i have signed my husband and myself up for a half marathon in november. i don't remember exactly when i signed on the dotted line, but it has been several weeks. soon after i started my training, i came down with a sort of bronchitis and could not run for a week; the week that was suppose to be my second week of training. nevertheless, i timidly started again, trying to redeem lost training time. as of tonight, there are six weeks left before the event. i will not call it "the race" because i will surely not be racing on that day. i will only be trying to finish!!
my husband and i ran/jogged for 75 minutes tonight for the low price of $25.00 for the sitter. this would be the time to do one of those commercials: jogging for 75 minutes, aching feet, knees, ankles, $25.00 for the sitter...getting one step closer to finishing the "event": priceless...
my point in blogging tonight, however, is to begin a sort of weekly jogging journal.
how i felt tonight: my husband always starts out faster than me. i trail about 10-15 yards behind him for the first 20 minutes or so. i pretty much hate running for the first 20 minutes every time i run. but, then, about the 25 to 30 minute time, i start feeling my legs getting stronger. i feel ready to stretch them out--widen my stride and pick up my pace.
in the end, my left knee began to act up, my toes felt swollen, and i was once again hating running. but we finished...
next week: 90 minutes...
what did i get myself into?
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