So Far, So Good!

Yes! I have completed my first full five days of (re)training for this 5K! I made a schedule and I stuck to it and for that I am very proud of myself and encouraged. Today I went for the 3K, I knew today would be a challenge because not only was it rainy and windy when I woke up this morning, it was (and still is) a quite chilly day. Water + cold = not wanting to run in it.

Above those challenges, still, was the biggest challenge in motivation yet, myself. I started off today not feeling my greatest and when the time came to decide to run or not, I timidly said to myself let's just go, okay? So I got myself up, put my clothes on and braved the elements. The wind was relentless, and I'm pretty sure my encouragement to myself was to say over and over again, "be as relentless as the wind!" It worked. I got mad that the wind was so very cold and strong, wisping flecks of rain into my face (I imaginatively took this as an insult) so I ran just a little bit harder.

As I ran harder, I took more and more control over my breathing and I felt like oxygen was successfully reaching every part of my body and I was running well. Even though my hands were red with cold and wind beating against them, and I couldn't really feel my legs, I was running with intention and purpose. I knew that this run would be my last for the week and I was glad that it was a challenging one so that I could earn the rest this weekend.

As you can tell from these blogs, I don't have PR's or anything. I'm not running for time, maybe one day I will, but for now it's all about feeling strong and confident in my strides and my breathing, pretty much just overall endurance and stamina. I actually don't time myself when I run, but I know I can run a 5K between 30-37 minutes. So as far as time goes, if I can keep it between those numbers I will be proud of myself. I guess I'm just glad to be here!

Run encouraged my friends!