I ran more today then I have in well too long (more on that later). And it went well, so well in fact I'm struggling not to get too excited about it. Yes, it's a good thing. Yes, I'm happy. But I know all to well that there still might be set backs. That I might not make it through the 4 weeks without pain... I might not even make it to tomorrow without pain. That I may not run a half marathon again, or ever run a full.
But I do know this:
- I was way happier to run for 30 sec then I thought was possible. And I'm pretty sure that I looked crazily happy during those 30 secs and the 4.5 min walks in between.
- That my bladder is way out of practice too! Who knew? I had too go after the 1st 30 sec run.
- That being injured may have made me a more patient runner. I actually didn't want to run more than the 30 sec at a time... I expected to have an urge... was this day 1 bliss? Or could the result of this been more valuable then I ever really want to admit?
- That I really did find the value in cross-training and plan to go back to spinning, etc. as soon as my muscle strain (completely unrelated, but annoying injury) is healed.
Well, I guess time will tell with #3. I also didn't mind the warm-up, stretch and cool-down, stretch portions. But I am positive that was due to day 1 bliss. It will get old, probably sooner then I hope.
The plan:
- Stick to the warm-up, stretch and cool-down, stretch. No cheating it. Period.
- Day 2 is Thursday and I up it to 4 min walk, 1 min run cycles.
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