Week 1

Week 1:

Day 1:  We began on January 17th.  The first run went well, but was a little difficult since I was a little out of shape.  Of course my mental block against running was fighting me too.  Half way through the workout, I was thinking that I wouldn't make it more than a couple of weeks.  But this is where the beauty of a workout buddy comes in.  Since we agreed to do this together, I would be letting her down if I quit.  Also, I am not a quitter.  I quickly stashed my defeatist attitude and replaced it with hopeful optimism.  Meredith told me to "believe in the process."  I was just beginning to.

Day 2:  The day off in between workouts was as expected full of soreness and stiffness in my muscles, which told me that I didn't stretch enough or have enough water.  Noted.  The second workout was a little bit harder than the first one.  Again, I started doubting myself, but pushed through it.

Day 3: Last workout of the week.  If we did this, we might have a good chance of actually finishing this thing.   There was hope for us!  During the week I had researched 5K marathons and runs going on around town during the weeks following our program completion.  I found several at Disney, Gasparilla, and charity runs that didn't quite seem to sync up to our time frame.  Then I found the Iron Girl marathon in April.  It was perfect!  A marathon is the perfect goal to set to keep us motivated and shooting for something big at the end of all this hard work.