I've only been "training" for about a week and a half, and so far so good. The program I'm on has us running every other day (Tue, Thurs, Sat) and cross-training on Mon, Wed and Friday, with Sunday as a rest day. We started out with two miles. It was only supposed to be 1.5, but we figured, we can do 2, let's do it! You're allowed to run/jog on a treadmill Tues and Thurs, but have to run outside on Saturday, fastest pace possible....still two miles. The first week you were allowed to walk one minute for every ten. This week, no walking. So I guess it is building endurance a little bit?
So for almost two weeks I have been training every day (minus rest day) sometimes, even a little extra. On Thursday I ran 3 miles and did an hour zumba class! My girlfriend that I'm training with has a pass to a gym, so I got a 10 day "trial" pass. We have been able to go there quite a bit....until..... sigh. Life always seems to sneak up when things are goin' good. Having 5 kids does impede into the training process just a bit. Mom's always put the kids and their activities first. By the time school, preschool, homework, practices, driving to and from, cooking, cleaning, etc. is done it's usually 11 o'clock and I'm beat. This is when I veg out :) I will save you the day-to-day of my schedule, but lets just say 6:30-11:00 I am busy with kids. Then I veg and do nothing for an hour and go to bed around midnight...It has been a miracle that my training partner and I have been able to line up our schedules so well.
Not today. Not yesterday. Or the day before. Sigh. Have I ever mentioned I am a SOCIAL exerciser? Not that I do it for social reasons, I just seem to get bored REALLY easily if I'm by myself. We did a good job of trying to babysit each other's kids when one of us was available to run but the other had to be home.... but (sigh) it's just not the same :(
Today was supposed to be the biggie, the "hard" run before rest day. My partner did it by herself while I was being "team mom" at my son's baseball practice. She did awesome! 2 miles nonstop, then 2 more with walking and calesthenics mixed in. Awesome girl. She watched one of my kiddos later so I could go... perfect conditions, beautiful day, no wind. I ran 2 miles. walked a minute, eh, probably should've gone around one more time but really wasn't feelin' it. So, I jogged a ways more, ran some stairs, jogged some more then called it good, walked and stretched. Um, did I mention I get bored easily? And I'm a social exerciser (and person for that matter, I seriously used to fight the urge to wake my first child from sleeoing so I could have my buddy back to hang out with- yes, very disturbing) I was really disappointed in myself. I wasn't breathing hard or cramping, I was just done. I don't know where that drive went....
Ok, so enough griping, I'm just intrigued at this newly discovered aspect of running and curious to see how SCHEDULING will affect my training. Like I said, up until the last few day, A-OK, but I can see where it might get diffucult. I wonder what the best ways to train would be- same time everyday and force it even if there's other stuff going on? Just work it around the ever-changing schedule and HOPE to have time? It seems so simple, but I guess not. In the meantime, I'm going to research training schedules and exercise times while I sit here enjoying my junior mints... 'cause I ran today (at least enough for our training schedule) :)
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