Go the extra mile. It's never crowded...
~Author Unknown
Well it has been a wonderful few weeks of running since I last checked in. We started the dreaded 5 minute run, 1 minute walk x 3 sets and everyone in our clinic was very nervous. How would we do? It turned out to be the best run thus far for me and for the entire group. We really supported each other and were jumping up and down when we finished - what a feeling of accomplishment! I think I finally felt "the high", whether it was the true physical runners high or just the emotional high of getting this far, I'm not sure. Either way, I'll take it! By the end of this week we added on another 5 minutes for a total of 20 minutes of running. And yours truly was the one who asked for another 5 minutes!!!! Afterwards you could not wipe the smile off my face :-D
I have discovered that the first part of my runs are awful, but there comes a point where I get past that and feel like I could run forever. This happened again the next week when we completed 6 minute run, 1 minute walk x 4 sets for a total of 24 minutes...including CITADEL HILL!!!!! Because many of us are competing in the Bluenose 5km Race and the route includes this hill, it is a necessary evil (but it wasn't really that bad).
Guess what? I'm not always at the back of the pack anymore and sometimes even in the middle :-) And remember those 20-something trim women? They never returned after week one. Just sayin...
