#learning to run

I’m teaching the kid how to run. It’s very hard to teach someone to be physically active when they have a sensory processing disorder. Ella, being autistic, is hyper-sensitive to every little feeling. Her heart beating faster, the feeling of being slightly damp from sweat, the body heating up or even her socks ever-so-slightly scrunching in her shoes. I hear constant worries and anxieties as we take alternating run and walk breaks.

Today was “day 4” and we went for 30 minutes.

I was certain she would never want to try again with the amount of complaining I heard. Instead, when we got home, she asked, “Mom, can we go again tomorrow morning?”

Ella said her goal is to do a 10k race with me.

Just wondering what will happen if I keep up my every other day walk 'n jogging practice.

Where do you think that will take me in 6 months?

4 workouts solid of every other day.

Dudes.

I ran on the treadmill for 3 min intervals.

First time for that! I may have hit 3 mins once or twice before, but not for consecutive intervals.

I think I did 4? Very nice.

Great success 🙌

The last time i attempted jogging in motion ingot shin splints that took me out within days of starting to run. It's crazy.

Maybe by the time i get my house I'll be able to run to my back fence and back over terrain.

That would be something.

Cherries were 2.50 a pound at my local grocery store yesterday. Score!! Now to pack what i need for lunches so they dont vanish before i can eat them.

My current workout is 7 days a week yoga. 5x a week jog 5 minutes. 2x a day ringfit for 20 minutes of activity.

All the sudden i have to work harder to get my heartrate where i want it so i can count my 5 minutes.

The internet says that's a good thing, shows signs of improved fitness and heart health. However, my body actually hates running lol. Ive managed to avoid shin splints, my plantar facitus is practically non existent except on particularly hardcore ringfit days, ive corrected my form to avoid the bad knee pain most ringfit days so now...

Nowwww my calves hurt while im running. Probably also a good thing but i have to be able to tolerate 5 minutes before i do more and im in the thick of the suck.