u/Phapoosk

Started a workout plan for half marathon in September. Missed my Friday workout because of TStorm, and Saturday I let procrastination win. Sunday I started questioning if I was going to take it serious and procrastinated again…Today I said f it, get your ass out there and finish what you started…I honestly did a lot better than I thought I would.

This was the first time in my life iv ever ran further than 2mi in one go. At the end of 3.1 I still had .2mi until I got home, so I tried to kick and finish strong…..LOL my body swiftly rejected that after about 4 strides and I walked the rest of the way home completely exhausted. I know it’s just the first of many hurdles to come both mentally and physically, but damn does it feel good to get it done!

Last week I for some reason decided to let my cousin register me for a run to try to beat my brother-in-law when I have never ran recreationally in over 2 decades, and really havent done much of anything athletic since college in 2011. It wasn’t until after I was registered that I found out it was half marathon in SEPTEMBER lol (he JUST started working out for 1 month b4 hand, so I thought it’d be an easy run…boy was I wrong)

I went to run 1 mile and it was horrible, I started off way too fast and completely burnt out before even reaching half a mile, I walked and pathetically jogged the rest of the mile. (I must’ve looked like a wounded animal on its last leg) From there, my pride took a huge hit and I ended up posting to try to get some help.

I started a plan so that I could get some structure and prepare the right way, and from 3 days I can honestly say I feel a noticeable difference in my breathing but that may just be because I’m not starting out at like 80% speed. It’s only been three days so I know there’s not gonna be much of an actual difference that quick but I would like to know how I look so far. I’m 6ft 155lbs.