When I arrived I remembered that the "30 minutes in May" (30 minutes of activity every day in May) started the next day. I suggested that I could get my 30 minutes by running alongside her, and she noted that 30 minutes running was like 5k.
After my other friend, Jamie, arrived we both continued to joke about running the 5k race the next day. Neither of us having trained for it and me, 6 months from any exercise.
After getting partway through a couple of bottles of wine that evening we decided that this was a GREAT idea, and Facebooked and Tweeted about it. We were now accountable.
Sure enough we woke up bright and early the next day and headed out to the race start. After some silliness and last minute thoughts of backing out, we ran the majority of the 5km. (a couple of walking breaks else we might have keeled over)
I can't say whether I enjoyed the experience. My body currently hates me for it, aching and stiffness that I didn't know could exist. But I didn't quite HATE it the way I have hated running in the past. I'm even considering doing it again, if I'm ever able to walk properly again.
I'm not sure how this 5k was different from when I tried to train before, maybe it was the race component, the last minute decision, or the accountability, or that I was doing it to support a friend who was doing so much more, or that I was pushing another friend to join me. But something got me do it what I have previously refused to do. So we'll see where that leaves me.
I am still in quite a bit of pain, I couldn't even manage my 30 minutes yesterday (will aim to do 60 today). But I am really proud of myself for having done it, and happy that it's on my list of things I've done. ;)
With Love
~sarah~
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Where are you Sarah?????
ReplyDeleteWe miss you!
Fran