Week 3

Today began week three of my training for the 5k. It was a blustery day outside so Ginny and I decided to workout in the gym. I was really happy about this choice because I wanted to have the best chance of keeping up with this weeks new program. This week the program is to start with a 5 minute brisk walk, then do two of the each of the following repetitions.
*Jog 90 sec.
*Walk 90 sec.
*Jog 3 min.
*Walk 3 min.
Repeat.

We got to the gym started working out and we both were feeling really good. I had downloaded an app. to help keep track of our distance and time. I was feeling great  physically. It helped that my lungs weren't on fire from cold air. We were moving really quickly and keeping a good pace. About 14 minutes in, I realized that I had totally forgotten what the workout routine was suppose to be. I had us jogging 90 sec., walking 90 sec. alternating the whole time. Finally I realized what I was doing and we changed  the routine to what it was suppose to be. We finished up with jogging 3 min, walking 3 min. jogging 3 min. then we had our 5 min. cool down walk. Unfortunately the GPS on my phone froze and we don't have an accurate idea of the distance we covered. Both Ginny and I agree, it was our best time yet and we covered at least a mile and a half, but probably did closer to 2 miles. So much for "smart" phones.

I was winded by the end of the workout, but my lungs weren't on fire. I did start having abdominal pain in the last 6 minutes of the workout, but just keep going. I feel stronger when I am indoors because I can move a lot quicker and my lungs don't burn. I still plan on training outside most of the time, because I know it will make me a stronger runner overall. As soon as I had cooled down and stretched, I told Ginny I felt so good I could do it all again. I LOVE that feeling!!! I don't know if I can ever adequately express how incredibly thankful I am to have a body that is much stronger than I thought it was. It is a really big deal to me to know that I can push myself and my body will be able to take it. I know that this must sound so silly, but after being sick for so long, recovering from surgery for so long, I honestly didn't have much faith in what I could do physically, so this is a really big realization for me!!!