Sorry for the long post, I've never been brief with my words.
I've always hated running. I have known I have asthma since I was very little and I used to use it as an excuse for myself and others that I couldn't keep running for very long. Even in school P.E. when we had to do a timed mile, I never ran the whole time.
The first time I lost weight I would use the elliptical and stair master to do my exercise. Once or twice since then I made myself do a full mile to finally just prove I could do it. And I realized I could, but I really just didn't want to. I can get into a rhythm of panting and heavy steps and be okay but everything in my mind is just like, "Okay, can we stop now? Why are we still doing this?"
So on this new bout of weight loss, I decided I was going to finally just say f it and learn to get in to running. I've been using the C25K app and it really is a great program to improve your distance running, but on Week 5 Day 3 it jumps from two 8 minute runs to one full 20 minute (or two mile) run.
And by God, I did it. I RAN FOR 2 MILES STRAIGHT. I DID IT. I ran twice as long as my previous best. I'm going to have to repeat it because it was so shitty and the goal is a 5k (3.1 miles) and there are 3 more weeks in the app but I needed to celebrate this and share it with someone.
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