Tuesday, July 9, 2019

One day it will be helpful for me to remember...

... that yesterday on my Monday night run with the Running Room, six weeks into the Learn to Run program, I finally had a run that felt really great.

It was our first run of 5:1 +2,  the temperature had broken from where it had been the last couple of weeks, the music on my headset was the right tempo, my legs seemed to finally be accustomed to my calf sleeves, and the calf sleeves seem to be working well at preventing my shin pain.  It was the moment where the lightbulb came on, and things came together, I was able to actually push my lungs rather than my legs, and it all just felt really great.

Past self, future self, are you listening? Six weeks before it felt right, even when you started at the very beginning. Six weeks, a trip to the RMT, a set of running shoes and a set of compression sleeves later and it finally feels good. Patience, because despite your willingness to jump in headlong to new adventures, it appears your body would actually very much like it for you to slow down and do the work. What a crazy notion!

I've finally settled on doing the 5km clinic next. I was going to push for the 10km clinic, but I love to get ahead of myself, and since I'm trying not to do that, I'm going to slow down and do this one step at a time.