{"id":472,"date":"2008-11-03T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T08:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2008-11-02T19:15:02","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T18:15:02","slug":"what-i-learned-after-1st-month-of-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/what-i-learned-after-1st-month-of-running\/","title":{"rendered":"What I learned after 1st month of running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October just ended, and I can proudly say that Nike+ thinks that I&#8217;ve ran more than 50km (~31miles). While I tried running already in August, I believe that this is my first proper running month as I&#8217;ve ran most of the days (ignoring first week when I was traveling).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/safariscreensnapz020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-473\" title=\"My good running days\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/safariscreensnapz020.png\" alt=\"My good running days\" width=\"266\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/safariscreensnapz020.png 333w, https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/safariscreensnapz020-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My good running days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned a lot of things in this time and I&#8217;ll try to share some of them with others, as well as to help me remember them when I later look back at the story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nike+iPod running kit, together with good running shoes (I&#8217;m running with <a href=\"http:\/\/store.nike.com\/index.jsp?country=US&amp;lang_locale=en_US&amp;l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline\/cid-1\/pid-177954\/pgid-177955\">Nike Lunar Trainer+<\/a>) is a great base for running. Previously I&#8217;ve tried running with normal gym shoes and just iPod and having constant feedback is much more empowering.<\/li>\n<li>Feedback while training is really important, just knowing that you&#8217;re half way towards your 3 km allows me to figure out what to do with energy levels and if I should shortly break.<\/li>\n<li>Starting slow is a good idea. I started by just wanting to be able to finish 3km in one run and from there on.<\/li>\n<li>First 10 runs or so are huge pain, but unless you&#8217;re willing to really fight with your ego, you&#8217;ll never reach fun.<\/li>\n<li>Running when you&#8217;re in shape is really fun and relaxing.<\/li>\n<li>Having a proper equipment (running sweat shirt, shorts, etc.) makes the whole process even easier. Yes, you look really funny, but you can easily ignore this with added running fun.<\/li>\n<li>I actually enjoy more running in the city at night. Light rain just makes the whole experience even better. I guess I&#8217;m strange in that regard.<\/li>\n<li>Short progress is much better then injuring yourself from over-doing it. I &#8220;smartly&#8221; tried to go to 5km runs from 3km too fast, and as a consequence just got forced to not run for a while. Sucks.<\/li>\n<li>Food is important, I now actually have to figure out what I eat in relation to when I plan to go running, in order to not get sick while running from too heavy foods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also one big extra lesson &#8211; <strong>support group helps<\/strong>. While there&#8217;s a great amount of people who actually make fun of my running, there&#8217;s a group of existing runners (thanks Koornk ppl!) that share advice and give each other support that makes the whole process much easier.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to put another month of running into my calendar next month. I don&#8217;t have any special plans besides just trying to fill in as many running days as I reasonably can. I&#8217;m postopning more serious running plans until this whole process truly becomes part of my every day and I have enough experience to actually figure out where I want to bring it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October just ended, and I can proudly say that Nike+ thinks that I&#8217;ve ran more than 50km (~31miles). While I tried running already in August, I believe that this is my first proper running month as I&#8217;ve ran most of the days (ignoring first week when I was traveling). 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