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Okay, as we can see, this forum "Health and Fitness" is always a popular posting site for the Medics and EMTs.... 
So long story short, this year I decided that I was spending too much time in the weight room, not enough time doing cardio (f'n hate cardio...). That being said, I took the plunge, and bought new running shoes (yeah, I'm kinda gear queer, I guess in EMS they're called "whackers" like that, if I'm gonna do it, gotta buy the gear...) and eventually started running again.
First couple of weeks sucked, but I started off with a partner, and he and I went running every day, well, most days on a nice little 3 mile track that ran around a small lake. Luckily the weather was nice, so we didn't have any excuses, get up a little earlier, and knock out some cardio. Both him and I were spending too much time lifting weights (all show, no go) , and not enough time running. First couple of weeks sucked, but then I noticed that I started to look forward to my morning run, and when he started backing out, due to some old injuries, I just kept to it. Amazingly, my running times improved quickly. I had heard somewhere that the hardest part of exercising is getting dressed, because once you're dressed, you're committed, so I started sleeping in my running shorts.
Well, it's all fun and games until things start getting challenging, then the weather turned, in WA state, it happens, no more 60 degree, sunny mornings, all of a sudden, it was a stretch of 45 degree, cloudy, mornings, well, okay, I've come this far, I'll be damned if I give up now. Then I realized that I might be developing a pattern, when my daughters would ask me if I didn't have my running shorts on when I took them to school, "why aren't you going running today, daddy?" Okay, now I've got two little personal trainers now...
Now being the ultra-competitive alpha male type personality, I've got to keep pushing myself, and always being one of those that tends to bite off more than he can chew, I got some inspiration from an EMT that I know that is in medic school now. Last year she did her first triathlon. This year I'm going to do my first. I've got two planned this for this summer. Now I'm wondering does anyone else here run tris, well, besides TriCam, I know you do buddy, we had this conversation. And yes, I'm starting this year. If not, take a look at them, it's daunting to look at, at first, but they're not all the marathon runs, swims, and bikes, there are also sprint triathlons, and olympic distances, which are much more manageable. While they do look fairly difficult at the start, as you build up, they become much more doable, and c'mon how many people can say, oh, yeah, this summer I did a couple of tris? Just a thought. Anyway, if you're interested in my progress towards this, new blogspot for my training. http://lunotraining.blogspot.com. Good luck, and you'll never know unless you try. -luno
So long story short, this year I decided that I was spending too much time in the weight room, not enough time doing cardio (f'n hate cardio...). That being said, I took the plunge, and bought new running shoes (yeah, I'm kinda gear queer, I guess in EMS they're called "whackers" like that, if I'm gonna do it, gotta buy the gear...) and eventually started running again. First couple of weeks sucked, but I started off with a partner, and he and I went running every day, well, most days on a nice little 3 mile track that ran around a small lake. Luckily the weather was nice, so we didn't have any excuses, get up a little earlier, and knock out some cardio. Both him and I were spending too much time lifting weights (all show, no go
) , and not enough time running. First couple of weeks sucked, but then I noticed that I started to look forward to my morning run, and when he started backing out, due to some old injuries, I just kept to it. Amazingly, my running times improved quickly. I had heard somewhere that the hardest part of exercising is getting dressed, because once you're dressed, you're committed, so I started sleeping in my running shorts. Well, it's all fun and games until things start getting challenging, then the weather turned, in WA state, it happens, no more 60 degree, sunny mornings, all of a sudden, it was a stretch of 45 degree, cloudy, mornings, well, okay, I've come this far, I'll be damned if I give up now. Then I realized that I might be developing a pattern, when my daughters would ask me if I didn't have my running shorts on when I took them to school, "why aren't you going running today, daddy?" Okay, now I've got two little personal trainers now...
Now being the ultra-competitive alpha male type personality, I've got to keep pushing myself, and always being one of those that tends to bite off more than he can chew, I got some inspiration from an EMT that I know that is in medic school now. Last year she did her first triathlon. This year I'm going to do my first. I've got two planned this for this summer. Now I'm wondering does anyone else here run tris, well, besides TriCam, I know you do buddy, we had this conversation. And yes, I'm starting this year. If not, take a look at them, it's daunting to look at, at first, but they're not all the marathon runs, swims, and bikes, there are also sprint triathlons, and olympic distances, which are much more manageable. While they do look fairly difficult at the start, as you build up, they become much more doable, and c'mon how many people can say, oh, yeah, this summer I did a couple of tris? Just a thought. Anyway, if you're interested in my progress towards this, new blogspot for my training. http://lunotraining.blogspot.com. Good luck, and you'll never know unless you try. -luno
