The last time I set a goal for myself was in March of 2009. I was spectating the St. Patrick's day race, which had a 5k and a 10k. I was happily snapping pics (which by the way is my other hobby; photography), and I couldn't help but notice how much fun everyone was having. I thought out loud to my husband, "How can they be laughing after running 5 miles?". He just gave me that husband shrug that acknowledges that I just talked, but he has no input. I sat on the curb and thought, "I could do this".
And my goal blossomed. I wanted to run in my first race. Once I got home I Googled local races. Most of the results were for 5k races. Well, at this point in time running 3 miles was my regular workout. It really wasn't a challenge for me. So I kept searching, and searching...and trying to glaze over the Crazy Legs Classic which is an 8k (5mile) run.
Again I went to my husband for input, "Could I run 5 miles?" He said, "Well yeah". Gee thanks husband. Way to cheer me on. I argued with myself all night, and finally registered myself online for the race.
a photo I took to root myself on :)
I trained for 2 months, ran in cold, hard rain, and finished in 48 minutes. Not bad for a first race, eh?
Since then I've just been maintaining my ability to run that distance. Sometimes I get the bright idea that I should increase my speed. Another time I thought I could train for a half marathon. Unfortunately, I made my own training program which went like this:
week 1: 5 miles
week 2: 6 miles
week 3: 7 miles
week 4: I quit. (By the way, this happened in the heat of the summer, so forgive me).
That was a dumb training program. I really should have Googled a half marathon training program and did it properly.
Ho-hum...is it a sign? Should I Google that now? Could it be? A goal to run a half marathon? We shall see.
(If you haven't noticed yet, I don't commit easily).
2 comments:
That was a pretty good running time!
Most I ever ran was a 5K. Now someone just invited me to a 1/2 marathon. YIKES! Can I do this? It's in April. Can I do this? gulp.
I say go for it! I just read a quote "long distance running is 90% mental and the rest physical".
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