Remember the song Walking on Sunshine from the 80's? You know the one that goes something like this:
I'm walking on sunshine...whoa,
I'm walking on sunshine...whoa,
I'm walking on sunshine...whoa, and it's time to feel good!
Hey, all right now, it's time to feel good...yeah, oh yeah.
And it's time to feel good!
That song fit my run today for a couple of reasons. Much to my dismay when I first walked out the door this morning it felt like summer had already arrived. It was hot and humid at 7am...yuck! I did my 5 minute warm-up, took a couple of minutes to stretch, and I started in on the run. Right off the bat it felt like I was running on sunshine (quite literally). It was so stinking hot that I must have been running on the sun or really close to it.
Secondly, that was the final song that played during my cool-down today following the 25 minute run (non-stop, I might add)! And, man was it a great song to end on! That's exactly how I felt. I had just completed my first 25 minutes of continuous running and I was soooo proud!! I felt like I was beaming and walking on sunshine.
Overall, the run went well today. I think that stretching after warming up helped to loosen my muscles for the running portion (thanks for the advice Theresa). Carli from www.runningintoshape.com kept me motivated with some good tunes and encouragement at the 5 minute mark, halfway through, with 5 minutes to go, and at the final minute. I kept my thoughts pretty positive and when I felt like I needed a break I changed my pace from tortoise to snail. After a minute or two at that pace I'd kick it back up and continue at my regular, slower than slow pace (do you get the picture...I run SLOW!). It worked. I finished the entire thing without any walking.
Good-bye week 6, you've been good to me but I'm moving on!
FYI for those of you who listen to Carli's podcasts--I found it easier to use the week 7 music for W6D3 because it doesn't have all of the interruptions that are necessary for W6D1&2.
Happy running!!
I feel like I run really slowly as well! Have you ever tried to calculate the distance that you actually cover? I'm wondering just how far I am from the 5K.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 25 minutes - that's awesome!
I'm glad that I'm not the only slow one out there. For now I'm content with my speed (or lack thereof) and I"m concentrating on simply completing the runs. Maybe someday I'll work on the whole speed thing. Right now that seems light-years away though. :)
ReplyDeleteI have not measured the distance yet. I told my husband earlier today that I need to do so. Maybe tomorrow I'll remember to do it. I'll let you how it turns out. Hopefully it's not too embarrassing!
There is a website I've used to track the distance I've run...it's mapmyrun.com Easy to use, and I love knowing how far I've gone.
ReplyDelete@Carli-*love* your podcasts and your site. Thanks again for all of your hard work. I know that putting those podcasts together is very time consuming. I don't think I'd survive my runs without them.
ReplyDelete@Chris-Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out. I tried the google site but apparently I live too far in the sticks to get an accurate reading.