Hooray! Am alive! Finished! Stayed upright the *entire* time!
…Yeah, I clearly had high aspirations for the run. I was almost dreading it, because I was pretty sure I wasn’t fit enough to do it. I’ve had various body parts hurting over the past month, so haven’t trained as much as I wanted to, so my week-by-week plan of how much fitter I needed to get pretty much went out the window. By the time of the run, I don’t think I’d done a proper long run (long for me, I mean – about five or six kilometre) for about three or four weeks, just short ones and other cardio and weights work. So I was definitely not feeling fit or ready.
We did it in an hour and two minutes. Pat was actually in California yesterday (well, still is today), but he did an 8k run at the same time as Andrew and I did ours in Sydney. Apparently he also did it in roughly the same time!
I know I’ve mentioned here before how much taller and fitter Andrew is, and how we can occasionally be competitive in terms of the amount of training we do. I don’t think I’ve mentioned this before, but it seems a fitting place now: he is also an excellent motivator and I probably would have taken even longer if it weren’t for the fact that he was next to me yesterday every step of the way, running at my pace even though he’s much taller and fitter, and telling me I’m doing well. So Andrew: thank you.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll go for a run before uni, because this weekend is Relay for Life, and there is still a lot more training to do and a lot more fitness to get for the Bay Run, the City2Surf and the Bridge Run later this year. Maybe next year I could throw in a half-marathon, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
That is so impressive, well done
By: Emer on May 16, 2012
at 8:58 pm
Thank you!
By: jennnigan on May 16, 2012
at 9:11 pm
Way to go, Jen! I didn’t know you guys had Relay for Life there too. I think about running for the NF run, but the closest one is in Orlando, two hours away. And I think I should start small and start to walk around the block first. Only problem is, it may only be May 17 but it’s hot as summer out there already! And we are coming up on hurricane season, the weather can be very unpredictable. But if I get up early or do the evenings I should miss the hot weather. I just have to find someone to do it with. You inspire me to do it, so don’t sell yourself short.
By: minavilly on May 18, 2012
at 12:16 am
Yeah, I’ve found having someone to do it with makes it a lot more interesting and motivating. And running at night can be quite fun, if you know you’re in a safe area and the ground you’re running on is even. Or morning is also great – I love morning light, but often lack the willpower to roll out of bed in time for the sunrise. Exercising in the morning is great because it means it’s over and done with and you can spend the rest of the day without thinking you’ve got to exercise later
By: jennnigan on May 19, 2012
at 11:15 am
I live in a fairly safe development, so I’m not too worried about going out walking, as long as I don’t leave and get out on the main highway outside of it. I do agree thought that if you do it in the morning it means you are done for the day!
By: minavilly on May 22, 2012
at 5:34 am