I have been avoiding running for the past week, mainly because week 3 of the program scared the crap out of me the first time I tried it. It was so intense I could only finnish half, then retreated whimpering to the stretching area. That was last Monday. On Wednesday I was still so sore from Monday I reverted to my week 2 schedule, then went home sure I was not cut out for this whole thing.
Fast forward to today, my 31st birthday (yes, I am aware I am a fool, and you will be as well as this story continues). I told myself I would kick the shit out of that workout in order to start my new year off right. The night before my workout I decided to double check my program and noticed the pages were out of order. I had not tried the week 3 workout as scheduled, but had rocketed forward to week 5. Although I felt like a total moron, I also felt better because I then looked at week 3, and week 3 was totally doable. So this morning, to celebrate my birthday I ran, and while the first half was way more difficult then the second, I completed my workout. My last thought as I got off the treadmill was "maybe I am strong enough to do this." Strong enough, for sure! Smart enough? That's debatable.
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Ok, so you have totally inspired me, I've taken it up too, though I'm a bit behind you. You got this... kick 31's ass!
Happy Birthday! (Glad to know that I am not the only one who is a bit dyslexic when it comes to directions!)
J
Happy Birthday! We're only 29 days apart, you and I. Good stuff.
Oh, and that's nothing - ask Jen P about the time we were supposed to run 8 KM (it was to be my longest run to date) and instead mapped out 8 MILES...long story short, it was my longest run to date, to the tune of an extra 4 km, but I survived and was wowed and encouraged by what I could do. Oh, and you've totally got me going to run again. I went out twice in a week. It's a start!
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