Hello everyone! I hope your Labor Day weekend was a good as mine; I will do a recap of tomorrow. It’s back to reality today though; I got up ate breakfast and got ready to run outside; but I didn’t notice how hard it was raining. So I pack my duffle bag and left for school. I figured nobody in their right mind would be at the gym this early. I was totally wrong about that, the gym was packed. Luckily there were a few treadmills open, so I hopped on one and I started to do my thing; running at 4.6-5.0 mph which is a fairly challenging speed for me, I really had to focus to keep myself going. I’m about a mile in my run and this girl gets on the treadmill next to me and just takes off. Now I know I don’t suppose to compare myself to other people but she was running so fast that I had to look. 7.1 mph!! Are you serious? She makes my 4.6- 5.0 look like a warm up. Speaking of that she slowed down to 4.8 to get a sip of water and went back up to 7.0!!! By now I’m all off focused from my run, my form is all messed up, my breathing is all wrong and the feeling of discouragement starts to creep up on me. I was about to stop running and call it a day, but something told me to find my inner greatness and keep running. That’s when the inner conversation started, “What are you doing comparing yourself to another person? You know you are on a different journey than the person next to you. You’re doing great for where you are at in your journey! You know what you’re right!” So I pushed through to finish my 4 mile run. The moral of this story is that you have to be great within yourself. The only person that you can compare yourself against is the person in the mirror. Not the person next to you, not the person who’s already 3 years in their journey, and not the person who just started their journey. ONLY YOU! Like the NIKE Commercial “Find Your Greatness”
Afterwards I got on the ground and planked for 56 seconds! Not bad for my second day of planking. Shout out to the #plankadaypact @cherielianne (http://www.cherierunsthis.com), @VonChunk (http://vonchunk.wordpress.com/), @lizzieonthespot (http://www.lizzieonthespot.com), @IAmGBreezy !
Now for today’s blogging challenge topic: Describe your typical training schedule for a week.
Right now my training schedule is very simple.
- Run at least 3 miles a day, 5 days a week.
- Plank a day and beat the previous day by a second.
- Weight train for 1 hour at least 3 days a week; (Day 1: Upper Body, Day 2: Lower Body, Day 3: Total Body).
Now it’s your turn! What does your training schedule look like?
Until Next Time I’m 300 Pounds and Running
