Jog 3 times a week

....and I’m running the London Marathon this year… feeling pretty good about myself!

I went for the first time in over a year yesterday, spent most of it walking, and am now creaking and aching and whining. And actually, I feel pretty great.

It is getting terribly cold here, it is time to substitute it with skating…

In fact I am thinking about jogging almost every day 30 minutes. It is not much, but it makes me feel so good!

I’ve been jogging for 5 days a week with some other type of cardio regimen in the mix, so I guess this goal is done! :)

Note: See my goal on being able to run 5 km

What’s working for me is to go for a quick run as soon as I get home from work twice a week and a decent sized one on the weekend. I find that having a day of rest between each run makes it all a bit easier on my knees as well.

I’ve gone for one run since I decided on this goal and I’m going to go on a mini jog tomorrow morn. When’s my deadline for jog #3?

I will do this for a month or two and then fall out of the habit somehow or get a niggle in my bad knee. I need to get hooked again…

Only after about three months of being consistent did I start to actually look forward to my runs (I mostly do now). But the important part is that looking back on it now, I can see how I never once failed to be SO GLAD that I made it out there to jog each and every time (during and after running, I mean), even when I had NOT been wanting to go do it directly before-hand. Hope that explaination makes sense…

Remembering that simple fact got my butt off the couch and out for training, more than just about anything else. I KNEW (even if I felt lousy, knew it was gonna hurt my shins, or whatever) I KNEW I would have feelings of accomplishment and respect for myself when I was done that sitting and watching TV never gave me.

Running has improved my life so much. I still can’t believe I’m actually doing this. Me! Wow.

I’ve started a 65 Day challenge….hopefully at the end I can mark this goal off. See “Jog everyday” goal