So for those of you that know me, I'm pretty competitive, not crazy competitive like the two other people in my household, but I'm out there. Well, that was my downfall today. The day started off great because my body and my mind were on the same page. ( go figure ) No fighting no disagreements, they were both ready to go. While, I wanted to push myself I have only been doing it a week, I knew I could push it a little bit. WRONG. I thought I could get more distance, but I didn't. Life is about balance, when you increase something basically something else decreases. Ying - Yang Twins ( for my Hip Hop Homies ) So I increased my running, which in turn decreased my walking pace cause I was exhausted. So instead of increasing my distance my walking stride decreased and so did my distance. BUMMER.
Luckly my lack of distance didn't kill my run. I did enjoy the fact that I was able to look outside more and enjoy the outdoors, while being warm indoors. I didn't freak out that my knees, heart, and lungs were all going to stop at once. So that was good. The bad thing was I relaxed everything except my shoulders. So after I took an inventory of my body, I realized my shoulders were hurting cause I my upper body was tense the entire time. OUCH!
After all is said and done, the first week is down and I feel very good about it. I'm overall less stress and I am really looking forward to runnning again. I am also really proud of my body that it has responded in a positive way.
Today's Success 7.5 cause of distance
Why? My body feels looser and my knees do not hurt, but because I was so competitive my distance went down, thus lowering my score.
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