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16 January 2007

My First Entry


Hi! Welcome to my First Entry.

i'm writing you from a small town, north of bern, switzerland. i've lived here a little over two years and will be here probably through next summer ('07) i'm originally from florida, USA.

i am in the 3rd week of the Couch to 5K Program. this week's workout is: 5 minute brisk walk warm-up, 90 seconds jog, 90 seconds brisk
walk, 3 minutes jog, 3 minutes brisk walk, 90 seconds jog, 90 seconds brisk walk, 3 minutes jog, then 5 minute brisk walk cool down.

i'm making slow, steady progress. i began power walking on the trails around our town in november. i almost alway take along Miz Nina (my fox terrorist). wonderful weather has perservered and i've been meterologically inspired. i've been outside walking, walking, walking and now almost running all winter.

around my small town are an abundance of hiking/running/biking trails. i love them all, but they are very hilly. hills for me at this stage of my beginning running program are really hard! this week i opted to run a flatter trail down in bern, along the aare river. wow! what a difference flatness makes. flatness is awesome. so, i've done the first two workouts at week 3 on the couch to 5K program. today is my resting day. so tomorrow that means, yes, i'm taking it to the hills.

i have a goal. it is to run in the 5K race in the Bern Grand Prix on saturday, may 12, 2007. this will be my first race ever, ever, ever. it starts high on a hill, drops about 100 feet into the Old Town of Bern, goes around several blocks of the cobble stone streets in Old Town, then back up the same hill. whew. that hill! it really intimidates me. i'm going to go visit it next week and walk up it for the first time ever. i looked it over with Google Earth. it is approximately .35 miles long, and has an approximately 76 verticle foot difference from top to bottom. this hill and i are going to have to come to some kind of serious agreement.

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