Most of you know that once I was in remission and my doctor gave the ok - I started running. Thanks to TNT in 3 years I ran 5 full marathons and about 15 half marathons. I ran very slow, but got the same medal the first place finishers did! I have only run one half marathon since moving to Mumbai and I didn't train for it at all, it is very hard to run here. There are no trails, you can't run on grass on teh side of the road - there is no grass! There isn't even asphalt. My running surface choices are bricks, tile, and cement. Makes my back and knees hurt :(
This has been a very stressful teaching year so I felt I needed to get back to running. I don't know how far I'll get to take it - depends on how my back and knees go. I haven't done any cardio but walk since August. 9 days ago I tried to jog and lasted 10 minutes. I jogged twice this week for 35 minutes each. Today I decided to try for 45 min. I lasted an hour!!!! not bad for 9 days! Now I'm a slow runner to begin with, but even slower in Mumbai - I had to swivel my head every nano second to avoid obstacles and had to frogger waddle across intersections. So in 60 min I made it 4.4 miles - please don't do the math!! it is really slow! but I am going to try that same route for the next few weeks and see if I can improve my time :) People always say "I could never run that long" blah blah blah. If you can jog 5 minutes you can eventually jog 5 hours. You just keep going. That's it. The refusal to quit has gotten me a lot of medals and I have finished every race I've ever started.
- I finished a half in Chicago even though I was vomiting so much they had to call a medical team.
- I finished races with blisters the size of huge jelly beans.
- I have ran races in sweltering heat and freezing temperatures - had the beginnings of frostbite once.
- I have ran three half marathons with bronchitis. luckily I don't run fast enough to strain my lungs too
much. :)
- I have run up gigantic hills cussing the whole way.
- I have finished countless races crying.
- I have been miserable for entire races and only finished because I chanted "I will not quit" about
10,000 times in my head.
I have also enjoyed many runs and finished with a great sense of accomplishment.
I hope to feel that again.
Now if only I could put that steely willpower into my food choices :) I'd be a skinny mini instead of a chunky monkey.
This has been a very stressful teaching year so I felt I needed to get back to running. I don't know how far I'll get to take it - depends on how my back and knees go. I haven't done any cardio but walk since August. 9 days ago I tried to jog and lasted 10 minutes. I jogged twice this week for 35 minutes each. Today I decided to try for 45 min. I lasted an hour!!!! not bad for 9 days! Now I'm a slow runner to begin with, but even slower in Mumbai - I had to swivel my head every nano second to avoid obstacles and had to frogger waddle across intersections. So in 60 min I made it 4.4 miles - please don't do the math!! it is really slow! but I am going to try that same route for the next few weeks and see if I can improve my time :) People always say "I could never run that long" blah blah blah. If you can jog 5 minutes you can eventually jog 5 hours. You just keep going. That's it. The refusal to quit has gotten me a lot of medals and I have finished every race I've ever started.
- I finished a half in Chicago even though I was vomiting so much they had to call a medical team.
- I finished races with blisters the size of huge jelly beans.
- I have ran races in sweltering heat and freezing temperatures - had the beginnings of frostbite once.
- I have ran three half marathons with bronchitis. luckily I don't run fast enough to strain my lungs too
much. :)
- I have run up gigantic hills cussing the whole way.
- I have finished countless races crying.
- I have been miserable for entire races and only finished because I chanted "I will not quit" about
10,000 times in my head.
I have also enjoyed many runs and finished with a great sense of accomplishment.
I hope to feel that again.
Now if only I could put that steely willpower into my food choices :) I'd be a skinny mini instead of a chunky monkey.
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