Week 8 of my 10 week running program started on Friday. I really can't believe I've made it this far! From struggling to run 1 minute at time, I can now run 8 minutes!! I'm not fast and I'm sure it's not pretty, but gosh darn it, I'm running!
The group of people that I'm doing the learn to run program with are fabulous. The 2 instructors are so encouraging. And I've found a great running buddy for our Friday night runs who moves at my speed. I'm hoping to be able to run the 5k with her since we run really well together.
In the 3 remaining weeks before the race on June 5th, I will move up from sets of 8 minutes to 9s and ultimately 10s. I'm always so intimidated by the move to a longer set but so far I always seem to manage it.
Last Sunday I had the worst running day yet. I was supposed to be doing 4 sets of 7 minutes, but I couldn't get past 5 minutes without having to walk. Everything hurt, I felt like throwing up and I was ready to quit the whole idea of running a race. I cut my run short and went home. I told myself that if the next day was just as bad that I would seriously thinking about giving up. As the fates would have it, I had my best run ever on Monday. My head is back in the game and I'm ready to keep going.
20 days to go!
Good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood job pushing on and doing the run the next day! It is SO intimidating to move up each of those intervals. I started a similar program at the end of August and last Sunday I ran a half-marathon. I did not ENJOY the half-marathon, but the next day I heard myself say: "The first five miles were great!" WHAT?!
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!!!!