Shoes, Sorrow, Success

 

I have been doing the Couch to 5K program to get ready for my 5K and to get in shape.  I loved that program... until I failed... I failed big time.  It happened at the end of week 6.  It was the first time in 6 weeks that I couldn't do what it was asking me.  I was supposed to jog 22 minutes without walking.  Mind you, the week before, I jogged 20 minutes without stopping.  But on this Friday, guess how far I made it?  6 minutes... yep, only 6 minutes until I had to walk.  I soon found a bench and sat down with my disappointed self to have a self chat (in my head, not out loud)  Although when I am jogging and feel like I am about to quit I do actually talk out loud and tell myself or Kenna that we can do it.  I didn't have Kenna with me that day.  I was jogging with no stroller.  I think I might have been using the stroller as a crutch the way that some people use the rails of a treadmill to hold onto until Jillian yells at them to let go.  I need to run without Kenna more often because she won't be with me on race day.  I also want to do this for me, so I'll be a better mom for her.  I do love taking her on jogs though.  It is hard to find a time to jog without her, but I need to start trying.  Anyways, I decided to change my training so that I was mastering distances instead of times.  So my goal will be to run 3.1 miles without stopping instead of running 30 minutes because who am I kidding pretending that I can run that fast?  I honestly don't know at this point if I will be able to run the whole thing by November, but I am not giving up.  I made my goal today which was to jog 1 mile without stopping.  Tomorrow will be 1.25 miles.  I can do it.  And even if I can't, I am working towards it.  I have come so far already in these few months.  When I started, I was huffing and puffing after 60 seconds of jogging.  It's amazing what our bodies can do when we put the time into training them.  These are the new shoes Kyle let me buy.  We went to the Lloyd Center one Saturday and he let me buy any shoes I wanted.  These were comfy and on sale (and pink), so I got them.  And I love them so far!  Happy jogging!