W9R2 hardest yet. My face has never been so red 🥵

[KatieLGettins]

So I got back out yesterday after an extra day of rest and I won’t lie, it was hard. I thought my face was going to explode. Being asthmatic and never breathing thru my nose makes it so hard to find a pattern of breathing that I can regulate and just get into a nice rhythm. I spend so much energy trying to breath that I think it wears me out more!

I wore a new pair of Nike running trainers too which I forgot I ordered about 5 weeks ago 🤦🏼‍♀️ and my foot position was different; I wonder if that made the run easier/harder? I was definitely aware my feet were in different positions throughout the run.

I was secretly hoping that the extra days rest would have really helped my body recover and would it would have turned me into a runner 🏃🏼‍♀️ breezing thru R2. Ut uh! No way josé. I pushed thru even tho I wanted to stop at about 15 mins. I ran my furthest too 🥳 but it was HARD. I wanted to really enjoy it and not find it so awful. I wanted to feel like the runners I see every day just running for fun. When will that come......

So 1 run to go. Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m worried it’s going to be as difficult as yesterday’s run, but I know I’ve done it twice before and this one has an award at the end of it 🏅 My head is worrying, my heart is so proud at how far I’ve come.

Talk to you on the other side

X

[3Sud Graduate]

Well done you!

I've just done WK7R2 and it nearly broke me whereas R1 was so much more enjoyable.....🤷‍♀️