Anxious? Yes…
My first 5K in two short weeks. Though luckily I chose essentially just a fun run for my first attempt. I don’t know if I said before what I am doing for my first, it’s “The Color Run”, untimed and full of walkers so I don’t have to feel like a loser if I can’t run the whole thing! Yes, I know, just attempting it makes me not a loser.
I have kept up with an every other day running schedule but have really been struggling this last week and a half or so, finding myself barely able to run three minutes. So yesterday was supposed to be a running day. Nope, I just walked for a mile and a half. Apparently my body needed that. Today I was able to run again with a bit more ease!
Most days I do about a half hour total. Last Saturday and again today I’ve kept going to finish a full 5K through both running and walking to become more prepared for what I will actually experience. Last week it was just a bit over an hour total. Today? 54.5 minutes, woo-hoo!
So… I am thinking of modifying my schedule to the following: run/walk a 5k Saturdays, walk a 5k Sundays, run/walk Mondays and Wednesdays 30 minutes, walk 30 minutes on Fridays. I think this will be doable and keep me progressing for now. Next Spring I would like to do a real and timed race.
I know one thing… I don’t want to stop running. How weird I find that statement!