Off to a good start this week. I managed 4 workouts - two with the team and two on my own. I avidly look at my orange workout schedule each morning and try my hardest to follow the plan laid out by the "Master Runner".
I really find it valuable to have someone telling me what to do during a workout. I just have to show up and follow directions - the whistle - or the guy in front of me. There is very little thinking involved - other than "We must be halfway through these intervals by now". This non-thinking workout seems to work for me (at least this week).
It is very encouraging to have the "Master Runner" coming up beside you voicing words of encouragement - "Looking good, keep going" or instruction - "Lower your shoulders - you look like Quasimodo" (no he didn't really say that). I try not to think of the fact that he runs up and down the line of the 25 walkers/runners multiple times during the workout. While we are walking/jogging at our conversational pace, he is bouncing effortlessly along like a gazelle.
It is also motivating to work out with other people. It is not that I need to be faster or "better" than anyone, but it is a shared sense of purpose and camaraderie. It is motivating to know that however fast or slow (I am definitely on this end of the spectrum) that we all want to improve our fitness.
I am facing my first challenge next week. I am heading to Texas with a group of people from my church to work on a rebuilding project. My constructions skills are just about equivalent to my running skills so I am looking forward to improving both over the next 7 days. My goal is to get in three workouts during the week that I am gone. I'll let you know next week if I achieved that goal.
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