I started walking / trying to jog on January 7th, 2013. I was walking about 3.5 miles in 60 minutes or so. On Feb 2, 2013 I posted a picture showing my improvement - I did 3 miles at a pace of 15.52 per mile. Last night I was able to complete the 3 miles at a pace of 14:20 per mile. I'm not a runner by any stretch of the imagination... yet. I know people who run 5+ miles 4 times a week. I wouldn't want to walk 5 miles, let alone run that far. Anyway,
my goal is to actually reach a jogging pace. From what I've read, a person needs to average 12 minute miles to be considered a jogging pace and under 10 minute miles to be running. My next goal is to break 14 minutes. I don't think I'll be able to do that this week, but I hope to match my 14:20 this Saturday. Maybe with more sleep (for better recovery between workouts) I'll be able to break 14 minutes next week. Fingers (toes?) crossed.
I've kind of stalled out on my weight loss around 30 pounds. I'm not sure why that is, but I know if I keep running and eating low carb things will continue to improve. Eventually my belly will be a stomach rather than a belly. On a positive note, my fat clothes fit really well now ;)
