Gosh, after finally taking the plunge with C25K, lurking here for tips and enjoying the wonderful sense of support and encouragement over the last few weeks I finally hit my first psychological hurdle with the program.
The first three weeks I'd been on late shifts with work and I'd really enjoyed getting up in the morning and my thrice weekly runs as part of the program being part of my "getting up" routine. This week as I started week 4 I'd switched onto early shifts and there's just no chance I could continue as was (need to catch that 3:30am train!), so I'd be having to run after work. After being on my feet for an 8 hour shift I was dreading it but on getting home yesterday I changed and took myself down to the park to try the first run of the week.
To my amazement I actually managed to complete it, there were points where I was hating it and was wondering if I could really finish it or if I should perhaps maybe just redo the previous week but I needed to see for myself what I could really do and with "I can do this" echoing over and over in my head made it through to a very red faced, hot, gulping for air cool down walk and a sense of light-headed achievement.
It's now the next morning...I'm on that dratted 3:30am train and the sense of achievement is still there, the concept of tomorrow's run being after work is no longer something that I'm seeing as a problem and I'm excited to see how pushing myself incrementally each week is making each successive week seem so much better!
Yes I did it
I'm new here ... Advice for a 49 year old please!!!
W9R3 Done and dusted ... where is my green badge ! :-)
What can I eat before longer runs without throwing up?
W5R3 - Can't believe I enjoyed it
