Week 5 day 2 down. I went to the park this morning.
Let me just vent for a second. If there’s a group walking together in the park, does it make sense for them to walk shoulder to shoulder, four or five across, so that every time you pass them you have to yell, “Excuse me”? Am I being touchy or is that rude? I passed two groups of these people at least three times each. Yes, they moved, but the entire walking path was not just for them. It’s wide enough to accommodate walkers and runners moving in both directions. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE!!!
I try to think of others when I’m out there and stay to the right, or run around the walkers as much as possible, but these people made that impossible and they seemed to be irked with me. I refused to run in the grass (the geese leave their nastiness everywhere, and even if they didn’t it wouldn’t change things) just because they insisted on being so rude. I’m sure they’re nice people walking for a good cause, but some etiquette lessons are definitely in order.
On to my progress…
There were no ten-minute runs today. Just getting the two eight-minute runs down was a lot, but knowing that I’ve already done what I thought was impossible — three-, five-, seven-, eight-, and ten-minute runs — kept me going. There was no way I could give up on an eight-minute run when I had already done a ten-minute run.
I felt compelled to run today because of the build-up of stress. The run worked. The rest of my day has gone well, especially since I’ve stayed away from the sweets, which tends to make me anxious. So far, I’ve found three things that help me: my morning coffee, not ingesting large doses of sugar, and running.
I plan to run week 5 day 3 on Monday, which consists of a 20-minute run. Straight. No walking breaks. I’m scared. That’s a huge leap. From week 6 day 3 on out, I have only long runs. Week 6 has one 25-minute run, and week 7 has three 25-minute runs. Week 8 has three 28-minute runs and week 9 consists of three 30-minute runs. I’ll do it. I have to.
