Day 1

Not a perfect run but a great run.

Wake up Alarm: 5:30AM
Start of Run: 5:50AM
Weather: Cool, dry, clear 11C
Playlist: View here.
Boards of Canada - Chinook
Just Like You Imagined - NIN
True to Form - Hybrid
Boss - Scorn
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

The weather was perfect; the roads were deserted. The sky was gunmetal and silver-blue with pinprick stars. 

Slow start; warmed up with Boards of Canada. Worked up to a jog from a brisk walk after that. Went hard when the drums kicked in 'Just Like You Imagined' and again in the homestretch at 1:55 when drums kicked in 'Boss'. Definitely need to get rid of Hybrid - track was too long and messed up my pacing.

I think it's too early for High Impact Interval Training. By a mile. Literally. Once I can run a mile then HIIT is on.

After the run my lungs hurt. A lot. I coughed and felt hoarse. It went away. My lower legs are a bit sore. More lower leg stretches would be good. I felt awesome afterwards. Had a good day at work; demolished my backlogged workload and felt great about that. 

I'm anxious for my next run.

Day Zero

It is the day before I run. 

Calling this the Apocalypse Project is a bit of tongue-in-cheek. Sort of. 

While I don't actually believe there is some great and terrible disaster set to occur; no global cataclysm to shatter the world and bring ruin to the lives of billions; no series of lesser calamities that will culminate into some great tragedy of the human condition. And while I certainly don’t believe in zombies; I do believe it would be foolish to assume nothing bad could ever happen. If something bad does happen; be it earthquake, flood, heck even these solar flares they’re predicting – I want to be able to provide, to survive and to protect.

So, to this end it is time to push myself farther than I have before. Time to train, time to prepare. Time to man up and take my future into my own hands. I’ve tried this before; the drive faded.

It is the day before I run. 

This time will be different. This time I have help. 

Overview of Day 1 Run