My run: +2.77mi 9 intervals
Down below is my feelings during the entire interval training run :)
TL;DR I felt so many emotions of wanting to stop and just walk the rest but I really pushed myself to finish!
Today was just a giant mix of emotions during my run!
I got an interval timer app so I just had to listen for the sound to get myself running or stop to walk and that was great!
So I started out walking for a minute and then the timer went off and I ran. My knee started hurting a bit like right away but after about a minute it subsided so not quite sure what to do there... well after it went away I was running just fine.
So I ran the 1st interval just fine, walked fine, and then now I’m running the 2nd interval. While I’m running it I decide that if I run 4 intervals I will be perfectly happy because 4 intervals x 4 minutes is 16 minutes and that’s the most I’ve ever run. So I’m half way there and I know I got this.
So I run the 3rd interval just fine and now I’m to the 4th interval. While I’m running it I think I could totally just walk the rest of this because I’m getting pretty tired now but I’ll just see how I feel once I’m done. So I finish the run and I’m walking now and once the timer goes off to run again I just start running. Now I’m thinking that since I’ve already exceeded my expectation for this run that I could stop anytime and I will be just fine. I decide to finish out the 5th interval, I’m dying, and I’m walking again.
I’m walking and I think to myself once again I can totally just walk the rest of this route and I will be perfectly happy with my progress. I’m also thinking how cool it would be if I actually finished the whole run. So once the timer goes off I just start running again for the 6th interval. So I’m dying and I’m running a bit slower. Now I’m thinking that I could actually do this. I’m like halfway home and even though I’m dead tired I could actually do it. So I finish the 6th interval and I’m walking again.
I’m still thinking that I can stop at any time and just walk the rest because I have accomplished so much but when the timer goes off to run for the 7th interval I just started to run. Now I’m almost home sort of but I’m also soooo tired so I’m running at almost a snail’s pace but I’m still running. I’m thinking that I am actually going to do it and finish this run now. Then the timer goes off and I can walk again.
Time for the 8th interval and I’m getting closer to home. I’m running slow still but I’m also still moving. I’m still thinking that I can stop anytime but those thoughts are starting to push out of my mind and now the thought of finishing is getting louder. And the 8th interval is done and I’m walking again.
Now while I’m walking I realize that after the minute ende I’m not going have to run the full 4 minutes because I’m pretty close to home so the timer goes off and I run again and after about 2 minutes I’m home and I did it!
I am wildly happy that I pushed myself to finish this run. A 3rd of a mile and I would have ran a 5k right then and there! I will probably do that next week actually.
