Today's workout was much simpler as far as things to do go, just run. That's it for 20-30 minutes. I had downloaded on my kindle a while back an app that helps newbie runners learn the ropes of running by pacing it for you. It's called C25K and I usually opt for the free apps. This one seemed promising, so I asked Jared to download the app to his ipod for me to use the next day. I set out with my jam packed gym bag, the thing was seriously close to 50 pounds, which got me thinking about the fact that I used to carry around that much extra weight and how I'll never do it again, and Rhys in the other hand. He went his way, I went mine, up to the top (third floor) indoor track. Last time I had been up there, it was when I first started this journey and was with Andy. I was terrified of the heights of it, the way it looked, the fact that it was suspended in air pretty much. I was a little nervous going into it.
Once I found my way through the multiple mazes of stairs in that building, I got open the app and took off. I realized partway through my warmup laps that I wanted to do a higher setting, so I went to week two of the program and took off. I was supposed to run a minute thirty then walk two and so on until it reached the time marked on the workout, which I believe was around 30 minutes. After getting to about the 3/4 mark of the workout, I was tired but feeling well, so I thought that I'd up it a bit and actually continue to run when it said to walk. I am super proud of myself for doing this as much as I did. I am pretty sure I ended up running at least another 5 minutes or so by skipping some of those cycles.
It's interesting that while I was running, I thought back to this time last year. I was getting ready to "run" the White River Run in Anderson and my Mom had been talked into it. I had no idea what to expect. I was so much bigger and felt so much slower than my Mom, so I didn't know how I'd react to her starting to edge me out or whatever throughout the race. As we started, it was definitely harder than expected, but the funny thing was that when my Mom would get so far ahead, she always looked back and checked on me. About halfway, she came back and walked with me. We even managed to jog a little.
I see this transition from last year to this year and I am grateful for the year that I've had in this journey. Here's hoping to a good rest of my training.
Once I found my way through the multiple mazes of stairs in that building, I got open the app and took off. I realized partway through my warmup laps that I wanted to do a higher setting, so I went to week two of the program and took off. I was supposed to run a minute thirty then walk two and so on until it reached the time marked on the workout, which I believe was around 30 minutes. After getting to about the 3/4 mark of the workout, I was tired but feeling well, so I thought that I'd up it a bit and actually continue to run when it said to walk. I am super proud of myself for doing this as much as I did. I am pretty sure I ended up running at least another 5 minutes or so by skipping some of those cycles.
It's interesting that while I was running, I thought back to this time last year. I was getting ready to "run" the White River Run in Anderson and my Mom had been talked into it. I had no idea what to expect. I was so much bigger and felt so much slower than my Mom, so I didn't know how I'd react to her starting to edge me out or whatever throughout the race. As we started, it was definitely harder than expected, but the funny thing was that when my Mom would get so far ahead, she always looked back and checked on me. About halfway, she came back and walked with me. We even managed to jog a little.
I see this transition from last year to this year and I am grateful for the year that I've had in this journey. Here's hoping to a good rest of my training.
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