I was mostly inspired by Carly and by Katie to start running (again) in the first place and also to write a blog about it.
I used to be a runner. I looooooved to run. Then my pregnancies came and I became really overweight and have not been able to lose weight since. I blame cookies and chocolate, which I have been eating large amounts of without considering what this was doing to my body.
Now I am ready to start. Yesterday I grabbed my old (new - I had just bought them before I got pregnant with my son) running shoes and headed for a large park in Vienna - the Prater. I started walking at a comfortable pace and my goal was just to walk for one hour straight. Soon I had to discover that my shoes were hurting me - my feet must have gotten bigger too somehow and now my formerly perfect Asics are too small.
I came home with blisters on both feet and it hurts so bad :(
Still: I walked 4,5km (2,7 miles) at an average pace of 5km/h (3,1miles/h). Not bad, not bad at all I think, considering that after my feet started to bother me I was walking much slower than at the beginning.
Here are some photos:
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| A map of the Prater |
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| Isn't this just beautiful? |
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| You can run through a wood... |
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| ...or in the main alley, which you can see in the distance. I prefer the wood because the main road is crowded most of the time, which I dislike - there are (better, faster) runners, bikers, horse-drawn carriages etc. |
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| My beautiful shoes :( |
So - the plan for this week is to let my blisters heal, get new shoes and then go for a walk again. I'm loaded with work today and tomorrow, so I won't get any sports until Wednesday. I want to go swimming in the morning after bringing my kids to preschool. What do you think? :)
Congrats on your walk today! I'm sorry about the shoes and blisters. My feet grew a size when I was pregnant, too. The pics look awesome! Great job today! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for following me! Good luck on your new weight loss journey....I'll be cheering you on!
ReplyDeleteYou started and that's the first step! So many people say they're going to, dream of being fit and thin, but they never do anything about it. You have to actually work to lose the weight. It'll be hard, especially since your husband and your mom are not on board with what you're doing. PROVE THEM WRONG! Do something every day to improve your health and the weight will come off! You got this!!
ReplyDeletemy feet grew after babies too! sux for a girl to lose shoes! lol
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