Today Sucked

I'm 17 days into my journey to 30 and today was the first really bad day. It literally sucked the life out of me. I know that every "runner" (I am by no means a runner) has bad days and days where they just don't feel like they can do it. Today was my day. It's zapped my energy for the entire day and all I want to do is curl up on the couch at home and sleep.

Monday (9/8) I did jog 2/walk 1 on the treadmill because it was raining. Let's not kid ourselves, I am in no way, shape or form ready to actually run outside when it is raining. And cold? Forget about it! But, I digress. So...I'm pounding away on the treadmill and about halfway through, my legs ache horribly. My heart rate is doing well, but my legs just can't keep up. Guess they're not strong enough yet. So, I did jog 2/walk 1 for the first 15 minutes and jog 1.5/walk 1.5 for the last 15. I finished that relatively easily and thought that today's session would be better. Wrong!

Taylor and I headed out the door at 5:57 and hit the corner of 151st Street right at 6. Even the first jog 2 was hard. I knew I was in trouble...and I was right. I was able to do the jog 2/walk 1 all the way to 143rd Street, even though I thought I might die on the first hill. When your legs and lungs (thank you pollen) hurt that bad and you're not even halfway done...you know the rest of it is going to suck! I couldn't have been more right. I tried to do jog 1.5/walk 1.5 on the way back...and couldn't even successfully do that. My HR was dropping back down to the 160s (which is good for me)...but I just didn't have the mental fortitude to make my legs go anymore. I walked the last eight minutes of my scheduled 30 minute session. Needless to say, I was very disappointed in myself.

I know this is truly going to be a journey...and I am going to try my hardest not to get down on myself. It's not about how fast I meet my goal...it's about meeting it...no matter how long it takes. Just continuing to put one foot in front of the other four days a week until the day comes when I jog for 30 minutes straight. So, in light of that...I'm backing it down for Friday's treadmill session. Jog 1.5/walk 1.5 until I can complete three days in a row of that. I think that's all my legs (and mind) can handle at this point. After that, I'll figure out the next step from the countless 5k training programs I have.