happy new year!
for january 1st this year i got finessed into running in a 5k race. :) moominmolly talked me into signing up, and we were going to go through the couch-to-5k training program, but then even that proved too aggressive for her ankles right now, so we stopped. but in the meantime jojotbird had also signed up, along with her brother and his s.o... so...
encouragingly, jojotbird hadn't trained either. on the other hand, she ran track in high school. i played d&d. (yes, i've sort of discovered physical fitness since then. but i'm kind of in a slump right now. also running has never been my thing.)
anyway she was very encouraging and alleged that the snail's pace that i could maintain was actually the pace she was planning to go at anyway, etc. :) of course, that pace left her with a sprint at the end, so the photos moominmolly took at the finish line have her looking all speedy, while i look like i'm kind of ambling (until just across the finish line, when i staggered over to the water table and then spent the next 15 minutes trying to keep my legs from completely seizing up).
so somehow i (we both) wound up actually running the entire distance, literally the farthest i've ever run at one stretch. i didn't actually check the exact time they recorded for me (despite all the adorable technology that went into recording it-- rfid ftw), but it was something a little under 36 minutes, which i can certainly live with since i was mainly aiming to beat 50:00. and i'm mostly able to walk today! so, a fine start to the year. :)
encouragingly, jojotbird hadn't trained either. on the other hand, she ran track in high school. i played d&d. (yes, i've sort of discovered physical fitness since then. but i'm kind of in a slump right now. also running has never been my thing.)
anyway she was very encouraging and alleged that the snail's pace that i could maintain was actually the pace she was planning to go at anyway, etc. :) of course, that pace left her with a sprint at the end, so the photos moominmolly took at the finish line have her looking all speedy, while i look like i'm kind of ambling (until just across the finish line, when i staggered over to the water table and then spent the next 15 minutes trying to keep my legs from completely seizing up).
so somehow i (we both) wound up actually running the entire distance, literally the farthest i've ever run at one stretch. i didn't actually check the exact time they recorded for me (despite all the adorable technology that went into recording it-- rfid ftw), but it was something a little under 36 minutes, which i can certainly live with since i was mainly aiming to beat 50:00. and i'm mostly able to walk today! so, a fine start to the year. :)