Cross Fit ~ Week 7 ~ Day 4
Getting close to the weekend! Yeah! Today's workout was a 5K run up at Edgewood/Canada Rds. Oh how I so wanted to just hit the snooze button and roll over, back to sleep- but I got up in large part because my friend Yvonne was going to meet us and before I left the house I checked email and had one from Yvonne that she wasn't going to make it...but I still went.
There were 4 of us plus trainer Jeff. I did not do the whole run and what I did do was partly run/walk. I have never been a runner and I'm not sure I ever will become one- I really do prefer to walk briskly! Jackie and I move at similar paces, so didn't take long for she and I to be "pulling up the rear" ~ maybe that's why I don't like running..I have always liked to be "in front" or "first"- all my life. In fact, in first grade the teacher told my mother, "Pamela must learn that she can't always be first." Guess I never learned that lesson! I still like being first and in the front! Anyway, we did our pace and Jackie wasn't feeling well, so we slowed down to a decent walk for awhile and then she encouraged me to go on and she was going to head back to the car. So I did for awhile and then started to feel bad that she was going back alone and here I was running alone which didn't make me feel very comfy either. So I turned back to meet up with her.
In talking on our way back, I think I realized part of my problem is that I really need to know distance, etc. This trail did not have mile markers or anything like that (at least not that I noticed)..vs. Sawyer Camp Trail that does have the mile markers all the way through- I think for me knowing, "ok just passed one mile", "ok just passed two miles" - it's a psychological thing for me. Yes, I could invest in a Garmin or similar- but like I said, I can't imagine being a runner on a regular basis, so it's not worth it to me to invest in something like that. When I was running solo after leaving Jackie, if I had known - ok it's 1/2 a mile to reach the turn around point, etc. I might have pushed forward to do that as the return run was easy- mostly downhill...
...oh well, I'm still proud- I did go, I tried and I did what I could. But boy did my lungs really tighten up when we started - don't know if it was the terrain with the weeds, etc. playing havoc with my allergies or what, but I had the allergy cough all the way home. I do plan to work on my running while on the cruise....that I think I can handle!! Tomorrow is friday and one of the team is celebrating a birthday this weekend, so the WOD is a special birthday workout- from what I understand- the # of repititions = her age and she's going to be 49!! I'm scared, but since we are not dancing tomorrow night- I plan to be there!
