I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and get outside for a jog. I haven't been jogging regularly since last summer when I was able to do 3 miles without even blinking an eye. I was a bit self conscious about how I would look jogging thru the streets but I didn't let that stop me.
After the first few minutes of jogging I was ready to give in and just start out with a walk and build back up to the jog. But I pushed myself to not give in so easily. I told myself to just get to this point before you start to walk. When I got to that point I pushed myself a little further until the next point. And so on until I jogged the whole 3 miles. It took me 48 minutes to do what I used to do in 28 minutes but that's ok. I pushed myself and I did it. I finished up with a 12 minute walk to cool down and round out the hour.
My legs felt very weak throughout, it'll take time to build them back up again. My breathing was very heavy at first, especially going up the hills. But what goes up must come down. Gotta love them downhills. As I went on my breathing became more steady so that was encouraging.
I love to run and am looking forward to building my stamina back up again.
Today's workout completes 2 of the 4 days of exercise this week I set as a mini
goal for the week.
