I am so excited to have completed 20 minutes of jogging without any walking breaks (heck, even with a little running at the end...). π₯³
The first couple minutes were a bit tough and I remembered reading about that here, so I just settled into my pace. Then I spent some time figuring out how I'd know when I'd completed half, not knowing if Laura (the podcast gal) would tell me: I figured 5 minutes would be about two songs. That seemed to have helped with the psychology because (most) two songs are longer than 5 minutes! After each 5 minute announcement I had a little inner celebration as I was there sooner than I expected...
And then, yes, after Laura told me I had 2 minutes left, I picked up my pace a bit. That was fun! I don't think I would've managed the whole 20 minutes of that yet...
When the fitness studio closed during the first "lock-down" in spring 2020, I started speed walking outside and gradually increased my pace (here we never really had lock-downs... folks were just calling them that...). This year I started adding running parts and really enjoyed them, though never managed more than a song (so less than 5 minutes π). That's when I decided to check out this program! And learned to go slower... π I had already thought that I'd never be a runner - well, I was proved wrong today π
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Yes! You can totally do it if you've been following the program π. It helps to not think of it as a Big Deal, I found. I think that's the other reason it helped to break my 20 minute run down into 5 minute/2 song chunks... Of course, now I am nervous about week 6 π€£ I guess I'll have to apply my own advice π
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