{"id":808,"date":"2009-02-02T00:08:29","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T23:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2009-02-02T00:08:29","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T23:08:29","slug":"what-i-learned-in-my-4th-month-of-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/what-i-learned-in-my-4th-month-of-running\/","title":{"rendered":"What I learned in my 4th month of running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 2009 is no more and it&#8217;s time to tally up on my new habit. January was a bit of disappointment and a success at the same time. I managed to get only <strong>9<\/strong> runs done in the whole month as a consequence of cold weather (-5C and lower together with ice on the roads) together with a cold\/flu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/safariscreensnapz062.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-809\" title=\"My January '09 run schedule\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/safariscreensnapz062.png\" alt=\"My January '09 run schedule\" width=\"249\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/safariscreensnapz062.png 311w, https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/safariscreensnapz062-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My January &#39;09 run schedule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I did run though, I managed to run further and faster then before. In second half of the month I managed to get all my runs above 5 km (~3.1 miles), which is something I could only wish for in December.<\/p>\n<p>Extended length of runs actually managed to get my <strong>total sum to 47.66 km<\/strong>. Seeing that I didn&#8217;t run for half of month, I&#8217;m confident I could break 100km per month goal if I would have a bit of help from weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assorted observations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running in a snow is a bit harder than it first seemed. One day snow running is OK, having a few centimeters of snow around all the streets is no fun.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ll probably have to seriously consider going to a fitness studio so I can run there in February as it snowed again.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m running more and more without a specific length goal. I go running and then decided each time during the run if I feel like going 5km vs. 3.6km. Somehow I always chose longer one.<\/li>\n<li>Somehow I don&#8217;t feel like running below 0 degrees Celsius anymore. Anything above that is fine as long as it isn&#8217;t icy.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m confident that with good training across the year, I could run my first <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Half marathon\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Half_marathon\">half-marathon<\/a> in fall. I want to do this more and more so it just might happen.<\/li>\n<li>I started reading about nutrition and how my diet should look like to optimize my performance. Everything I read up to now made sense to follow even if you&#8217;re not an at active runner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/4606faab-b328-4d5d-b08f-db6785b6e9d8\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=4606faab-b328-4d5d-b08f-db6785b6e9d8\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2009 is no more and it&#8217;s time to tally up on my new habit. January was a bit of disappointment and a success at the same time. 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