Running up a tab - Mar 3 to 9

[Jo-n-NY]

awe Emily...I am sorry your run didn't turn out as you would have liked and you are going through a stressful time. Remember what John Bingham says, you will have bad runs mixed with the good ones. Not his exact words, but I know you know what I mean. Your next run will be better.

chins up

~ JoAnn

[Jo-n-NY]

GOOD JOB!!!!

Very soon you will be telling us, "I ran my first mile today"!

Yea, for my longer runs... over 5-6 miles... I do a 5 minute walk and 2 minute run combo. I will typically average around a 11:30 minute mile doing this. It really makes my long runs tolerable.

Thanks KSH, I am taking it slow and on my own little time line if I can call it that. Anyway, when I do run my first mile, it will be very exciting.

Your routine for longer miles of a walk/ run sounds like a very good one and something I plan to keep in mind.

~ JoAnn

[emily_in_nc]

Thanks for the kind words, ladies! Yeah, I need to lighten up on myself, and I normally do just run for time on my trail runs, but my DH suggested the stopwatch so I could pace myself for longer runs (i.e., not start off at a pace I couldn't maintain). It may work for him, but I think it just stresses me out!

I was in good spirits today, though, and don't fault myself for having a bad day yesterday. I'm a typical first-born, type A, high achiever sort, so I am way too hard on myself. Need to get over that!

I am looking forward to tomorrow's run.

Emily