Two firsts! 30 mins and... snow!

[majesticllama]

Tuesday I did week 9, run 1 - my first 30 minutes of continuous running. Tuesday also happened to be an early snowstorm, so I was faced with running... in the snow. In retrospect, perhaps I should have put the run off to the next day when sidewalks would be cleared, but in the end, I actually think the snow helped in an odd way.

While running in a couple of inches of snow was challenging, it sort of distracted me from the length of the run. I was more worried about finding a route with the least amount of snow, and with being careful of ice and slippery conditions. Before I knew it, the podcast was telling me I only had 5 minutes left!

I'll be doing run 2 tomorrow (we had more snow this morning, and I'm going to wait this time), but I already feel so accomplished. The end of the program is in sight! It feels like just yesterday I was starting out, and would have struggled to run even 5 minutes. So happy!

[Debston Graduate]

Well done! Sometimes it's good to have a distraction to stop obsessing about how many minutes you have left! I have never run in snow or ice, did it feel magical or just slippery?

[majesticllama Graduate in reply to Debston]

Luckily it wasn't slippery, as the snow was fresh (no time to melt and ice over). There was some magic to the surroundings, but mostly it felt like a lot of effort and resistance!

[Speedy60 Graduate]

I'm planning on week 9 run 2 tomorrow as well. No snow here, just biblical rain ☹

[majesticllama Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

Rain is no fun good luck tomorrow!!

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

Excellent!!! Closing in on that finish line! 👍👏🏃‍♀️

[majesticllama Graduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thanks!!

[shrinkingjaz Graduate]

It's always so strange how even such a small distraction can help the time go by so much faster!

Congratulations on the 30 minute run. Stay safe in the weather!

[majesticllama Graduate in reply to shrinkingjaz]

Thanks!!