Thursday, February 2, 2012

Dear Readers,


          As I'm writing this, I am sitting at home on my couch staring at my gym bag. Sitting here, I glance over at my TV and almost reach for the remote, but then I realize I can make better use of my time: I can go to the gym. But I'm so lazy... Why don't I have the same desire to go running that I do for watching Netflix?

          Here you have my WISE project. I am going to give myself the challenge of making running a routine part of my life. I've always enjoyed the feeling I get after I excersise... who doesn't? But it's getting to the gym in the first place that's so very hard. And once your there, you can stay for two hours and move slowly, run a mile or two and meander around trying out different machines for a while... (I speak from experiance) or you can make good use of your time and stretch properly, warm up, get a good workout in, cool down, and leave feeling happier and healthier.

         My goal is to do the latter. But what is my motivation? Why am I doing this?
Not only do I want to get in shape and feel good about myself, I want to accomplish a goal, and physically working to change my endurance to get there seems like a sufficient proposal. I am training to get ready for local runs in the finger lakes area, and possibly a 10k (6.2) mile run in Chicago this coming May. As it is now, I go to the gym often, but with no specific work out routine or agenda. From now on, I will follow my training schedule, which I will post soon. The schedule is geared towards the goal of a 10k run, but will of course aid in training for a 5k run (3 miles) as well.

       Thats enough for now... Gotta get off of this couch, I'm going to try and get myself to the gym.
                         - Rachel
                            

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