Week One Recap
As of yesterday, my first official week of training is complete. And I have to say that I'm both encouraged and discouraged.
The good stuff:
I've managed to do my workouts every day this week except for Monday (Memorial Day). Yeah, I loafed. Specifically, I went to "X-Men" instead. Oh well. I got right back on track on Tuesday, with a run at the gym since I was too late to attend the scheduled Buddy Run for that evening.
I learned a very cool trick about controlling my exercise-induced asthma. So far, it's worked on 4.5/5 tries. (The most recent one was complicated by the fact that I didn't get to my inhaler fast enough, and also because I was coming down with a cold.)
People in general have been very encouraging and supportive. I haven't heard any sarcastic or demeaning comments about my weight or apparent level of fitness. My coaches are definitely among that number, with a very strong "start where you are" attitude.
I did a couple of weeks of pre-training before the "official" beginning of training season, and I'm glad for it. I had a good idea of where I was starting out, so the first coached run didn't take me completely by surprise.
Since beginning the pre-training, my two mile pace is down from 40 minutes to about 36 minutes. That's mostly walking with some jogging interspersed.
The not-so-good stuff:
Ummm... ouch. That translates to: I'm sore. Have been off and on for most of the week. It's not unexpected, just not the most fun. Fortunately, I've been stretching pretty well and so the soreness isn't as bad as it could have been.
On the coached run, I pushed myself a little too hard, I think. In my pre-training workouts, most of my time was spent in a gym, on a treadmill (to avoid allergy complications), and this workout was on a real pathway with dips and hills and everything. When I was finished, I was shaky and tired, and when I ate lunch (about an hour and a half after I was done at the run) I felt pretty nauseated so I laid down and ended up falling asleep for most of the rest of the day. Oops!
My body isn't used to keeping up this level of effort, so I've now gotten a cold. I'm hyper-sensitive to anything involving my throat or lungs, and so of course this cold is exactly that. I spent the day today recouperating, and hopefully tomorrow feel well enough to get back on track again.
Of my team, I am the slowest. Someone has to be, and I'm not all that surprised really, but it would be nice if there were at least ONE person slower than me. I think I'm also the heaviest, but there's no way to know that for sure.
The good stuff:
I've managed to do my workouts every day this week except for Monday (Memorial Day). Yeah, I loafed. Specifically, I went to "X-Men" instead. Oh well. I got right back on track on Tuesday, with a run at the gym since I was too late to attend the scheduled Buddy Run for that evening.
I learned a very cool trick about controlling my exercise-induced asthma. So far, it's worked on 4.5/5 tries. (The most recent one was complicated by the fact that I didn't get to my inhaler fast enough, and also because I was coming down with a cold.)
People in general have been very encouraging and supportive. I haven't heard any sarcastic or demeaning comments about my weight or apparent level of fitness. My coaches are definitely among that number, with a very strong "start where you are" attitude.
I did a couple of weeks of pre-training before the "official" beginning of training season, and I'm glad for it. I had a good idea of where I was starting out, so the first coached run didn't take me completely by surprise.
Since beginning the pre-training, my two mile pace is down from 40 minutes to about 36 minutes. That's mostly walking with some jogging interspersed.
The not-so-good stuff:
Ummm... ouch. That translates to: I'm sore. Have been off and on for most of the week. It's not unexpected, just not the most fun. Fortunately, I've been stretching pretty well and so the soreness isn't as bad as it could have been.
On the coached run, I pushed myself a little too hard, I think. In my pre-training workouts, most of my time was spent in a gym, on a treadmill (to avoid allergy complications), and this workout was on a real pathway with dips and hills and everything. When I was finished, I was shaky and tired, and when I ate lunch (about an hour and a half after I was done at the run) I felt pretty nauseated so I laid down and ended up falling asleep for most of the rest of the day. Oops!
My body isn't used to keeping up this level of effort, so I've now gotten a cold. I'm hyper-sensitive to anything involving my throat or lungs, and so of course this cold is exactly that. I spent the day today recouperating, and hopefully tomorrow feel well enough to get back on track again.
Of my team, I am the slowest. Someone has to be, and I'm not all that surprised really, but it would be nice if there were at least ONE person slower than me. I think I'm also the heaviest, but there's no way to know that for sure.
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