Today I was feeling much better. I was really happy about that! I was still a little nervous that maybe I wouldn't be up to where I needed to be to get out and give it my all, but I sure was going to try.
I always begin with a 5 min. brisk walk. As Ginny and I were briskly walking, I noticed that we were covering more distance than we usually do in the 5 min. warm up. This made me feel really good! We kept a really good pace and with the new intervals of 90sec. jog, 2 min rest, we covered more distance altogether!!! I felt really good. I had a little bit of trouble remembering the new pattern I was following and sometimes jogged too long and sometimes walked too long. Overall though I kept us on pretty good time. My breathing was not the best today, but I was able to keep myself feeling okay.
As we finished up our time, I realized I felt really good! I still had a lot of energy, and we added a fourth of a mile to our cool down! When we counted it all up in 38 min. We did 7 laps around the blocks we walk. In the first 30 min. we covered 1 1/2 miles!!! WAAHHHOOO!!! This was such a boost! We got in another half mile in the same time that we had been doing 1 mile! I love this kind of progress! And the best part? I had the strength to go and felt good doing it.
Time out: 38 min.
Distance covered 1 3/4 mile!
Lesson of the day:
I realized that I do have to listen to my body when it is telling me I need to rest! This doesn't mean I am "falling off" my routine, it doesn't mean I am not accomplishing what I want to when I want to. What is important is that I listen to my body when it is telling me to slow down, and then give it my all when I can!!! Yay for learning!
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