It seems I made a silly mistake yesterday...I didn't stretch after!! 😱 I thought that since it was only 1 mile I'd be fine. Well, since I haven't really done any running at all since December, that wasn't the case. At all. Even my ribs are sore today 😩 But I know the best way to get rid of that is to push through it, run again, and STRETCH after! And so I did. I'm still stretching as I write this, LOL.
I think I was a little hesitant to push myself yesterday since it was the first run in a long while so I went a little bit faster today. It's still not a great time, but I don't know if I could have held out at that speed for much longer anyway. I gradually increased from 5 up to a 7 by the end. It's not great, but it's definitely better - I did 1 mile in 11 minutes.
I've still got about 3 weeks to get up to snuff and I'm not sure what the best plan is as far as what to work on first/more...speed or distance. I know I have to flip flop with that so we will see what I come up with.
Ugh. I hate running so much.
Welcome to my journey!
Monday, April 16, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Super Slow
I know, I know, I know. I'm the world's worst runner and the world's worst blogger. I didn't even post about actually meeting my running goal of 2017 miles in 2017, but I DID meet it! Woo hoo!!
It's been a slow start for me in 2018. I didn't sign up for any races until May, and I am hoping to be prepared for this one and to actually post a decent time for the first time in a long time. For those of you who didn't know, I had a small procedure done a few weeks ago and today was the first day I really felt up to running. Of course the NJ weather gods doomed me and it's cold and rainy out so it was down to the dreadmill for me.
I didn't have high hopes for distance at all so I was aiming for 1 mile of straight running and I did that no problem. But speed is absolutely an issue for me. Usually I can do an easy mile between 9:30-10:00 and today it was 11:51. 😩 SOOOO slow!!! Hopefully I can speed that up my race day on May 5th. And crazy me also signed up for a second race 2 weeks later 😨 so I should do better this year than I have been. As much as I hate running, I hate the way that I feel & look right now even more and running is the fastest way to help with that. Wish me luck!!
It's been a slow start for me in 2018. I didn't sign up for any races until May, and I am hoping to be prepared for this one and to actually post a decent time for the first time in a long time. For those of you who didn't know, I had a small procedure done a few weeks ago and today was the first day I really felt up to running. Of course the NJ weather gods doomed me and it's cold and rainy out so it was down to the dreadmill for me.
I didn't have high hopes for distance at all so I was aiming for 1 mile of straight running and I did that no problem. But speed is absolutely an issue for me. Usually I can do an easy mile between 9:30-10:00 and today it was 11:51. 😩 SOOOO slow!!! Hopefully I can speed that up my race day on May 5th. And crazy me also signed up for a second race 2 weeks later 😨 so I should do better this year than I have been. As much as I hate running, I hate the way that I feel & look right now even more and running is the fastest way to help with that. Wish me luck!!
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