SubscribeI woke up early last Saturday morning with sore feet and tired legs from a hard week of work outs. I thought to myself “Ughh, I want to stay in bed.” I got up anyway for a 7-10 mile run followed by a 30-mile bike ride in Fremont.
When I went out for a run on Monday, people were telling me to wait for the rain to stop. It was 60 degrees and raining. I don’t think I will melt. When it is time to go, I just go. Sometimes, when I feel really sore or have a little injury, I will slow down, cut my routine short or do a different workout. I always find a way to get out and do it. It does not matter what “it” is, just do it.
People always come up to me with their plans and excuses for not following their plans. You don’t get into shape or meet your goals by just planning. Start slowly, there is no need to be in a hurry. Do the best you can. Pick something you can do and do it. I have a lot of gadgets at home that I don’t use. I tried them and they just did not work out.
After you get home from work, go to YouTube and type in the keyword “exercise”. Pick an easy exercise at first. Something that takes about 5 minutes to do. It will be at hard first but it gets easier after time. Do not give up before you start. Find a reason to do something. Then find a reason to progress. You may not be carrying a sign at a marathon but you may be running a 10K one day.
Start now. Just get out and do it!
by Susan, on May 16 2010 @ 5:36 pm
Hi there. I have a question about “just doing it.” I’m training for See Jane Run and have been religiously following my training schedule (Hal Higdon). Haven’t missed a single workout in 8 weeks! But today I was supposed to run 9 miles and at mile 7 I knew I had to stop. (I felt sick, exhausted, lightheaded).
So now what…it’s three weeks ’til race day. Should I try to pop in a 9 mile run mid-week? Or wait until next Sunday and jump up to 10? (Sounds hard.)
I am super dedicated to injury prevention, as I’ve squirrelly knees…
Thanks for any advice!
Susan
by ted, on May 16 2010 @ 7:58 pm
Hi Susan, Do not try to slip in a 9 miler during the week. Skipping two miles in a run is no big deal. Most training plans add 5-15% per week to your weekly mileage so 2 miles does not hurt your weekly total. If you really feel guilty about the missing miles, you can add a mile to one of your runs during the week but that may move your weekly mileage outside of the comfortable increase zone.
It is important to realize why you were lightheaded in the first place. Did you eat properly in the morning and the night before. A lot of people eat the right thing the night before but they eat too much or eat late.
I have really bad knees too. I do a lot of work to keep them going. After you finish See Jane Run, I will start some knee workouts. You may have to remind me.
Don’t worry about the missing two miles.
Ted
by Susan, on May 16 2010 @ 9:20 pm
Oh good. I didn’t really want to run 9 miles before work! Thank you for that advice. I’ll just adjust next Sunday’s run accordingly.
And the reason I felt sick, I’m sure, is that I ate very little for dinner and then ate almost nothing before setting out to run at 8 am. Now I know that really doesn’t work.
Thank you, again!
Susan