I've managed to run for 25 minutes straight, in between the walking warm up and cool down, every day this week. I'm so proud of me! I even did something extra today - I went for a 35 minute walk outside this morning, beside the regular 40-50 minute walk/run in the rec room in the afternoon.
I also finally tried out this really neat site that I came across a while back - MapMyRun.com . When I came back from my walk this morning I was curious about how far I went, I remembered that with this site you could map your route out and they would tell you how far you went. I had tried it out before and knew you could do that without signing up to be a member. I was pretty excited to find out that I walked almost 2.5 km. After checking out the other features available on the site I decided to sign up for the free membership option. This allowed me to make a log of my activity. When I did that I found out that based on the information you enter they calculate your speed in km/hr. I thought that was pretty neat.
This afternoon while I was doing my regular walk/run in the wreck room I decided to actually count the laps and use the measurements of the room to figure out approximately how far I walked/ran and to enter that in the log for today too. I was surprised to find that my walk/run speed was slower than my outdoor walk speed!
I am a really, really slow runner and I knew that but I didn't realize how slow until I went searching for some comparisons. My speed for the walk this morning was 4.17 km/hr, whereas my speed during my walk/run session this afternoon was 3.3 km/hr . According to activity classifications on the site my speed, even when I run, is actually considered a slow walk. I refuse to be discouraged by that or to put much thought into it. I am proud that I am actually moving, even if it is slow, and I will celebrate that, rather than bemoan my lack of speed. I will plod on. I may get faster and I may not, but I will not quit!
I am also quite proud to look at my training calendar on the site now and see posted across the top that I did a total distance of 4.97 km today. That is very encouraging!
Be sure to let me know if you try the site out and let me know what you think of it.
Happy walking/running!
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I'm checking out that site. Sounds like a good idea!
ReplyDelete... and hey! Anytime we move it's good -- don't stress over the speed :-)
I will definitely check out the site too! Sounds very interesting! Thanks!
ReplyDeletedon't even worry about speed, just be proud that you are runner! There are many, many slow runners around. I even joined an online group at Spark People called "Slow, Fat Runners" haha! There's a great group on Spark People for C25Kers, regardless which C25K program you are doing, and even in there there are several slower runners. I find those groups to be very motivating!
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