Thursday, September 30, 2010

RUN

It is time for the monthly Learn 12 New Things link up with Like A Warm Cup Of Coffee. You can read about the other things I hope to learn over the next 12 months( I guess 10 now) here. 






My new thing for September was to run 1 mile with out walking.  I was tempted to call this post Fail!!!

And to add salt to my wound just as I had finished running on my tread mill I watched Biggest Loser and Bob says "every American should be able to at least run 1 mile."

I was able to run .76 of a mile without walking. By that point my legs were hurting and I really felt like I couldn't breath. I did continue on with walking(after taking this picture). For some reason I can walk 2-3 miles with short run spurts(like 2-3 minutes) without my legs totally feeling like jello.  But running just seems so hard for me. I REALLY want to be a runner.



As you can see I didn't call this post fail. Because after thinking about it I decided that .76 of a mile is like 5 X's better then I was able to do at the beginning of September. So because of this Septembers new thing was not a fail. I will keep working at it. And maybe one day I will be running a complete 5K instead of walking.

When I was planning this post in my head as fail I decided this was probably the reason I don't publicly share goals very often. If I just have a goal in my head or written down in a place only I can see I can lie to myself. I can push the goal back a month and give myself more time to accomplish it. When other people know about the goal I can't really lie about whether I accomplished the goal or not. The perfectionist in me doesn't want other people to know that I failed at meeting a goal I had set.

I am so glad I was able to see the good in this months challenge and if I do say so myself .76 of a mile is pretty darn good!!!

Next months challenge is much more relaxing and hopefully I will have a knitted blanket to show you by then!!

4 comments:

  1. Definitely not a fail! I haven't run in ages, because I don't like it, getting all out of breath and everything...doing new things is often a process, not a one-time item that can be checked off a list. I say it's a success when you start, try, and keep on going. By the way, beautiful blog background!

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  2. Not a fail at all! Keep at it...and if you really want to be a runner try the Couch to 5k plan (c25k.com). It took me from being out of breath after running for 30 seconds to running three miles in no time.

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  3. Great job! Soon you'll be running your first 5K like me! You can do it!

    Here's my 12 new things post:

    http://ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-made-my-first-fall-wreath.html

    Love,
    Traci

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  4. I think that is great!! I'd also like to be a runner and tried back in the summer (from scratch) and did not do so well! Keep going!!!

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