As some of you may know, I was sans kids for an entire week - July 13-20th. It was a busy week with work and other stuff, but one thing I did get to do was get up in the morning and take Duma for a walk - I like doing it in the morning rather than the afternoon - gets me up and going and ready for the day. Crazy thing happened the 1st day I did it . . . about 1/4 of the way through our walk, I started jogging. I KNOW! ME! JOGGING! The person who runs only when chased chose to jog - and nobody with a chainsaw or ax was following me!
Even MORE surprising? I didn’t hate it! Apparently before 7:00 a.m., I’m OK with running.
In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I only ran 2 minutes, then walked a few minutes, then ran 2 minutes, etc. But it was great!
I did it a few other mornings that week - both Duma and I loved it . . . and I got to run further and further without being tired.
Then in MN I got up one morning and took a little walk/jog . . . OMG it’s easy to run at sea level!
Back to altitude and I’ve gone 2 times since we got back . . . I ran 4 times as far at one time today without taking a break.
So ya - proud of myself for this one.
Oh - and I’ve decided to hike Pikes Peak in September with some friends for a Brain Injury Foundation fundraiser. Not sure what I’m thinking! I’ve only hiked up the Peak twice - and never in one day. Hiked half way up to Barr Camp, stayed over, then hiked the rest of the way up and down then next day. But this one? All the way up in one day . . . 12.6 miles and 8,000 foot elevation gain from about 6,000 feet at the trailhead to 14,110 feet at the summit. There will be no running, but at least it’s motiviation for me to keep trying every morning!
Too funny! I have “attempted” running recently too. Well, not since school got out. But when I was going for my afternoon walk I would throw a little run in there. I was amazed that I didn’t fall over! I’m actually looking forward to getting back to my 3 minute run. And yes, I made myself go a little further each time and I could actually do it! We’ll see what happens this Fall!