I printed out this work out to start becoming a runner, since I am not a runner but got this crazy idea I want to run a marathon, and it seemed easy...... run 2 miles walk 1 mile 7 times.
I did my warm up walk for five minutes and started the running walking cycle. The first two went by fast, I did not get winded nor was I breathing hard. I was prepared with the t.v. on and the fan blowing in my face. This all seemed too easy to me, I thought this is going to be effortless I should do 10 cycles.....WRONG!....at cycle 4 I could not breath. My legs did not burn like the days before but my breathing was so off that I thought I should stop. I got to the walking part on cycle four and thought OK you can just do five and tomorrow try to do the full seven. Why does my head go directly to a compromise instead of the fight to keep going? While I was running cycle 5 the whole two minutes I was talking to myself positively instead of negative, begging myself not to fail to this damn treadmill once again. I talked myself into doing the last two cycles and maybe just maybe doing an 8th cycle.... crazy right?
Well I completed 8 cycles of running for two minutes and walking for one minute. I could barely breath through the last run and counted in my head the last minute and was elated when I got to ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two....one!!!!!! I walked for ten minutes more for my cool down and cut the treadmill off at 38:26 minutes!!!!! It was a full 2.44 miles and I was very proud of myself.
I will get on the treadmill again tonight and try for the 7 but really want to do 8 or 9 cycles. Next week it is running 3 minutes and walk for one but lets not get ahead just yet....I might stay on the run two minutes walk one minute for two weeks.
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