I honestly couldn't tell you how many days it's been. C25K gave me some sass a few times, such as running the wrong day program, or refusing to list as completed a run I had just completed, so that makes it difficult to know what's what. I also had a couple of days where my body was just completely crapped out. Running is not fun when you feel like you're just dragging your carcass from Point A to Point B with no joy whatsoever. What's the deal with that? I have no idea.
Yesterday and today were pretty groovy, I'm on week 5 and it's definitely a big step up. I know I'm going to have to repeat today's run before I can move to the next step, just because I felt so barfy doing it.
What motivates you at this point? When things get barfy?
Two things give me life at this point;
The first is that I am now financially involved in this whole running nonsense. Money has been paid to enter the upcoming race (cool T-shirt and high-tech timing bib acquired) and I also upgraded my footwear to proper running shoes (aka "Sweet kicks!") and I've been told that all the fancy support and worth in those shoes will last for X number of miles (so let's make those miles count by running them, I suppose). I like my new shoes quite a lot; they are fast and very fetching. Because I was getting a promotional discount that day, I also bought running socks, which are apparently better than regular socks (also, ALL my regular socks have silly patterns on them).
Second, I am hugely inspired by two people, Ro-Ren (who introduced me to all these apps I use), and my runner friend (The Runner? I haven't decided if I should pseudonym my real-life friends here. Yes. I will. If you haven't got a public internet presence with a proper name, I'm going to assign you one here. Let's call this person... Runner 29. If I come up with a better name I'll edit this, but for the sake of things right now, Runner 29 it is).
Ro-ren just finished Warrior Dash, which comes with a cool hat and some crazy obstacle course, and watching her accomplish things makes me feel inspired to run more. She's so positive about her experiences and her leveling up, I love it!
Runner 29 is a proper runner, and encourages me to keep going, and is one of the folks who got me into the 5k next month. We went on a run today (each at our own pace) that I can't honestly say I would have done if left to my own devices (because I am a lazy bum, haha). Runner 29 is a lot faster than me, having done this for quite some time. He put in something like 9 miles to my 4 k and I thought "I want to be able to do that!" ....someday. I will be able to. Someday.
"This feels good. I feel really good!"
When you say that at the end, you know you're doing well.
Two more people from work have signed up for the same 5k, which is awesome. Hooray for friends running!
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