With this weeks training coming to an end I decided to kick it into high gear. I decided to do this by running 3.4 miles. I had been working up to it since the day before. I was so busy on friday I didn't have enough time for my normal run. That night i began to get into the mindset of running 3.4 miles. On saturday morning I had found my motivation +Becky Dommer ! She is an inspiration to for her great running times. I decided I needed to run away from my plateau of only jogging 2 miles each time. I had not ran more than that other than one time on, December 5, 2013. My time on this first 3.4 mile run was 47:59.2 Minutes= Lap 1, 22:48.4 + Lap 2, 11:27.3, + Lap 3, 12:33.4.
Today I run 43:11.7 Minutes= Lap 1, 22:06.5 + Lap 2, 10:59.1, + Lap 3 10:05.3
Though I do have to admit that I stopped the clock early on Lap 3 as I was picked up on the 3 miles mark by my boyfriend who drove by me on his way home from work. I was pretty glad that I didn't have to run on the busy road since he was there and I didn't realize how late it was in the day. Head over to my Time Records & Progress tab for more details on my times for running 3 to 3.4 miles.
Ok, back to the run. It was an interesting one. Saturday's there are more people home on the block that I run and it's pretty busy. Next time I should leave much earlier than I did. I just could not tare myself out of the house until I had my lights up, the house cleaned, organized, etc. I was pretty excited for the run so I'm not sure why I feel I procrastinated it. I listened to my running music on my earbuds from my phone. I'm not a big fan for running with earphones in. Especially when running on roads because the music makes it harder to hear the vehicles. I'm going to start bringing my dogs again. I'm almost debating whether or not I take them both on the same day. Then I would run 4 miles a day... I will add that to my goal list. Hopefully I get faster so this won't take as much time to do.
Overall, after this run I feel great about my progress. Though I did not run the same distance as the time recorded from my first run I feel I still would have at least been 5 minutes faster than before because towards the very end I began to get a second wind! This is the reason why I feel so good about today training sesh.
The 5k along the way that I wanted to register in is growing near. Though I still can't afford to complete my registration because I haven't had enough money to register into the 5k along the way yet. I'm thinking I may be able to afford to drive there but gas would be spendy and I would just volunteer. I had previously read that volunteering at a 5k along the way race before competing in one yourself can help eliminate some race day worries. It is Christmas time maybe Santa Baby will bring me a paid registration form for my 5k along the way race for Christmas. ; )
Either way I am still happy that I am moving my life into a more positive direction and when I can afford to register for my 5k along the way I will be fit and ready to go for the challenge. My inspiration for training is my passion I have for completing my first 5k along the way, I am very passionate about accomplishing my first 5k along the way. I believe once I finish one it will only inspire me more to head for my 2nd 5k along the way. I will be patiently awaiting the day when I can afford to register and be ready to go when race day finally comes around. This gives me joy and happiness.
Spread the running joy!
~ Maddie J.
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