Week
Six: A New Hope
June
means summer is officially here. We've been noticing the weather a lot more and
some days we sound like disgruntled weather girls. We start to fret about bad
weather and how taht could impact our training.
"I
went home and checked the mail. Sitting there in the mailbox was a free 30-day
membership offer from Planet Fitness, one of the gyms in town. I thought, Hmm..
might not be a bad idea to hang onto this for when walking outside gets unbearable."
Adrith
We've
been making new discoveries about ourselves and our abilities though, that give
us a brighter outlook and new hope. We didn't think we'd be able to walk, but
we've been getting a taste of what it means to run. We might be getting
hooked.
"I
did something that completely amazed me (and my walking companions): when it was
time to up the intensity for my first minute interval.. I broke into a jog!! I
sustained it only for thirty seconds.. but I did it!" Adrith
"I
had a dream that Paul and I were mice, each in a mouse ball. Of course he was
the taller mouse and he was walking fast and I was yelling at him to wait for
me because I had to run to keep up with his long legs. He told me to hurry up
and I said I was doing my best. When I blinked awake, my first thought was "Gotta
run, stomach is better." Something in my mindset is changing. I still walk about
90% of the time, but it's my efforts at running the other 10% that are defining
me on foot..." Cat/Astrophe
Every
personal achivement with fitness feels like a renewal or a recommittment to getting
to our marathon goal.
"The
5k on Sunday was just great, it was a fantastic diagnostic tool. It showed me
exactly where I am with my training. And I'm starting to feel very confident about
how the training is helping me progress.. because I think I can see that sub-18:00
mile.. it's somewhere just up ahead of me, and I laid my fingertips on it on Sunday.
I just have to catch up with it and grab it by both hands and SHAKE IT 'til it
agrees to be my workout buddy. And once I get a hold of the sub-18:00 mile, I'll
go for the sub-17:00 mile.. and when I hit the sub-16:00 mile, I'll know I've
arrived." Adrith
"Saturday
night we did go biking for about 15 miles. Lots of fun -- the only downer is that
in the dark I did not see and obstacle and I took a dive. Minor scrapes, tender
elbow. Nothing major. Sunday I skipped my walk, and ice packed it all day. Today
I felt ok, so we biked out to Lake Cuomo and back for a 16 mile round trip. In
deference to my injuries, on-road, no off-road biking. I didn't realize I covered
30 miles over the weekend on my bike without a problem until just now. Let's hope
I can do 26.2 on foot!" Cat/Astrophe
We
ARE doing this!
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