Today I ran farther than I have ever run. My goal was to run 6 miles at the 5min running/2min walking intervals and I completed it, YAY! I ran on Main street - starting at House of Pizza in Sanford, running just past Rite Aid in Springvale, and back. I was about 15 minutes from completion when my iphone died, which was very difficult to get through! I rely heavily on my music to keep me going and it was very difficult to run the rest without music. My phone also tells me how long I've been running and gives me the times for running/walking. I kind of had to "guess" when I was at 5 minutes and 2 minutes. It was also pretty windy. For those of you who know that I am pretty religious, you would not find it strange at all that I was cursing satan for trying to sabatoge my efforts. =)
I am finding that I am having a very difficult time quieting my mind through these runs. It seems like I am constantly battling boredom, so I have to try and focus on either my feet, or one position in the concrete. I think this is what they call getting in "the zone".
I'm also realizing that there is always a point that I have to get to before it starts to get easier to run. I start off running and feel really good - then there is a period where keeping myself going is VERY difficult. This is where I have to really tell myself "I can do it". It's almost like I have to force myself to put one foot in front of the other. (This happened to me shortly after the first mile this particular run) Then once I get through that part of my run, it just becomes a little easier to continue on, and I don't have to work as hard to get through each interval. Does this happen with anyone else?
Over the next couple of days I am going to look at various training programs to work up to the half marathon. So far the one that looks the best is the RunKeeper Pro app on the iphone. I already use the free version to time my runs, but I may go ahead and buy the pro version. If anyone else has a recommendation for a training regime, please feel free to email me! =)
My next run should be on Tuesday and I'm hoping it will be nice enough for me to run outside.
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I am so proud of you and how far you've come already. I look forward to reading about your continued success!! :)
ReplyDeleteso awesome Christi. I started running a few years ago, after walking the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (a marathon and a half walk!). I have slipped back since being pregnant (and for the last 10 months) but hope to try and get back. I also go though those stages, where once you get through, its like you have a second wind. A ran a lot on treadmills and would crank on my "go to" songs to help get through that stage. Then you get to a point when running "just two miles" seems like a breeze:) I'm at the run walk stage now too. Good luck, thanks for sharing this. I'll be interested to see what you find for a training program. I had a walk training program, but its a little different for running.
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