day 2

Today I did basically the same as yesterday but tried to run for 3 minutes instead of 2. I was also wearing my heart rate monitor and got a maximum of 204 bpm while running. A bit high, I know, but it's always like this even when I am not running so fast (8.5 today). The average was 137 bpm for the 30 minutes of exercise. Hopefully it will get better with some cardio training but's weird anyway.

I'm feeling good, no pain so far, which is great! Here's the picture of my workout summary, for the records! Hope to do this distance in shorter time in the future. Very excited about all this running!

30/01/2012 - a new start - day 1

Today i've decided to run again. I've notice a few months ago that my heart rate was incredibly high. For this reason I decided to see a cardiologist, who told me, after some tests, that there's nothing wrong with my heart and it just needs some conditioning. He recommended two weeks just fast walking around 3,5km a day, every day... Told me that it should be enough to feel confortable to start running.

I'm anxious and rarely can stick to a walking plan so I always start to run while I'm still not ready, which gives me some minor injuries in just a few runs. But now I'm determined to do it properly. To be honest I think walking very boring but if it's necessary let's move on.

Today I walked/ran for 35 minutes on a treadmill, doing like this:
- 8 minutes walking, starting at 5.5 and increasing 0.1 every minute
- 2 minutes running at 8.5
Repeated three times and finishing with a 5 minutes walk.

I felt very good and no short of breath at anytime and no major muscular pain. Quite happy with the result.
More to come tomorrow!

New blog

Let's see how it works.
I just decided to run again, so I'll try and keep as a diary.
More simple than write down notes.
Hope to post everyday, as at this time I am decided to keep running for longer!
:)