So, technically, I should be well done with week 1 of the program. But technically I am VERY out of shape. I decided to run local today (well, I left my running shoes at my parent's house) and did a course around Babe Zaharias golf course. This is a big step for me as I HATE exercising in front of a bunch of people, much less neighbors I've grown up with. I also always have a fear of someone insulting me for looking ridiculous. Really, though, there is nothing ridiculous about trying to get into shape so I put my music up loud as I safely can and truck along.
Now my last 3 workouts were today, Tuesday and the previous Fri. I didn't like that stretch of time so I will complete one more week 1 exercise before going forward.
I used a different podcast today and I LOVED it. Loved loved loved it. They can be found on The Chubby Jones Podcast page. She chimes in here and there and I know the encouragement will help as I continue on. Much better than the techno garbage that I tried to use at the begining of this journey- no wonder I wasn't doing well. Also hae been using Suz's podcasts which is more hip hop.
My L knee hasn't been bothering me at all which is to much relief. My right posterior calf cramps up pretty bad towards the end but I try to stretch it out as good as I can afterwards. I hope this doesn't become a problem on longer segments.
I used today's podcast for the first time and kept waiting for her to say we were halfway done (the previous one I used had this cue) but it never came- what did come was the last run segments announcement. I was kinda shocked. I was prepared to do 2-3 more runs. Also, I think running in a neighborhood made me run faster bc of the slight embarassment element. I shaved 13s off my avg mile from last week. And last week was 12s improvement over the previous week. Hooray slow but steady improvement.
Not excited about going into work later. I think I left my badge at home so thankfully it's evening shift when that's not as big of a deal. I also forgot my new library book House of Leaves. It's a big one and supposed to be extremely creepy/scary. I am anxious to get it started and hope it lives up to expectations.
Good Afternoon
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I used to feel the same way about exercising in front of others, and sometimes I still do, especially with running, but now I don't care. I am still embarrassed to go into the bike shop because I know so little, and they know so much, so i guess that's more like intimidation! I am starting week 4 today and i am soo scared because you have to run 5 minutes straight...um. shit.
ReplyDeletehah! I didn't think anyone read these entries but I have taken to this format over lj so I kept it. I want to do my next segment tonight but someone just got shot at here not too long ago so I am apprehensive. maybe I will go into the neighborhood instead of doing loops in my complex hmmm. I liked your entry about quitting being a lifetime, I am going to be using that soon.
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