Back in shape

I ran/jogged 60 minutes and walked 15 minutes. It took a month for me to get back to this point. I throughly enjoyed the run. To begin with my legs weren't holding up and they were getting very tired after ten minutes of running. Now I'm not having a problem. I'm alternating jogging and running in hopes of increasing my speed.
This is year 4 of running. I had planned to think about running a marathon by age 65, but I have changed my mind. The period of time that I ran 2+ hours at a time I believe it drove my immune system down and I had to make several trips to a doctor with everything from a boil to a nasty case of shingles. One hour may be my limit. I need to plan to run a 10K, but I'm chicken.

Looking back...

This is part of a blogged post I wrote in 2009 during the first year I began running:
"I am enthusiastic about the progress I have made. I began my exercise program 8 weeks ago on January 19, 2009. When I started I could barely run 100 feet at one time, now 8 weeks latter I can run 742 in one run and after a couple minutes walking break I can run 567 more feet to complete 1309 feet or a quarter of a mile."
The biggest change from 2009 to 2012, besides being able to jog without getting winded, is that I'm running by the mile instead of by the feet.
It has been one of the best things I've ever done for myself and I plan to keep at it for my forever.

Spring has sprung.

I haven't been as in to keeping exact records of my progress as a runner since the first year I ran. It is really nice to be able to look back over this blog and see how and where I started running and how far I've come.
Since January I've run at maintanence levels rarely letting a week go by without running, but sometimes only running for 15 minutes at a time. Now that the weather is warmer I'm back in training. In deference to my inactivity and the weight gain of 5 pounds I have started off slowly.

Mon: 10 minute run 10 minute walk
Tue: 10 minute run 10 minute walk
Wed: 5 min run - 5 min. walk; 5 min run - 5 min. walk; 3 min. run - 7 min walk.
thur: 25 minute run and 20 minute walk. This will count as weeks long run.
fri: rest.

Note: a little heavy leged. I think I can tell I'm having to pull 5 - 8 extra pounds. Am optimistic and motivated and happy to be back in "training" mode.

3 year running anniversary and Beginning of Year 4

I've started training twice a day. I'm not planning any races, but there is one in May that I could run.
I've been a little slack, which means several weeks have gone by since I ran. Mainly due to weather. Looks like we may have an early spring. But I've run consistently for 3 years now. Hip, hip hurah happy running birthday to me.