Got to hubby's house early last night, around 9:00, so I was rested &
ready to run this morning.
Went to the rec center since it's pretty hot here, but they're
predicting a real cool down for the weekend, so hopefully I can hit
the pavement.
Okay, so my goal was to run for 1.5 miles without walking & I managed
to do that. I walked/ran total of 2.6. Ran 2.25, walked .35.
Started out walking for .1, ran the 1.5 miles, walked .1, ran .25,
walked .05, ran .5, walked .1. Not counting the warm up walk &
focusing only on the time in the middle when I did mostly running, I
did a 2 mile mostly-run in 26:15, which is pretty good for me.
Kept my running speed between 4.4 & 5.2, but I did try to average 4.7
for most of the runs & cranked it up to 5.4 when I got bored near the
end of each running session. Walking speed at 3.6 (3.3 for the last
.1). But if you look at the walk between my .25 & .50 runs, it makes
no sense! Why the hell did I stop for a wimpy .05 mile walk? I
shouldâ?Tve just kept running for that short bit. Especially since the
.5 mile run felt pretty okay. Geeze, whyâ?Td I stop? UGH!
This is something I need to work on & now! It's like I have this
mental block & every time I run, I want to do more, but then I stop
just short of doing more. What's wrong with me? I mean, I was huffing
& puffing pretty good there, but the 5.4 runs felt just fine, pushing
it, but fine & 4.4 felt much too slow. & the .5 mile run felt just
fine, but I didn't push beyond that to see if I could go further than
.5. I got to that point & "rewarded" myself with a walk. Yeah, that's
the problem right there, I think of the walks as rewards for pushing
myself & I need to see that the runs are my rewards.
Okay, sorry for the long post, but I think I just figured out
something important there. Let's see if it makes a difference in my
next run.
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