Unexpected, running related thoughts from my local post office

"Did you ever see a cheetah warm up?"

Question from Sara

Sara said...

Who is Lisa Chong?? Also, I was wondering what to wear when running in bitter-cold Sweden - How much is sensible to put on??? You (and Lisa Chong) seems to have all the good answers.. therefore I turn to you for some good advice :

Emi says:Well, Lisa is a reader who wants to start running but never gets around to it. We'll have her and who ever else wants to join run 5 km without stopping/switching to walking by Christmas.

Regarding your second question, this is what I had to put on while running in -14 below (celsius). That would be 6.8 ºF if you're into Fahrenheit. But that's kind of my limit. Any colder than that, I'll run on the treadmill.

Training Lisa Chong. part 7

This week, make sure you make it out the door or to the gym 3 times as well. You should work out for 30 minutes. Nothing scary. But this time, run your 2-minute runs as often as you can. Ideal would be 2 minutes run - 2 minute walk, but if that's too much, then settle for 2 minute runs followed by 4 minute walk until your half-hour is up.

Have you decided on your reward yet?

What is it? Share with me!

They kind of look like socks.

No regular shoes allowed. Monkey feet welcome.

Yes it was boring.

My new heroes.

Ran 5 K in my Vibrams, listening to Kanye's perfect-for-running "Flashing Lights". It was an odd feeling running in these. A feeling of "I could get used to this. I should try to get used to this".

A new beginning

Going running with my Vibram Five Fingers for the first time today. Am planning on running 5 k on the treadmill, can anything be more boring. On the upside, I ran 5 k on the treadmill both Sat and Sun so perhaps I'm getting used to it. One can always hope!

Forgot my Nike+ shoes though, so will have to run 5k and have 3 identical runs. But the kms were run so it's not cheating. My goal of 2010 is to get closer to 10 k in 50 mins and to reach my next Nike+ level. Just about 1350 k to go.

Run with me!

New goals

Nike has fucked up this thing and the blog will now be about.... I don't know, perhaps my personal experiences with running.

We'll see. I haven't decided yet. Am still dealing with anger issues towards Nike.

I went running yesterday, on the treadmill. It was so boring. But afterwards, as always, I felt amazing.

Feel free to complain to Nike+

		Response (Timo) - 18/12/2009 14:27 Hello Emi, Thank you for contacting us. The option was not integrated yet as the website is still under construction (BETA) . So far we integrated again the possibility to bring your stats on facebook also twitter , to be able to upload to your own blog or website will follow soon. Feel free to contact us again if you need any further assistance. Best Regards, Timo NikePlus.com Customer (Emi Guner) - 17/12/2009 22:57 Dear Nike people, this new site, it does not deliver. I've kept two running blogs up, all built around nike+ challenges. WHere did the function to post challenges on external blogs, such as blogger blogs, go? Is it still there, only I can't see it/find it? Curious greetings -emi guner, stockholm