C25K - Week 4, Day 1
I almost didn't do it! There was rain this morning, so I didn't run before work. Then I had a flat tire at the office, so I was stuck there longer than I expected (and I found out the jack on my new car was messed up, which made it take longer for me to change the tire...), so I didn't run in the afternoon. Then I had rehearsal for The Actual Dance in the evening, and got home after 9pm, and I wasn't sure I wanted to run at all. BUT I didn't want to get off schedule. And I didn't want to push it off till tomorrow morning, because I already have to get up early to drive to Connecticut, where I have a job interview at 10am. (And if you thought the impending interview would make me more anxious about that flat tire, you'd be right.) So I went on the run anyway. If nothing else, it calmed my jangling nerves.
Well, for one thing, running after dinner doesn't feel great. But it wasn't too bad.
I did not want to run through the park late at night, so I ran through my end of Bloomfield instead. Rowe to Montgomery to Franklin to Liberty to Walnut to Williamson to Montgomery to Rowe. I didn't quite time it out right, so I ended up with a little extra walking at the end, but that's no big deal.
Well, for one thing, running without glasses at night down a route I'm not used to doesn't feel great. But I only stumbled once.
I hope this interview goes well. I'm almost embarrassed by how well the job search has gone-- not that I've gotten the most amazing job, because I haven't gotten any yet. But I've had several positive responses, and a couple of serious career possibilities, AND so many friends have been really lovely in reaching out help to me. So it's 'embarrassing,' because I have to wonder, why did I not do this a couple years ago? In the same way, I feel silly to be starting this running program now. Why haven't I been doing this consistently since high school? I would be in so much better shape. And the C25K has been so much fun! (Of course, it's really easy now to dismiss the pain and difficulty of that first day. And I haven't run for longer than 5 minutes at a time yet.)
A quote that's stuck with me since I heard it a few weeks or months ago: The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. But the second best time is right now.
I can't remember if I wrote about that already.
Today was the start of Week 4: Walk 5 minutes, run 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, run 5 minutes, walk 2 and a half minutes, run 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, run 5 minutes, and finally walk 5 minutes. Probably the most complicated of all the weekly regimens, and one that made me feel grateful for the guiding podcast.
So, I ran somewhere between 1.5 and 2 miles tonight. OK. Never got totally winded, never felt like I couldn't make it through the next minute. Some of the uphill parts were hard. As I was running & walking, I tried to visualize how the area must've looked before the Parkway was built, or before the canal closed down.
This kind of one-way communication is strange, but I find it liberating. It's like sending radio signals out into the solar system, not knowing if anyone will ever receive them, but knowing that even if they do, you will never hear back.
Playlist
The NHS podcast week 4-- I am back in its embrace, after trying out that other app on Sunday. There was some silly British rap (or grime), which was good to exercise to, and there were also 2 out-of-place pieces of pop-classical. It felt like the NHS was running out of licensed music. But it's fine, it's fine, it's fine, it's not a problem, it's just a challenge.
That last line, of course, was from The Last Five Years. And with my interview in, gulp, ten hours, I've been thinking of another lyric from that show:
I am a good person.
I am an attractive person.
I am a talented person.
Well, for one thing, running after dinner doesn't feel great. But it wasn't too bad.
I did not want to run through the park late at night, so I ran through my end of Bloomfield instead. Rowe to Montgomery to Franklin to Liberty to Walnut to Williamson to Montgomery to Rowe. I didn't quite time it out right, so I ended up with a little extra walking at the end, but that's no big deal.
Well, for one thing, running without glasses at night down a route I'm not used to doesn't feel great. But I only stumbled once.
I hope this interview goes well. I'm almost embarrassed by how well the job search has gone-- not that I've gotten the most amazing job, because I haven't gotten any yet. But I've had several positive responses, and a couple of serious career possibilities, AND so many friends have been really lovely in reaching out help to me. So it's 'embarrassing,' because I have to wonder, why did I not do this a couple years ago? In the same way, I feel silly to be starting this running program now. Why haven't I been doing this consistently since high school? I would be in so much better shape. And the C25K has been so much fun! (Of course, it's really easy now to dismiss the pain and difficulty of that first day. And I haven't run for longer than 5 minutes at a time yet.)
A quote that's stuck with me since I heard it a few weeks or months ago: The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. But the second best time is right now.
I can't remember if I wrote about that already.
Today was the start of Week 4: Walk 5 minutes, run 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, run 5 minutes, walk 2 and a half minutes, run 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, run 5 minutes, and finally walk 5 minutes. Probably the most complicated of all the weekly regimens, and one that made me feel grateful for the guiding podcast.
So, I ran somewhere between 1.5 and 2 miles tonight. OK. Never got totally winded, never felt like I couldn't make it through the next minute. Some of the uphill parts were hard. As I was running & walking, I tried to visualize how the area must've looked before the Parkway was built, or before the canal closed down.
This kind of one-way communication is strange, but I find it liberating. It's like sending radio signals out into the solar system, not knowing if anyone will ever receive them, but knowing that even if they do, you will never hear back.
Playlist
The NHS podcast week 4-- I am back in its embrace, after trying out that other app on Sunday. There was some silly British rap (or grime), which was good to exercise to, and there were also 2 out-of-place pieces of pop-classical. It felt like the NHS was running out of licensed music. But it's fine, it's fine, it's fine, it's not a problem, it's just a challenge.
That last line, of course, was from The Last Five Years. And with my interview in, gulp, ten hours, I've been thinking of another lyric from that show:
I am a good person.
I am an attractive person.
I am a talented person.