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brin_bellway) wrote2018-12-07 05:28 pm
brin_bellway) wrote2018-12-07 05:28 pm
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Couch to 5k Addendum
So far, it hasn't been pleasant per se, but it has felt...self-actualising? Like, a satisfying sense of "yes, this is exactly the sort of thing I would do, and I feel more fully myself having done it". Goals and actions coming into alignment.
Which is not to say distractions aren't also helpful, to give me more things to focus on in the moment other than how much my legs ache. I was just listening to music the first few weeks, but on my last run I experimented with video, since Mom's desktop is right next to the treadmill. She tilted her screen so we could both see it and showed me some Hawaiian dancers and some Disney clips. I think it's a promising technique.
Tonight will be the first run with no breaks in the middle: twenty straight minutes. Wish me luck.
Which is not to say distractions aren't also helpful, to give me more things to focus on in the moment other than how much my legs ache. I was just listening to music the first few weeks, but on my last run I experimented with video, since Mom's desktop is right next to the treadmill. She tilted her screen so we could both see it and showed me some Hawaiian dancers and some Disney clips. I think it's a promising technique.
Tonight will be the first run with no breaks in the middle: twenty straight minutes. Wish me luck.