Day Thirteen: Not As Eventful As I Expected...

This is going to be a short one today...

Today I began week three of the c25k program.  This is the week when my exercise time is divided equally between running and walking and I run for a longer duration than I have previously in the program, three minutes.  I expected that this would be a big challenge for me, but three minutes? Really? It was just about as easy as any other part of the program.

I had also expected that my pacing would be WAY better since I was running more, but I was also wrong about that.  My pacing was worse than it has been and I realized why that is as I was completing the cool-down walk back to my apartment.  When I was alternating running and walking for shorter times I could keep a lot faster pace through the running because it was such short bursts.  This realization was a reminder to me that I need to be patient and work on endurance before pacing.  After all, I am not running a half marathon in order to get first place, I am running to cross the finish line and celebrate my very own personal victory.

While today was not as challenging or exciting as I had thought it would be, it was a personal victory because I am one tiny step closer to running those 13.1 miles in June.