2016isthetime

Today, I weigh the most I have ever weighed in my entire life - 161.6 pounds. Seeing that number, seeing the 60, well, that’s a number I never wanted to see. I’ve been meaning to leave the 50′s behind for ...years now, but the number on the scale has only gone up it appears. 

I’ve lost weight before, for a short time, and then I gain it back. Your typical yo-yo dieter. I have never achieved the fitness I so badly desire. 

And so today, after seeing that number, well, I never want to see it again. I want to leave that number in the dust. Today I decided, I want to live up to my full potential. I have it, I can be an outgoing, healthy fit runner. I can be someone who feels happy about with herself. I can be the best that I can be, to get there, I just have to start acting like it. 

I have to be committed to myself, I have to have self-control and dedication. I have to start being the type of person to whom I look up. Someone about whom you say, wow, I wish I could do that. 

Pick a long hill with a gentle incline. In week 1, do eight repetitions of running 40 seconds uphill at a comfortably hard pace; walk or jog 20 seconds back downhill to recover. 

In week 2, run a minute and a half uphill and jog about 45 seconds downhill, 8 times. 

Run a mile to warm up

Then run one quarter of a mile faster than a jog, followed by one slower, repeat 6 times. Try to increase speed for three weeks in a row. 

Louis Cinquino, set out to run a five-minute mile at age 50, a mark he very nearly hit as a high-schooler. 

You need a base of running four to five miles three to four times a week. 

Then, add weekly 400-meter repeats, with a 10-minute jogging warmup and cooldown and two minutes of rest between each rep. Aim for 2:14 for each lap (9:00 pace) to build the speed you’ll need to average 9:39 pace for a sub-30.