Posted by
Liana
at
9:27 PM
Look - I did it!! Yeaaaaahhhhhh! And ooooooooouuuuch!
A few things I came to learn from this little experiment/competition/race... whatever you want to call it....
1. Get out and run even if it's raining out - it's quite refreshing
2. Give yourself enough time for your shoes to dry in-between runs though... running in wet shoes hurts
3. Go on a long path - running in circles through my neighborhood got old REAL fast!
4. Stretch (before and after)
5. Getting started again with a personal trainer at the gym in the middle of doing 100k in 30 days may not be the wisest of choices. Let's just say I was in agony last week and didn't get much distance in.
6. Set the rules ahead of time and stick to them. Everyone wants an exception like "oh, I ran, but didn't track it with my NikePlus.. it should still count" or "somehow the system didn't track my gym run the other day." (None of mine from last week went towards this..)
7. Consistency is key. That I was not ...thanks to freak computer crash, longer than usual meetings and jobs, and other various complications.. rain last week was great but didn't make for good 100k weather. Perhaps our next competition should be a consistency challenge....
8. Last but not least, I learned I STILL do not really enjoy running/walking/jogging. It was much more pleasurable with something to work towards though... and lots of good music and podcasts to entertain me. Maybe I should take up dancing again...
Well, at least I won't have to wear a silly costume and post it here like the many who (might not) finish the 100k will... ;P
Okay... off to soak the footsies!!
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