I know everybody always says: "trust the program", but I was so convinced I wouldn't be able to do this that it took me over 6 months to even put my shoes on and get out the door for W1R1. And here I am, 5 weeks later running for 20 mins without stopping! I never thought I would be able to write that.
Over the last few weeks I have been trying to perfect "slow", and have been desperately trying not to speed up when I see somebody walking in front of me (I always used to subconsciously speed up - out of embarrassment - knowing that everybody would be thinking that a jogger should be much faster than a walker). Now, I try to breath deeply and quickly re-adjust my pace back to what it was before I saw the walkers ahead.
This morning was so cold I have to admit - I was actually pleased not to have to stop jogging for the walk breaks as it kept me warm. But the sky was blue and the ground covered in a lovely white frost. Beautiful.
As a reward, this weekend I am off to get a gait analysis and proper running shoes
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BJ56
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You'll soon come to see the walk breaks as a nuisance that interferes with your running rhythm.
I used to speed up for walkers until I realised they had no idea how long a run I was doing. For all they know I could be on mile 10 of a 15 mile epic.
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