Running

Last month, one of my supervisors told me that he is requiring me to train for and run a 5K early next year.  (Also, I am required to cry while running it, otherwise I will be required to run a 10K, half-marathon, etc until I do.)  Accordingly, I now have a goal to train for and run a 5K.  The plan is to choose a 5K in either late January or sometime in February.

So, I've never been much of a runner.  As a child I liked running around the playground.  But I had asthma which was bit limiting.  And as a teen I liked sports, but I wasn't particularly talented.  After missing the cut in basketball and volleyball in Junior High, I gave up organized physical activity.  But I love hiking.  And will occasionally join in on sports activities.  And I'll tell you what, some of the best work-outs of my life involve the Just Dance 2 video game.  But for the most part, I'm pretty sedentary.  I walk a lot to get around, but that is pretty much it.

So this is a big change for me.  And my process of committing to the goal and engaging in it has been slow.  The first week I told people about my goal.  The second and third week I ran back and forth from wall to wall in my living room during commercial breaks to a t.v. show I watch on Monday nights.  And week four I bought work out clothes from the thrift store.  Like I said, I've been easing into this very slowly.

Well, today was day one of actually exercising. I got up before 7:00am and headed out to meet my running buddy at the Botanical Garden.  Except she must have forgotten.  And it turns out the Botanical Garden doesn't open until 8:00.  So I drove home.  BUT, I didn't give  up.  I spent the next 25-30 minutes alternating walking and jogging.  And as unexciting as that may seem, I'm pretty proud of myself.  Here's hoping that I make it happen at least two other times this week.  I need to coordinate schedules with my running buddy still.  But I'm excited.