
Ridiculous.
But in the best kind of way. I just wish I could say I've been taking full advantage of it.
Monday, I finally started my Beginner 5k program. I'm so stinking excited to be back out on the track, I can't even. I convinced my friend Angie to do this with me, so that we can both run the Covered Bridge 5k in June, and she agreed, but she has never run before, so when I say 'beginner', I really mean it. I am so stinking excited to share this journey with her and her daughter, Kailey! I was kind, though...after 10 months of no running, I had a vested interest in slowing my roll, too, so even though the plan called for a five minute warm-up, followed by a mile and a half of running or walking, we basically wound up doing interval shuffles. Walked for about a half loop around the track, shuffle-ran the rest of the way, until we got a mile and a half in. Then we walked a cool down lap. That's cool, because even shuffles mean you're moving.

Today, we'll be headed back to the track for our second training session...intervals. I'm going to work hard to get Angie to push it with each interval (they're only one minute apiece, but that can seem like an eternity when you're just starting out), but I'm not sure that our pace will improve much from Monday's (which I think was in the 21 min/mi range). That's ok, but I find that I'm really feeling antsy, and that's not ok. I really want to run. I want to push myself, to feel my muscles respond, to feel like I've accomplished something hard. And that's not going to happen for a while.
So...I think maybe what I'm going to do is to try and sneak in a run here and there on my own, between my run dates with Angie, on the days I know she won't be running. Just until the initial training process is over, mind...so I don't think I'll have to do it for very long. I wasn't sore at all the morning after, or even that night, and I usually am after a run, so I know that if I add a run or two through the week, I won't be overtaxing my body. I really think I'm ready for that step.
In other news, I managed to drop a couple of pounds this week (the two that I gained back last week), so I'm back on track, even if it IS a couple of weeks late. All forward motion counts, right?
Right!!
How about you? Ever tried to help someone else get into running or some other physical activity? How did you handle it? Were you successful?
Wonderful job getting back to it! We got this!
ReplyDeleteYes, we do! :)
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