I was always the last to finish the mile in grade school gym class (because I walked), so 60 seconds of slow continuous jogging left me gasping at first. I couldn't wear a watch myself, because I didn't want to know how many seconds I had to endure before couch to 5K allowed me to take a walk break. I also didn't want to know our route in advance, because then I'd be aware of how far into the run we were (or weren't). These self-imposed rules (which also included "no neighborhoods," "no hills," "no straightaways where I could see how far I had yet to run" among others) were mental tricks I played on myself, and they made running with me quite unpleasant. I reminded Mr. Kate of this during a run the other day (since conversing is no longer banned), and he simply replied "I knew you had it in your heart to become a runner."
I couldn't have said it better. Running is in my heart.
Even if you're not a runner, USA Track and Field's "map a route" feature lets you plot your course to see how many miles you've traveled. It's exactly the thing I needed after every run to see how far I had gone (since I didn't allow myself to know at the time).
Here's one of our typical runs:
6 comments:
oops, deleted my comment on accident! anyway, I was just saying how you remind me of myself, I hated running growing up but started to get into it a year ago till I got pregnant. Haven't gotten back into it since giving birth 7 months ago, but need to start doing it again! I am so impressed by how far you've come, 6 miles is a day off!!??!!
Choos! Get a jogging stroller and take Rachel with you!
I was reading reviews of the Remington Emi hairdryer on Target.com and saw yours. I felt like I had just spotted a celebrity or something!
yay, someone read one of my reviews! hope it was helpful =)
I am looking for a jogging stroller now, but they are $$$! So I am stalking craigslist for one in my area, no luck so far =(
Hi Kate, you don't know me, but I've been following your blog since Shawn directed me here a while back through our Flickr contacts. I recently started running and I just want to say that you are an inspiration. I'm really glad Shawn directed me to this post. I just finished jogging most of the Indianapolis Downtown Canal. It was brutal for me as I'm just four days into my new jogging routine (from not doing any running/jogging at all). At this point, I'm just trying to take it one day at a time until I too can call myself a runner.
PS-I saw in one of your recent posts that you may have an injury. I hope you recover quickly and are not in too much pain.
You are too sweet alonewolf. I am delighted that you were inspired to run. And let me just say that it took me MONTHS to work up to jogging on the canal! I am in awe that you were able to do most of it after only four days. That is amazing! Are you going to sign up for any races?
Thanks for the recovery wishes...I have my fingers crossed!
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