Playing Catch-up

I have started blogging this experience rather late - into the 5th week of my training. Lets catch up.

Kickoff

I went to the TNT kickoff event in Redwood Shores with much skepticism and no plans of signing up. But after the event was convinced this was worth the effort. I signed up for the Mid-Peninsula team that meets in Stanford for track workouts.

Week 1, June 6th and June 10th

June 6th was the first track workout that included stretching and running on the Stanford tracks. Stanford track is an awesome place to run. The coaches introduced us to the stretch routine and also to core strengthening routine. Running a couple of miles was not that hard.

June 10th was the first regional run at Whisman Park in Mountain View. I signed up to run 2 miles, but was amazed when I finished 4, most of it running. Its the environment and support of other runners that got me through. I was tired and had a headache after the run. Realized that I needed to be very careful with water.

Week 2, June 13th and June 16th

Another good track workout, but I had to miss the regional run since I was attending my cousin Gaurav's engagement in Chicago.

Week 3, June 23rd

I ran with Jocelyn and others around the stanford area. We ran roughly 4.5 miles. Again I had a headache after the run.

Week 4, July 1st

Regional run at Sawyer Camp in San Mateo. I wanted to run 6 miles to increase my mileage. I started a bit late than the rest of the gang and ran the route with Helen. Helen kept talking and pacing us. I managed to finish the 6 miles in about an hour, which is awesome! I drank water throughout and only had a minor headache - so need more water.

Week 5, July 8th

I ran with Jocelyn and Ritu in Palo Alto Baylands. Good run, around 4.5 miles. No headhache, no knee pain, doing good!

Besides these runs, I have been cross training on the elliptical and also running alternate days on my own, around my home. Thats it for now. I will post weekly updates from now on.