I just finished day 2 of week 1. I decided to see how much I could push myself. I'm at the stage in training when I don't worry about miles I just worry about minutes. Week 1 you can run/walk for 35 minutes. Today I decided to see if I could run the entire 35 minutes. So I walked a quarter of a mile and then I set my watch and ran for 34 minutes. I only made it through 2 miles in that time so I'm running at a very slow pace of 17 min miles. Most people can walk at the speed but there's nothing like adding a little bounce to that walking pace to get your heart pumping.
I had a very interesting experience while I was out bounce walking (that's how I'll describe my running for now). This morning/early afternoon I was bounce walking at the track. There was this middle aged black man there walking in font of me. I finally go to the point where I caught up with him and wanted to pass him but I had doubts about it. First off...I'm black which means I have a serious badonka donk (aka butt). So bounce walking inevitably means serious butt is also doing some major bouncing. My shirt was not long enough to cover the bouncing action so my semi tight yoga pants and my bounding butt was cause for some major concern. Should I pass this middle ages man so he could stare at my butt for the next 2 miles or not? After a while I decided to get over myself and pass him. Luckily he stopped walking after about another half mile...so I only had to be self conscious 2 laps or so. I'm hoping it wasn't because of me, but who know?
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