Kim is on a “staycation” today and isn’t in the office so we’re each on our own. I ran at home before I came into work this morning, and that’s pretty much how I did things before we started the whole 5K thing – I’d run at home before I went to work in the mornings. Except it was Lisa-style training, and let me let you know how Lisa-style training works.
It involves a lot of being really easy on yourself, stopping even when you get a little tired and never running the same distance twice – one day I’d run 2 miles the next maybe a half mile and I’d tell myself that it was okay. Literally, some days I’d just say, “I’m tired, I’m done,” and stop wherever I was. Now that we’re into week two of “training” it’s becoming really evident that the whole running for five minutes and stopping thing really doesn’t build endurance. Looking back on it now, of course it makes sense that if I never increased my miles, I never built up endurance, but I was living in a world of running denial where lots of excuses (like, walking is just the same as running) sound a whole lot better than actually putting in the work and running.
Kim blogged about her competitive streak coming out in her last blog, and while I haven’t exactly seen that come out in me yet, I do have a list of my goals for the 5K (other than just finishing the 5K, which up until now was my only ‘goal’).
1. Not to finish last (second to last is okay).
2. Although, someone has to come in last, and maybe if I finished last it would help someone else achieve their goal of not finishing last. Actually, it would help a whole lot of someone’s achieve their goal of not finishing last. It would pretty much be really altruistic of me, so I can’t see why I wouldn’t do it.
3. Fine. Do not finish last (second to last is maybe okay?)
4. Do not trip and fall.
5. Do not get distracted by shiny things.
Here’s this week’s “training” update:
Monday - 2 miles --> both Kim and I successfully completed!
Tuesday - Rest or Run/Walk
Wednesday - 1.5 miles --> DONE!
Thursday - Rest or Run/Walk
Friday - 2 miles --> DONE!
Saturday - Rest daySunday - 30 to 60 minute walk
2 comments:
HI, I randomly stumbled on your blog while looking for others like myself. I'm running my first 5k on Thanksgiving. Hopefully we can cheer each other on. It looks like you guys are doing great!
Hi, Amy! Thanks for following our blog, we're always happy to have new readers/commenters :)
How's your training going so far? I don't know what I'd do if ours was on Thanksgiving - so soon! Our 5K is 37 days away and I'm starting to wish it were even more than that!
--Lisa
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