As to my "10 km (6.5 miles) by mid March" resolution from my Feb 15 post (In the Running: beating Loic Le Meur?): Well, there's some progress. Yesterday I managed to increase the distance… without reducing the speed :) from 4 km to 6.5 km. No coach yet. But am considering joining a group or something.....I'm flying out to CA for 10 days. hope I'll manage do some progress there with the jetlag and all.
About a year ago, I started running. The inspiration came from Nahum Sharfman, the company’s chairman and first investor, who started practicing for the Triathlon. So I thought why not, it's good for relieving stress/removing all that order-in pizza. So for the first 6 months I was sure it would be a temporary thing, but like many others I got caught by the bug. I am lucky to live in an area where my house is totally surrounded by beautiful orchards and nature …
So, I ran about 3 times per week, mornings at around 6AM, and was very happy with the 4 km I was running, at a not so fast rate of about 6.5 minutes per km. My dog Zita, who is supposed to be a toy dog / lapdog breed (a Cavalier King Chales Spaniel, in the photo) joins me and runs twice or three times as much (back and forth).
So all was well until yesterday , when I stumbled on Loic’s blog, and because I met him briefly last year and didn’t know he was a runner, I started reading. Loic writes that he started running about 6 months ago, and now runs about 17 plus km on a regular basis. Now my 4 km feel very miserable. Time for change: My goal by mid March: 10km. But then I think: Loic has a coach. Maybe taking male hormones would be cheaper :)?