c25k – w1d2

First to my cheerleaders. THANK YOU!!! Not only do I appreciate your support, but I desperately need it!

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

My main goal this morning was to run at least 2 full 1-minute sessions, since 2 days ago I was able to run 1. The 1st minute was just as “easy” as the 1st minute 2 days ago. When it came time for the 2nd minute, I struggled a little but I did it and it ended much faster than I expected. When I heard the beep for the 3rd minute I just told myself I was going to go as far as I could without collapsing….I did the whole 3rd minute, but it was a struggle at the end. Then it came time for the 4th minute and I did it…but I prayed the whole way through, then I staggered back to the house for the rest of the 1.2.

Now I’m trying to decide what to do about the rest of the week. I know without a shadow of a doubt that I’m going to have to repeat week 1 and surprisingly I don’t feel down on myself about it. I’m sure I’ll have to repeat other weeks as well, and I have until November 22 to train. So since I really want to run on Mon, Wed and Fri, I’m wondering if I should just skip day 3 of this week and walk on Sat and Sun and start running again on Mon, or should I do day 3 Sun, and run Tue, Thu, Sat next week, then week 3 go to Mon, Wed, Fri. I also have to decide if I’m going to do my upper body workout tomorrow.

Anyway, What did I learn today?

• My training watch is not really evil.
• I had less trouble relaxing this time.
• The pulling my shoulders up thing starts when I start to struggle.
• Shuffling like army guys gets it done.
• I could care less what the drivers passing me think (I thought I was going to have trouble with this one).
• One rivulet of sweat running down my face is okay, more than one is icky….I’ll adjust.

I’m also wondering if I would have been able to attempt this pre-hysterectomy. It suddenly occurred to me this morning, while I was frightening the bunnies, that I feel good, even though it hurts! LOL Without getting TMI, I don’t feel anything moving around inside, and before I used to. <shrug> And here I thought it was normal to feel your stuff moving around inside!

I also think I had a user malfunction on my watch on Wednesday. This morning my finish time was 17:45 (I think) and I find it hard to believe that it took me longer today than it did 2 days ago, but who knows. It’s a new toy and I may have pushed a button sometime I shouldn’t have on Wednesday.

Oh, and my stitching mojo was whispering to me this morning that I’ve earned the right to sit on my butt and stitch for awhile. I used to look at my stitching as a reward for getting my homework done, and can’t help but wonder if the reason I’ve lost my mojo is because I no longer have homework, thus no “reward” plus it’s such a sedentary hobby that I got to feeling guilty about sitting there instead of trying to do something about my weight.

Have a great Labor Day weekend all.

P.S.  I’ve just found out my 70+ year old father was in a car accident yesterday.  He’s refusing to go to the doctor, so dad if you’re reading this, GO TO THE DOCTOR.  You’re upsetting mom and us kids.  Remember the last time, when you couldn’t move 3 weeks later?  GO TO THE DOCTOR.