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enitharmon) wrote2006-05-02 08:41 pm
enitharmon) wrote2006-05-02 08:41 pm
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Running with Rosie
After Sunday's debacle I sought advice fron the denizens of the Runners World web forums. This afternoon I put into effect what I had learned.
I started at my usual point on the corkscrew bridge. And then I went really slowly. Like, shuffling at not much more than walking pace (actually doing something like 13-minute miles). And I plodded on like that for thirty minutes, and then stopped. Well, I didn't stop, I just walked the rest of the way home.
It was very comfortable. Not once did I feel puffed, although I was breathing hard by the end. Nor did I feel at any point that I really needed to stop. From the point where today's 30 minutes came to a natural end it took me six-and-a-half minutes to walk to the place where last Friday's 30 minutes took me to. I felt I was well within my capacity and could co on.
But I also feel cheated. Worse, I feel I cheated myself. I copped out, I didn't test myself. I was found wanting. But maybe that's the paradigm for my life in general. And maybe, just maybe, this is the right way to go to build up to greater things.
I started at my usual point on the corkscrew bridge. And then I went really slowly. Like, shuffling at not much more than walking pace (actually doing something like 13-minute miles). And I plodded on like that for thirty minutes, and then stopped. Well, I didn't stop, I just walked the rest of the way home.
It was very comfortable. Not once did I feel puffed, although I was breathing hard by the end. Nor did I feel at any point that I really needed to stop. From the point where today's 30 minutes came to a natural end it took me six-and-a-half minutes to walk to the place where last Friday's 30 minutes took me to. I felt I was well within my capacity and could co on.
But I also feel cheated. Worse, I feel I cheated myself. I copped out, I didn't test myself. I was found wanting. But maybe that's the paradigm for my life in general. And maybe, just maybe, this is the right way to go to build up to greater things.