Today I ran for a full 20 minutes!!
I'm still on a high, I feel amazing :)
It's been a long couple of months since I last posted. Since then we've had Christmas and I've had a houseful of sick people, myself included. I have been running as an when I could between then and now but not getting anywhere fast and I was really disappointing myself as I just couldn't get back into a routine and when I did, I just didn't have the energy to run.
But a couple of weeks ago, everything clicked back into place. I went back to the week 3 podcasts and built back up again. On wednesday this week I set out in the pouring rain and high winds to do my 2 x 8 minute runs, did one, did half of the other and literally couldn't move any further as the wind kept blowing me back. I ended up calling my husband sobbing asking him to come and pick me up in the car - which bless him he did.
Then today I was determined to get the scary 20 minute run over and done with.
Sods law it started raining the minute I went out but with my face hidden beneath my buff (Christmas present from my husband) I soldiered on. Starting with the usual 5minute warm up walk (isn't it odd how that first 5 minutes takes no time at all but once you're running 5 minutes actually takes forever) and then it was Go!
I was quite surprised really when the first 10 minutes had passed and I didn't feel like I was going to keel over. Then I got to 15minutes and I was beginning to falter, I slowed right down - honestly a baby could have crawled faster - but I kept going. And then suddenly I only had 2 minutes left, I actually could do it.
And I did and to repeat myself, I feel amazing !!
Just a few months ago I couldn't run from one lamp post to the other (seriously) and now I can run a mile and a half non stop !!
Yay Me!
I'm still on a high, I feel amazing :)
It's been a long couple of months since I last posted. Since then we've had Christmas and I've had a houseful of sick people, myself included. I have been running as an when I could between then and now but not getting anywhere fast and I was really disappointing myself as I just couldn't get back into a routine and when I did, I just didn't have the energy to run.
But a couple of weeks ago, everything clicked back into place. I went back to the week 3 podcasts and built back up again. On wednesday this week I set out in the pouring rain and high winds to do my 2 x 8 minute runs, did one, did half of the other and literally couldn't move any further as the wind kept blowing me back. I ended up calling my husband sobbing asking him to come and pick me up in the car - which bless him he did.
Then today I was determined to get the scary 20 minute run over and done with.
Sods law it started raining the minute I went out but with my face hidden beneath my buff (Christmas present from my husband) I soldiered on. Starting with the usual 5minute warm up walk (isn't it odd how that first 5 minutes takes no time at all but once you're running 5 minutes actually takes forever) and then it was Go!
I was quite surprised really when the first 10 minutes had passed and I didn't feel like I was going to keel over. Then I got to 15minutes and I was beginning to falter, I slowed right down - honestly a baby could have crawled faster - but I kept going. And then suddenly I only had 2 minutes left, I actually could do it.
And I did and to repeat myself, I feel amazing !!
Just a few months ago I couldn't run from one lamp post to the other (seriously) and now I can run a mile and a half non stop !!
Yay Me!
