Monday, March 12, 2012

Remember the 10 minute mile in high school, this was definitely not it!

So when I had to take a break from running last fall I was able to run for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Sadly, asthma had better plans for my running and I was sidelined. So when I started running again this past weekend I had set the goal of being able to run for 10 minutes. Well, apparently my body had other ideas, because 10 minutes did not happen. In fact, it did not even come close to happening. It was really frustrating because I was only able to run at 2 or 3 minute intervals. And despite doing this for 15 minutes and knowing that interval training will help me build back up my stamina, it is still really frustrating. I guess it just it comes down to this... I couldn't run a 10 minute mile in high school and apparently now I can't even run for 10 minutes.

1 comment:

  1. The beginning is always the hardest. Having run for most of my life, I still go through similar any time I take a break. It's easy to get discouraged when you can't just go out and did what you used to. Stupid aging bodies we have. It'll get easier.

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