make me a faster runner in the future.
