I can’t believe it but I am now running 25 minutes straight. Granted my runs are sloooooow but it’s more then I’ve ever done. I’m actually about to finish week 7 (last run tomorrow) of my c25k training program.
I realize I’ve been pretty pathetic on keeping up with posts. However, for all the I-don’t-think-I-can-run folks out there: I didn’t think I could either! Running has always been a bucket list item for me. But when I hit week 5 of my C25k (Couch to 5k for newbies) I thought I was a gonner. I had to run longer then I ever remember running before.
Thankfully I had my friends at #Team runDisney. <— If you haven’t found them you can check out the group on Twitter (@TeamrunDisney) or on Facebook!
They gave me great advice on what to do including slowing my pace. And now here I am! A week from running 5k distances! And honestly, I’m pretty sure I could tomorrow if I tried (but I’m sticking to my programs… all about the mental game at this point and finishing what I started).
SO, I now feel like I can call myself a runner instead of a runner in training. 🙂 A slow runner, but still doing laps around the me of this time last year! 🙂
Below: After an especially rough run last week. I was supposed to do 20something minutes without stopping but I stopped twice in the first 10 minutes. BUUUUT, THEN I restarted and ran the whole assigned distance. I had a little Rocky moment at the end of that run. 🙂 AND important lesson learned : small strides on hills!!! 🙂
Be the Impossible 