Day 32

Today was a great day. I officially ran/walked 5k! My handy dandy Nike + app even congratulated me when I was done with my walk/run. Are you happy R.S.? I’m one step closer to actually running a full 5k! Go Me! I’m still not running in a marathon though. The exact total in miles was 3.17 for those of you who keep track of the distance using miles. I myself normally do but since R.S. kept harassing me to run a 5k, I felt I’d use that terminology today.

I must be honest about today’s run. I almost quit at the 2.5 miles mark and for no reason other than the devil telling me to. I wasn’t tired and it wasn’t hot or humid this morning so I can’t use that as an excuse. I arrived at the track at 7:30 am and had plenty of time to run/walk as long as I wished. I had no place to be at any particular time so I told the devil he was a lying son of a @&%# and kept it moving.

I ran a portion of all but the second to last lap. I could have run on that lap but I decided not to push until I was really confident running/walking the 5k for a few days straight. The difference between run/walking on the track verses the treadmill is that you can stop immediately if you get tired on the treadmill. When you are walking/running on the track, you still have to finish the lap once you start and at the track I use, you still have to walk back to the parking lot. One can easily push too hard and not make it back to their vehicle. That would not be a good thing. Could you imagine slumping down in the middle of the track unable to move? I can’t. I’ll take things slow for now.

After today’s run/walk I was a little tired. My body ached just a little but I was still comfortable. I think I’m going to stay running/walking the 5k and work on getting my time better. I won’t add any additional distance until I’m really comfortable with my time. Besides, I have things to do. I can’t just be running around a track field all damn day.

Until tomorrow…


Ms. P.