Today was my 2nd group training run. I didn't read the schedule and thought we were doing 2 miles today and would be done in like less than 30 minutes. Nope, today was the timed run, 50 minutes. I walked 1 minute and then ran 1 minute. At first it was cool. By the end, I was ready to walk the whole rest of the way, but just as I turned the corner, there I was, where I started! I was SO happy to be finished.
I had a GREAT time, though! It's true what they say, you really do meet some awesome people. I went pretty slow today. I'm trying to find my happy medium to start out at. Since I'm just starting, I figure I can start off slow. After I shared with a guy I was running with (Bob) how I did my intervals last time and how I was doing them today, he said on average, today I'm doing better. Last time I did a 3/5 (run/walk) split and today I did a 1/1. So I actually ran more today (half the time) than I did before (37.5% of the time). Tomorrow I'm going to go outside and do my 2 miles with a 1/1 split and see how long it takes me. And I'm going to just up my pace until I can run 4 minutes and walk 1. That's my goal for the marathon, walking 80% of the time.
Bob was HILARIOUS!!!! OMG he made the run today so much fun. He's run in over 100 marathons, at least one in each of the 50 states and 1 on each of the 7 continents (yes, Antartica, too)!! Amazing! But the highlight of his tales today come from the Pig a couple weeks ago. He said he was just miserable, so at mile 15.5, he stopped at Graeter's for an ice cream cone. OMG, I thought that was the funniest thing ever. What did I like best about Bob? He's the best motivator ever. He's a little overweight and says he's out of shape (I can't tell, he runs ALL the time), so he's at my pace. What does that tell me? I'm crossing that finish line!!!!!
I bought a watch today! Before I went to training, I stopped at The Running Spot to look at HR monitor/watches. WAY too complicated and that made them WAY too expensive. So I resigned myself to buying one online and just having to wait for it to come in the mail. While I was in the store, I saw a lady with a TNT shirt on and we started talking and decided I'd follow her to the training site. So after I decided I wasn't buying a HRM-watch, I sat while she got fitted for her shoes (Fleet Feet is better, in my opinion, cuz TRS didn't watch her run in her shoes). We started talking about the dude that died right after crossing the finish line at the Pig. Turns out, dude had heart disease. So I made the comment that here was a man who exercised regulary and still had heart disease. I mentioned it was the reason I wanted a HRM, to ensure I wouldn't keel over (I said it only kinda jokingly). The man in the store said I'm not going to die if I don't have heart disease NOW. He said I only have to worry about having a heart attack (yes, I have considered the possibility of this happening) if I have heart disease. He mentioned that most people buy the HRM they sell for the bells and whistles other than the HRM (like keeping track of your distance). I asked him if he thought it was absolutely necessary to have a HRM and he said no. So I bought a watch instead. I'll look for a cheap HRM at Dick's or something like that. I need to learn how to work the interval timer on the watch. While I'm doing 1/1's, it'll be easy, but once I get to doing 2/1's and more, I'ma need to know how to change it.
One of the women I met (I guess we're becoming friends) said she was an insomniac and this is making it worse. Not me. This is definitely helping me sleep. I'm so exhausted. Like now, it's 11:03pm, and normally, I'm UP. Not tonight, I'm ready to hurry up and finish this entry so I can go get in the bed. I just wanted to make sure I documented how I fee, which is damn good. No, I'm not going to want to get up in the morning. I'm not. But I WILL. And I'm taking music. I'm only training without music when I'm on my group runs. Or when our runs get a little longer.
Ok, I'm tired and I need to lay down. My next goal is to get my fundraising email out. I need to get some money raised.
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