| 4 miles!! |
[May. 15th, 2006|11:38 am] |
well...i did it. i ran 4 miles. i've never run 4 miles in my life. but i did it and it really wasn't that hard. the worst part was the feeling after i ran. my body kinda hurt, but overall i feel very accomplished.
i ran on the treadmill while watching the survivor finale and i was the only person in the workout room so it worked well. i'll probably do my sunday runs in there. sunday's are my long days. 4-10 miles. i'll probably try to do it while something good is on tv.
it just feels good to know i've done it. each time i do something i haven't done i just feel so much more accomplished than normal.
so here's completing each of these goals. :)
this week is the same as last week as far as miles go. today is just strength training, tomorrow 3 miles, wednesday 2 miles, thursday 3 miles, friday rest, saturday 30 min of cross training, sunday 4 miles.
i can do it!! |
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| 4 days in |
[May. 11th, 2006|01:47 pm] |
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Well, the training has begun. It’s pretty hard honestly.
Monday all I had to do was strength training which is something I normally do so it was nothing big.
Tuesday I had to run 3 miles. I haven’t run 3 miles in like a year, but I did it. I thought about giving up in the middle of it, but then I realized that if I give up on it then I am giving up just like I normally do. It’s important for me to stick with this at least for a little while just to prove to myself that I can actually do something without giving up when it gets hard. I’m good at giving up on things when they are not easy … in all aspects of my life.
Wednesday I ran 2 miles. For some reason those 2 miles were strangely hard. I don’t know what it is. I’m probably not hydrating myself enough. I am gonna try to do some research on that today. I need to know how to get myself prepared to run better.
I am not as sore as I thought I might be. I am pretty happy about that.
I have to do strength training and 3 miles today. I’ll be beat by the time it’s all over, but I have to keep telling myself it’s worth it. And it is! |
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[May. 4th, 2006|08:44 pm] |
well...i've decided to train to run a "1/2 marathon". why the quotes you ask? well, because honestly i am not training for a marathon i am just training like i would IF there was one to run.
i guess i just realize sometimes that i sit around and wait for people to do stuff for me when i need to just be doing stuff for myself. i either don't need to wait or i need to do something else while i wait ... so i've decided to do the latter part of those 2 options.
my training officially begins on monday, but i've been running for a little bit now so i am not starting from nothing.
i run close to 2 miles on tuesday, thursday, saturday, and sunday as of now. i think this training will push me to do better. to push me to not just stop at 2 miles.
i don't know if i really want to get up to the actual 13.1 miles, but i would like to be able to fun 10 straight miles by the end of it all.
it's a 12 week program. i'll be finishing it right around the time that the weddings i am in in july are over. i think that gives me a great goal to reach for. i suppose for me it is a matter of doing something i have always wanted to do and proving myself wrong when i think there is no way of doing it.
i'm sure i'll update this as the training goes on. i am sure i'll talk about how bad it sucks and so on and so on. so if you wanna keep up with all of this ... then check back soon :)
thanks for all your support!!
krystal |
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