Runner's support and Accountability
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Got to catch up on posting about my runs this past week…
Wednesday I ran 1.5 miles, it was 44* and sunny with no wind
I took a few walk breaks due to a stabbing pain in my ribs again. I used to get that a lot but it hasn’t happened for months. It happened one at BMT in the first couple weeks and it was so awful! I could hardly breathe and it hurt no matter what I did. It wasn’t that bad this time but it definitely hurt more while running and eased up when I walked. Maybe I wasn’t hydrated enough? I don’t know. So slower than usual and I’m not happy about the walk breaks but I’ll push through and keep going. Friday I ran again, it was colder, 28* and cloudy with a slight wind. I ran 2 miles but did have to take a couple walk breaks again. I forgot to take my allergy medicine and had really bad drainage while running which made me feel like I was going to throw up. I feel like an embarrassment to the Air Force right now because running is not going well for me at the moment. I said I wouldn’t let this happen but I got lazy and I did. I need to stop being mad at myself and just get over it, accept it, and move on.
I’m aiming to run again tomorrow, hoping for 2 miles, and also hoping that running on my old trails will help me keep going without needing to walk.
You are lapping everyone on the couch. No excuses to be made. Learn from Rafiki, “it doesn’t matter. It’s in the past!” You can’t change what happened. Don’t look behind you, keep looking forward. Forward to that next day, forward to that next run. Nothing else matters, so don’t beat yourself up.
Leia would probably love it, but you may find yourself being tugged in all different directions!
@nascfan Okay, I can’t argue with the wise Rafiki!
she would, but you’re right. To be determined… I ran this morning and I did take Leia – I missed my running buddy!
We went to the trails which I’ve also missed. It was 28* when we started but soon got up to 37* by the time we left. I started to get a little toasty because I dressed for weather 10 degrees colder. There was no wind which was perfect! Leia did great, there was only one other dog at one point but she walked nicely beside me and didn’t try to get it to play with her. We also saw just one squirrel and again Leia left it alone
I think since it’s been a while she was more interested in exploring the trail again. I was able to find a comfortable pace and stick with it so I was able to run 2 miles without walking!!! No stabbing pains or anything today. I was really happy about that because I got frustrated that my last 3 runs have involved walking. Now I feel like I haven’t regressed quite as far as I initially thought, but we’ll see, hopefully today wasn’t just a strange exception. I was also pretty happy with my pace. My winter runs so far have been between an 11’00” and 12’00” pace, which I was disappointed with but not super unhappy about because it’s always an adjustment to get into winter running. But today I was under an 11’00” pace!
Time: 21:44
Distance: 2.00
Pace: 10’50”I plan on running again on Wednesday, maybe with Leia again.
@starbee what kind do you want to do?
I’m open to suggestions if there are any other parties interestedIt would be fun to do something like a D-Cot challenge, but something not too hard since I’m not near long running ready yet, finally built up to 3 miles and I’m going to keep training
How about this? You set your challenge. You keep records or whatever and you post on here whether it was completed or not.
@starbee way to stick with it even though you’re struggling. Love that you were able to run the 2 without stopping! It’s good to be home
@10dedfish I’m in for another challenge. Mine would be to hit 3 resistance workouts a week, since I can’t seem to force myself to keep that up!
I need to get stronger!
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