Monday Mania

Today's plan (coach) : 2 miles no faster than 14 minutes/mile. Nice and easy. Try to run it all if possible.

Today's goal (mine) : Run as long as you possibly can without using a walk interval. Push and see what you can do. Doesn't have to be fast. You could almost walk this and be where the coach said. Just try.

Today's run : 2.01 miles in 24:26. Pace 12:10. Oops? But...  BLOWN AWAY - that is the farthest I have ever gone without using walk intervals. I felt like I was going at a snail's pace and was shocked to see my time and pace afterwards. Lots of happy tears after this run. I was able to complete the first 1.6 with no walking. Then I only walked a tenth of a mile and finished the 2 miles running! If it wasn't for the incline convincing me it was too hard, I could have run the entire 2 miles. I know I could have.

Take aways: Leave the earbuds at home and ignore the watch. In fact, next time, let's just turn the intervals off.

I can do it. As I was running, when I got tired or felt like it was too hard or that I couldn't do it, I just kept telling myself, "You're fine. You're okay. You can do this. Just try to get one more minute. Just keep going. You're okay." It worked! I can't wait to try this again!

In the back of my head is this... if I can run 2 solid miles, it won't be long before I can run 3. That means I could potentially RUN for an entire 5K! It may not be fast, or pretty, or smooth - but it is possible. I would love to get there. Asthma, Take that.

I realized this evening, it's been exactly a month since I was cleared to start working out. I feel like I'm not making any progress at all sometimes, but I guess this proves I'm doing a lot better than I think I am at times!