What a fun day we had today. I was able to get the day off which was unexpected told Dh and he decided that we'd keep our oldest out of school and have a fun family day. So that morning we told him that we were going to have fun and we went to Elevated Sports. It has trampolines everywhere and a huge play space. We jumped and jumped and jumped. It was a blast! I am already sore and might have hurt my back but it's all good. We will defiantly be going back there again soon. DH & I were sweating w/in line 10 mins of jumping around and these things would get you jumping pretty high. Our oldest wanted to know when were were coming back and if we could come back tomorrow. :-) We then went out for lunch and decided we need to go swimming. We went and checked out the new aqauic center about 15 mins from our house w/ water slides, lazy river and hot tub. We had tons of fun there too.
We get home around dinner time from all our adventures and DH decides to go for a short bike ride, STP is only 4 weeks away, so I tell him I should be running it is a C25K day. So he heads out I get my running clothes and shoes one and yet again sit my boys down to tell them to please get along and behave while I am running. I always try to prevent as many interruptions as possible, Make sure electronics are readily available and snacks are already gotten or prepped for them to grab while I am running. Now Week 6 day 3 was ok so you do your 5 min warm up walk and the jog/run for 25 mins. I told myself that this wasn't possible, I couldn't run for that long. After all my jumping and running around the pool I thought not only did running for 25 mins with out that sound impossible but I thought there is no way in you know where my legs are even going to make 20 mins. So I thought I'll push for 15 mins. That will be the longest I've run nonstop and I am sure that is all I have in me. So I did my warm up walk and started running. DH got home and he asked how I was doing and I told him well I'm not going to do the 25 mins but I'll try to go until my legs are done. Set my treadmill at 4.1 and started jogging/running. It too me a while during this process to be ok w/ the fact that running doesn't mean sprinting. For the longest time I thought If I am not running as fast as I can it's not running. I've come to grips with the fact that I am running at a steady pace and there is nothing wrong with the that. I want to be faster but this is what I can do at this point and it is a heck of allot faster than I could do 6 weeks ago. 10 mins of running came and I was practically in a panic thinking I need to stop. Not because my legs hurt but because I was letting my head get to me. So I said no I have to do at least 15. I found as I watched the clock and saw it hit 14 mins of running I started to struggle again thinking oh my I need to stop, 15 mins is good, that other C25K plan I found wouldn't have me running like this. Trying to justify stopping. But I realized before I noticed the clock I really wasn't doing that bad. I changed the clock feature to show my 0 incline and thought no more letting the clock get in my head. I am going to go until my legs give out or 25 mins. At the 20 min mark I thought I am so done, my legs weren't but my brain was. I said you've run 5 mins all the time only 5 to go and you've done what I deemed impossible only 15 mins earlier. I kept my 4.1 pace completed 25 FREAKING MINS of running. And since DH was home this was real, w/o any children interruptions. No pressing pause to grab a snack for the kids or stop the constant bickering. I went 25 mins nonstop. With my 5 min warm up walk and my 2 min cool down I hit 2 miles.
It is true that your brain will give up long before you body ever will. We've heard Jillian said time and time again on Biggest Loser that we need to just get out of our heads. My mind was intimidated by the amount of time and watching the clock. My body was fine w/ it. My legs kept moving, I kept my breathing under control and I just kept going. Now at 25 mins I stopped and the relief to be done was amazing. But I was in the zone had my pace down and could have gone further. So If you can find something to focus on. The rhythm of you feet hitting the ground, music on your headset. Try to listen to your body and NOT your mind.
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