Week 4, Day 3

(Friday 5:45am)

Emotions (before):

I really couldn't be bothered going for the session this morning. I just wasn't in the mood. It wasn't 100% laziness - I just wasn't feeling it. But I went anyway to ensure I finished the week. Gone are the days of skipping exercise sessions! ❤ Routine and schedule (even on the day of the work Christmas party).

The run:

I had jogged straight to Struggle Town! I really had to push myself with today's runs. The three minute jogs were just as hard as the five minute ones. I had to keep on telling myself, "Just do it, the regret of not finishing will hurt you more than getting through this run." It wasn't the speed, as I was going slow, it was the endurance side of things. 

I had to set myself distance goals in order to keep going and count down the minutes. At the end, I didn't have my excited fuzzy feelings of "Yay, I achieved this!" it was more of a feeling of relief that I got the job done. As dramatic as I may sound, I had gone into battle against my mind and body. Thank goodness I won. Okay, yes, that sounds a bit too over the top for a measly 5 minute jog - but I don't know how else to describe it! I wonder what I am going to write come the 20 minute run next Friday then!?

As always, the trials in finishing each run are soon forgotten and the happiness in knowing that I had completed the session lasted all day.

I was explaining my program to a person and they asked me "Do you run or jog? As there is a big difference." I said to them "Well, to fit people I am jogging, but for me I am going as fast as I can." Fit people just do not understand how difficult it is to learn how to run, jog, oh whatever they want to call it!

Tips for next run:

• Try not to concentrate on how many minutes are left of a run. Try to achieve distance goals instead and before you know it, the time will be up.
• Finish each run. The regret of not finishing will hurt you more than the struggles you endure in completing the minutes.