I'm feeling stronger each day and think I might be ready to try adding some short bursts of running into my daily walks. I'm thinking of just doing a couple hundred yards 2-3 times during my loop (which is approximately 1 1/2 miles). I'm curious to see how that would feel. I'm hesitant to do too much running until I lose more weight. I'm being cautious because I don't want any injuries and I'm afraid trying to run after so long without running and with all the extra weight, it very easily could result in injuries of some sort.
So next week I'll test out running with just a few bursts, what we used to call fartleks. And as a kid I used to call them fartlets because well, of course I thought that was funny. Honestly, I still smile when I say it. I'll try adding some of those into my walks next week and hopefully all will go well and I can lengthen the bursts until I'm able to jog the whole loop and beyond!
I have to say, I'm feeling very nervous about my 3rd goal of trying to beat the time of 5:41. I can't imagine how great of shape that woman must be in. I beat that time when I was in my best shape but that was oh, so many years ago. I'm having doubts about that even being remotely possible, however, I keep trying to remind myself that I have to at least try. I'm tired of regretting that I gave up on my running. And there is no better time to get going on my goal than right now. I'm not getting younger and I certainly doubt I'll invent a time machine, which means, I just have to buckle down and focus on my goals in a positive light. All I can do is try my best. If I fail, then so be it, but at least I tried.
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