First things first... I got running shoes! My new friend, Tina, met me at Fleet Feet and I got fitted for running shoes. (I use that term - "running" - loosely considering my first "run" tonight) The man watched me walk barefooted with my pants rolled up and then I tried on several pairs of shoes. Now the FUN part (NOT)... He made me RUN in them. EMBARRASSING! But based on my "running" we narrowed it down to two shoes... then decided on these.
So the original plan was to begin in the morning - but I decided to go ahead and go tonight. (I'm a freak about my shower schedule and I absolutely needed a shower tonight after moving and painting... but I KNEW that if I washed my hair tonight there is NO way I would want to do it again in the morning... SO the only solution - DO THE RUNNING NOW). I got all geared up... new sports bra, new shoes, new $10 socks, old t-shirt, and.... don't laugh... Brian's shorts. He has sporty shorts and I was thinking that the slick fabric would be more comfortable so I rolled. And rolled. And rolled the waist down. And I pulled. And pulled. And pulled the drawstring tight. (For those that haven't met Brian - he is 6'6". I'm 5'3" I'm sure I looked interesting) I put my hair up, earphones in and I was ready!
I drove the parking lot earlier tonight and learned that one circle around our complex is half a mile. I didn't really set out with a specific goal in mind - just to do what I could for as long as I could. That turned out to only be 2.5 times around - and within that I only ran 3 SHORT times... What was I thinking?! I am VERY out of shape! And there were people out there!!! WHAT?! I guess I somehow thought that no one would see me! Well. They did.
I came back home after 15ish minutes and laid on the ground for 5 minutes catching my breath and wondering if the good Lord might just take me now.
Brian says I can do it. He says it will be better tomorrow.
3 comments:
go girl!!!
You crack me up and sound a lot like me when I did boot camp in April...what was I thinking!!!!!! I'm proud of you! Hang in there...it will get better. Wish we could run together! I'd love to talk to you. I'm trying to hunt you down...please call me when you get a chance. Love you!
Wow, that's 1.5 miles!!! I think that's a GREAT start! ...from couch to 1.5m is HUGE.
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