The Return of Sweat Equity
I went for a run today in what turned out to be a very thundery sprinkle -- until the hail started. That may have crossed the line between determined and crazy, but by then I'd already passed the half-way point and turned for home. Let's just say that a shower was almost redundant, and it's a good thing there's two days before my next scheduled run; my shoes may actually dry out by then.
I started running again at the beginning of this month. Trying to find a balance between taking up where I left off and starting over from scratch, I basically sampled one week of the Couch-to-5K schedule per day until I found what felt right, and seemed to have settled out around Week 3/Week 4. (After the first 30 seconds of the first day, I thought "yep, I'm starting from scratch again"; by the second run/walk set, I'd moved up a week because I kept accidentally overshooting the run times. So, yeah.) Not bad for six months off.
I've missed running, both the physical exercise and the almost meditative time where I don't have to worry about anything but putting one foot in front of the other. I'm glad to have it back, even if it was decidedly squelchy today. ;-)
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I started running again at the beginning of this month. Trying to find a balance between taking up where I left off and starting over from scratch, I basically sampled one week of the Couch-to-5K schedule per day until I found what felt right, and seemed to have settled out around Week 3/Week 4. (After the first 30 seconds of the first day, I thought "yep, I'm starting from scratch again"; by the second run/walk set, I'd moved up a week because I kept accidentally overshooting the run times. So, yeah.) Not bad for six months off.
I've missed running, both the physical exercise and the almost meditative time where I don't have to worry about anything but putting one foot in front of the other. I'm glad to have it back, even if it was decidedly squelchy today. ;-)
This entry was originally posted at http://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/113319.html because LiveJournal has broken posting on my browser. Comments accepted here, but please comment on Dreamwidth if you possibly can.