The last two days of running ended up both being three mile runs. The first was intentional, and the second was simply because I felt like going the extra mile -- or half mile, as the case was here. My times for the intended "big" three mile run were good - last lap being the fastest. The mid-week run was less impressive as I found myself in a sort of "comfortable run speed" of something around an 18:00 mile, which is below a fast walk speed in most cases. Still, I'm going to continue to do what I can. My primary focus is on distance, and not on speed at this point.
My take on it is that the farther I can go, the more calories, the more fat I will burn which will in turn allow me to go farther and faster. The other option is training in speed which, while it would help both my weight and speed, wouldn't impact my weight as much, so finding a balance is key -- leaning towards distance over speed, because that's what I'm good at, so far.
On another note, I had an idea for a tattoo -- or several, to be exact. On the outside of each calf, I want to get the race distances I have completed -- starting with 5K at the top of the left calf, then 10K, then 21K, and eventually 42K when I get there. On the right, I will have the imperial equivelants -- 3.1 miles, 6.2 miles, 13.1 miles, 26.2 miles respectively. I'm not sure what kind of set I want these numbers in though.
