I have completed Day 1 of training and it was....not fun. But I just kept thinking that the more I stick to this the better I will get as the weeks go on. I am going to use some of the visualizations that John Gabriel taught me in my book to visualize myself jogging the whole race.
Today's training was a 5 minute walk followed by 6 - 1 min run/1.5 min walks and then a 5 min cool down walk. Thursday's run will be similar, but add two more of those run/walk intervals. I'm not going to lie...by the time I got to the sixth 1 minute run, I wasn't moving too quickly. I think a grandma could have walked faster than my jog. But speed isn't the point. I am trying to train my body to jog, speed can come later.
After my training, I walked around to find some stickers for my chart. I eventually found some in the bookstore by my house. When I got home, I hung up my charts and put my first 'All Star!' sticker on today's date. I then bought my plane ticket to Boston and registered for the race. There is no turning back now! Julia will be buying her ticket soon and she and Ellie will be registering as well.
I'm a bit terrified that I have gotten over excited and way over my head, but as Julia said to me today, "The worse thing that could happen is that we walk a 5K." It's true! If I can run even a little bit of it, I will consider it a success. Plus it will be so great to be with Julia and Ellie. We will encourage each other and inspire each other to keep moving on our paths.
Tomorrow I will be doing my full body strength training....my fav.
Keep in mind that if you still find week one challenging after week one is over, repeat it! You can do the weeks more than once. Also, yesterday I was doing day 2 on a rather hilly trail and found that I got tired quicker. So I'm going to try to stick to flat trails or the track at the school across from my apartment. I was running so slow at the end yesterday it was probably slower than other people walk!
ReplyDeleteI agree - at the very least you will be at the race (with me and Julia) and that will be great and we'll have a wonderful time and feel so accomplished! And get a t-shirt! I'm excited that we're doing this together. I do so much better when I'm being held accountable by someone else. I'm going to buy my armband for my phone tomorrow! -ellie
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