Well its the end of week 5 and I am hanging in there. I have been a bit laxy daisy with my food etc and today (GET THIS)....I didn't exercise for the second day in a row for the first time in 6 months. Slacker ??? I am not so sure. I just could not fit it in and chose to walk into the weekend with a shorter to do list. So there! I am fine, really I am. Sort of, okay, a little bugged but seriously am I really going to waste my beautiful mind on such frivolity? Nah. All good! (SHH brain I am trying to type.)MY RUNNING PLAN FOR MY FIRST OFFICIAL 10K RUN Since Nov 2010.
I have been a running person for about 15 years. I have a love hate relationship with running that I am not going to go into in much detail about here. I love what it does for my body, I love where it takes my mind and I am grateful that I can do it. 6 months ago after recovering from 12 months of foot injuries that left me walking the hills, riding and elliptical training, I decided it was time to run again as I had turned into a Hefflalump. I had run more than one hundred 10k's in my life and 3 half marathons. I felt like I had lost my running ways and had almost convinced myself that running was not for me.
One day I woke up and decided I wanted to do something about my heavy body, fast forward 6 months and I am 15kg lighter and running with boundless strength and vitality. I feel like I could fly. So running is back on my list and I am gearing up for an exciting season filled with 10k runs where I am aiming to just keep getting faster. Is it possible that maybe to celebrate my 40th birthday next year I could run 10k in 40 minutes??? Now there is something I never thought I could do and the mere fact that I am considering it has my head spinning.
When I first got back into running last September, my goal was to run without stopping for an hour ( I was already fit), two weeks later (tick). I continued to raise the bar and here I am now thinking (only thinking) maybe I could run 10k in 52 minutes! Seriously thinking I could do it. A year ago I would have been lucky to even make the distance (running). So here I am putting together a game plan for my big run on Sunday at 4:30 PM at the Twilight Fun Run . Am I aiming too high? Am I crazy??? Hey what is the worse thing that can happen? Shh brain I am planning. I guess as I have been saying all along I am continuously surprising myself and making myself proud with what I can achieve so why not have faith and know that I will do this. I will!!! I am capable, trained and ready to conquer this. Wish me luck!!! 51 something, here I come!
