When 3 miles becomes the standard instead of the goal
Stamina has been in my vocabulary a lot this year.
I started doing a new program at school
called the
Daily 5.
Implementing
the program has helped to teach my students to build stamina by practicing
reading and writing.
It has lots
of other great stuff and it has been wonderful for my class this year.
Never did I think my first graders
could read for 20 minutes in a row without stopping – real reading.
It was the same with writing.
And that brings to my own stamina – I
wasn’t sure I was going to be able to run a 5K again.
I just couldn’t run 3 miles in a row.
I always did three miles but there was
always a lot of walking.
I would
run but when I’d get to those hills, I’d walk.
With the
Color Run looming upon me I had to push
through.
So one day I ran up those
hills.
I pushed myself from 2
miles to 3 miles. The first time I ran three mile in a row without stopping I
wanted to tell everyone and this was very important.
3 miles. In a row. Without stopping.
Real Running
Running is hard for me. Today, I ran 4 miles.
Then we went to pick up our son from the skateboard park and I did
another 1.5 miles. Perhaps, I
overdid it. More than perhaps
since I can hardly move now.
The Color Run was so much fun.
I did it with some buds from work.
I ran it 31.03 which I was thrilled.
I would of loved to do it 30.59 but
that’s okay.
It was actually
untimed.
I used My
Map My Walk
App.
My husband has agreed to run
the 5K with the Baltimore Running Festival in October.
Our cute Under Armor training shirts
came today.
People have said oh, you’re
going to get so into this…you’ll want to do a Half Marathon or Marathon.
NEVER and NO WAY.
But maybe a 10K…
