Weekly Miles and Ready To Start YOUR Journey?

First off...here are my miles for the week!
Monday: 6
Tuesday: 4.5
Wednesday 4.5
Thursday: off
Friday: 6
Saturday 5.5
Total Miles: 26.5

Nothing new this week. Still trying to run around 25 miles a week for now. In June we'll be following a running program. If you really want to see the schedule click here. It'll be at the bottom of the page. I'm really looking forward to summer now. I'm getting soo tired of pushing the double stroller. I keep trying to tell myself it's good training...but it's hard when I run 2 times a week without it and know how much nicer it is without it!! Anyway, I learned a valuable lesson this week. I learned the RECOVERY part is VERY important after a run. I ran 6 miles Monday night around 8pm and then ran 4.5 miles 13 hours later . I had a bite to eat after the Monday run and drank some water as I iced. But didn't spend any extra time recovering. I nearly died during Tuesday's run. I think the main reason why was because it was hot as heck that day. Anyway, from the heat and lack of water, I got really dehydrated and got heat exhaustion. Fever like symptoms, migraine, nausea all night. It was not fun. But I definitely learned that lesson. Need a little extra something when runs are close. And bring water with me on runs. I never did cuz I didn't need water unless it was over 7 miles. But now I have it "just in case"

I have had several people come to me asking "how can I get started with running?" I know that running sucks. It's hard. But two things..well three...to remember when first starting. First, GO SLOW!!! VERY VERY SLOW!!! Second, it's all a MENTAL game. When I first started, my whole run was me trying to convince myself to STOP running. And thirdly, you have to remember WHY you are running!! This is SOOO important! I think this last step really pushed me. Helped create a habit out of running. Please understand, running was very hard for me to start. I had never ran more than a mile and that was 6 or 7 years ago in high school. I've had 2 kids since and was 35 pounds heavier. So I ran very very VERY slow. I know a lot of people who try to go out and run 3 or 4 miles at once and die. Then decide they hate running and never do it again. ANY ONE can run. It's all about how you start. If you rush into it and think you can run several miles at a time, you will hate it. So, what I'm getting to is this, first learn to be mentally tough. Mind over matter. Learn how to forget what you are doing. I swear to you, you can go far with this mentality. Second, write down your reasons why you run. I did, they are on this blog. But basically I was sick and tired of hating myself and what I looked like. So I ran. And then my last point...go slow. I started running with my sister in law this past week. So now on Sundays in my "weekly miles" posts I'm going to post what we did. So here it is...

ONLY 3 days a week!
Monday: RUN 1 minute, WALK 2 minutes for 20 minutes total
Wednesday: Same thing. RUN 1 minute, WALK 2 minutes for 20 minutes total
Friday: SAME THING! RUN 1 minute, WALK 2 minutes for 20 minutes total.

Want to know something awesome? I told my sister in law on Monday, our first run, that week 2 we are going to take a minute away from walking...so we'd be doing RUN 1 minute WALK 1 minute. She kind of laughed and said "ya right"  By Friday, walking for 2 minutes and running 1 became EASY for her and she said that she'd be ready on Monday to start the run 1 minute, walk 1 minute. Yes, I know, it's very slow. But I promise if you start slow, you will come to love it and not hate it. But you'll get to where you want fast than just trying to go out and run it all in one day once a week.

Take me for example. I'm now running 25+ miles a week with a double stroller (I only add that in cuz it's a whole other story without one. MAD props go out to moms who run while pushing a double stroller!) I started out walking 2 minutes, running 1. I too HATED running. I tried several times before and just couldn't keep consistent. I guess that's another thing to remember. CONSISTENCY is soooo important.

Review:
4 MAJOR things to remember when starting to run

1. GO SLOW
2. Mind over matter...be mentally tough
3. Remember WHY you are running
4 Be consistent!

I promise you that doing these 4 things will change you. Will get you to where you want to go. I am living proof! Any one can run. It doesn't matter body type. Running will help get you in the best shape for YOUR body type.

Enough rambling. I hope this helps someone! I just felt impressed to share all this with you!

Thanks for stopping by!