Joy!

I decided to try something new at the gym since I had my brace, mp3 player, water bottle, etc… I did a 5:1 walk:jog workout. And it worked! The first jog minute was really tough, my body mostly saying ‘What are you trying to do to me??’ Each consecutive jog minute got easier and I found myself having to not push it and just keep going with ‘the plan’. Towards the end I found myself actually smiling as I was jogging. I didn’t want to look like an idiot but I smiled anyway because I was thrilled. Thrilled I tell ya! Aaaand then the weekend happened. I spent Saturday dealing with car dealerships, and Sunday feeling like crud so I felt it best to rest. This of course threw a kink in the works. The pattern continued, yesterday I spent the evening emptying out the old car in preparation for returning it to the dealer (lease vehicle) and tonight was spent signing paper work on the old car, still feeling mildly crummy. So, tomorrow’s plan, back to the gym! I’m hoping for a repeat of the ‘joy jog’. We’ll see, I’m pretty sore and allergies are being mean. If nothing else, I’ll at least bike it for 30 tomorrow just to keep active.

Couple more days of the 5:1 and I’m going to change to 4:2 and so on… Don’t have the weeks/days to get all the way to all jogging, but will come close before the 5k.