Pat me on the back, please!

[Muddled]

I just finished week 5 day 1. Woot!

Also, I am pretty confident that I can run 8 minutes in a row. I just don't know that I can do it more than once. lol



Add your AWs here. Let's share the love.

[Deleted]

Woot woot awesome job Muddled! I knew you could do it!! And you will continue to do it.

[partiallysunny]

We knew you could do it! Congratulations.

No AWs for me. I was on the exercise bike maybe 20 minutes yesterday. By the time I got on, it was really late and I was tired. I figured something was better than nothing.

[gault]

Awesome! Good for you! How do you feel?

[margarita]

Awesome job Muddled!

[motzie]

Nice work!

[starrieskies]

Go, Muddled, GO!! You're a running machine!

No AW's for me. My big accomplishment for yesterday was going to class when I really wanted to skip it. I feel like there is so much to do before we leave tomorrow, and I know it's unnecessary pressure I'm putting on myself. We're only going to be gone for 4 days, I'm not sure why I'm turning it into such a production! UGH

[bullygirl979]

Muddled, you are a rock star!

BTW, I totally thought about you at the gym last night. I usually will run before I lift and last night I wanted to run 2 miles. I got on the treadmill, did 1 mile. Mile 2 was TORTURE. I wanted to give up every 30 seconds and I battled throughout that entire mile. Even though it sucked, I didn't give up. I thought about the victory I would feel when I was done and I thought about how disappointed I would be if I quit. I convinced myself to keep going for another .10 mile....then another....then another.

You WILL be able to do 20 minutes. You just need to keep telling yourself that you can. So no more of this negative talk, mmmkay??

[Muddled]

Thanks!

The next run is 8 minutes at a time. This one was only 5.

bullygirl979- That is how all my runs are. My thought process goes something like this:
ok. 5 minutes. I can do this.
Huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ooooowwwwww, my side hurts! Why is 5 minutes so freaking long?
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I don't think I can make it.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I have to have gone at least 3 minutes by now. I'm more than halfway there. I can do this.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ok, if this thing hasn't dinged by the time I get to that tree, I'm stopping. I don't even care.
DING!
What? Done? I could totally go longer if I wanted, but I guess I'll stop anyway.

starrieskies- Go get your shoes. I'll pat you on the back for that.

partiallysunny- 20 minutes is definitely better than nothing.

gault- I am certain I looked much worse than my friend who ran a half marathon last weekend. That's how I felt too.

[bullygirl979]

May 23, 2013 12:50:49 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Thanks!

The next run is 8 minutes at a time. This one was only 5.

bullygirl979- That is how all my runs are. My thought process goes something like this:
ok. 5 minutes. I can do this.
Huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ooooowwwwww, my side hurts! Why is 5 minutes so freaking long?
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I don't think I can make it.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I have to have gone at least 3 minutes by now. I'm more than halfway there. I can do this.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ok, if this thing hasn't dinged by the time I get to that tree, I'm stopping. I don't even care.
DING!
What? Done? I could totally go longer if I wanted, but I guess I'll stop anyway.

Ha! That sounded like me last night! Although you need to cut this shit out of "I don't think I can make this". Running is so mental and I KNOW that you can make it! You've done it HOW many times??!!

[Deleted]

Running is just one big head game. This is what I learned when I was training for my half a few years back.

[gault]

I'm proud of all the peeps in this post! *squish*

[neonpink]

::pats on the back:: It feels good to run that long. Every milestone always felt good.

[starrieskies]

Guess what, Muddled!!!

I GOT SHOES!!!

[Muddled]

May 23, 2013 15:11:40 GMT -5 starrieskies said:

Guess what, Muddled!!!

I GOT SHOES!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Now you have no more excuses. Neener, neener.

[starrieskies]

Nothing like power shopping on your lunch break! BUT I am looking forward to breaking them in at the cabin this weekend!

[partiallysunny]

May 23, 2013 12:50:49 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Thanks!

The next run is 8 minutes at a time. This one was only 5.

bullygirl979- That is how all my runs are. My thought process goes something like this:
ok. 5 minutes. I can do this.
Huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ooooowwwwww, my side hurts! Why is 5 minutes so freaking long?
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I don't think I can make it.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
I have to have gone at least 3 minutes by now. I'm more than halfway there. I can do this.
huff, puff, huff, puff.
Ok, if this thing hasn't dinged by the time I get to that tree, I'm stopping. I don't even care.
DING!
What? Done? I could totally go longer if I wanted, but I guess I'll stop anyway.

This is exactly how it was for me, lol. I found that running was all in my head.

[captainmel]

You are all impressive! It almost makes me want to run but I will settle for only eating one package of peanut butter M&m's with lunch today.

[Muddled]

May 23, 2013 17:35:48 GMT -5 captainmel said:

You are all impressive! It almost makes me want to run but I will settle for only eating one package of peanut butter M&m's with lunch today.

Loser.



Just kidding.