Last time I wrote I said that I was going to wait until mid-October before I started running outside.\u00a0 Well due to unexpected low humidity levels this past week I changed my plans, but just a bit.\u00a0 My wonderful and supportive husband has every other Friday off from work so he decided that his day off was a great day to head to the park for a walk.\u00a0 Notice that I did say walk and not run.\u00a0 We arrived at the park by 8:30 and were on the trail power walking within minutes of our arrival.\u00a0 We had our 17 month old son in the jogger stroller and he was enjoying being outside and pointing out the \u201cpupps\u201d that were out for their \u00a0morning stroll as well.\u00a0 After about 10 minutes of walking I decided that now was as good a time as any to get this training thing under way.\u00a0 I gave DH about a 15 second warning and told him we were going to try jogging a bit.\u00a0 (Lucky for him (and me) that he is former military.\u00a0 He knows how to run and is actually my motivator when things get tough.)\u00a0 Quickly I discovered that running with a jogger stroller is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.\u00a0 I found that I need to be able to move my arms and holding on to a stroller does not allow for that movement.\u00a0 I probably made it about a quarter mile before DH took over and pushed the stroller for me.\u00a0 Another quarter mile and I had to walk again to catch my breath.\u00a0 After a few minutes I was ready to try running again and following Jeff Galloway\u2019s suggestions to build endurance I continued on alternating running and walking, always pushing myself just a little bit further than I thought I could.\u00a0 The morning that was supposed to be a nice walk in the park had turned into a full on training session.\u00a0 My total distance for the morning (according to the handy trail maps posted along the way) was 4.5 miles, of which I jogged about half and walked the rest.\u00a0 Obviously I have a LONG way to go to 13.1 miles.<\/p>\n
Some learning lessons from the morning:\u00a0 First, as much as the baby loves being out in the jogger stroller, he isn\u2019t going to be able to accompany us as the distances increase.\u00a0 DH is capable of pushing the stroller, but he would be more comfortable without it.\u00a0 So this means we are going to have to get creative and shuffle him around with various family members for our once a week runs.\u00a0 Second, this was about the warmest temperature that I can comfortably run in.\u00a0 It was in the low eighties with a nice cool breeze.\u00a0 The only hard part was the stretch of trail that had no shade.\u00a0 The sun was beating down and I thought that I was going to have heat stroke in the short 10 minutes or so that we were on that part of the trail.\u00a0 Third, running outside really is nothing like running on a treadmill.\u00a0 I knew this in my head, but once I was outside doing it, my body realized that my head wasn\u2019t kidding.\u00a0 I am going to continue running during the week on the treadmill, but once a week DH and I are going to hit the park trails and run outside.\u00a0 We are going to run on his off Fridays or on Saturday morning, depending on which is more convenient.<\/p>\n
I feel like I am officially on my way now.\u00a0 I am going to study the race maps and find landmarks to mentally mark off how far I have run so far.\u00a0 I know that mile 5.5 is through Cinderella\u2019s Castle.\u00a0 How fun is that?!?!<\/p>\n
Bridget (who is learning to be a runner)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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