Last week wasn't Hell. I'll just start with that. However, it was a kind of Purgatory. Day after day of being tested and antagonized, with no real torture, just general misery and angsty elements poking me in the eye with a stick.
On other fronts, I had my first 25 minute jog. I ran with a friend who is training for a marathon and ran 16 miles earlier that day. So he came along to keep me company and encourage. After a five minute walking warm up the running began. I almost had to laugh, because my laughably slow pace resulted in my fellow jogger bounding to keep from walking. This was sort of funny, except that I was full-on jogging...
After the run, we had a look at some statistics. I don't have any bells and whistles for running, but he does. So we had splits and times and all kinds of data to look at. And, what I found out was that my starting pace was a stultifying 14.30 minute mile and I finished close to a 10 minute mile. So from pathetic to presentable in 25 minutes.... not so bad. And I did actually keep the jogging pretense up for the whole time.
After that we went shopping for proper running shoes at one of those stores that video tapes your run before suggesting shoes to try. I found out I have a fairly neutral gait, and that there are shoes that make barney look less purple. Yes I got some extremely purple shoes. with bright yellow nike chevrons. I'm ready for my next run.
I AM up to three work outs a week. But, one of these work outs is a cardio-dance class rather than a run. I like the opportunity to mix it up and shake my booty. And this is an improvement. Also, it's an hour long class. So I'm increasing my work outs to three and adding a half hour. So that's probably a move in the right direction.... I'm just not up to having four workouts a week yet, but I'll get there.... More on purgatory's next time....
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