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Marathon Traning

4 months ago I made about post expressing the start of my journey into marathon training. To update, I’ve stopped running.

Long distance running simply isn’t for me, the most I got is about 5k, could probably push a 10k but I will not be joining the 1% of people that run marathons.

That’s okay though, I learned a lot and I’m not disappointed or ashamed. I tried, found what works and I can stick to that.

I do still want to focus on bettering myself through fitness and food. My next journey will be to work on removing gluten and lessening my dairy intake. As well as some other food focus changes.

Excited to see the benefits!

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Marathon Training

Day 1

Yesterday I began training for the city marathon which will be held in October. I’m definitely out of shape and medically obese.

I started by going to my apartment gym in a bright color workout set which was a mental workout in itself. There was one person in there finishing up their workout and talking on the phone.

I nodded and went over to the treadmill. I’ve used a treadmill before but this one was a bit fancier than the ones I’ve used so I was struggling a little to get things started.

I added an incline an started with just a slow walk, working my way up. I was honestly quite nervous to actually run on the treadmill so the most I got to was a pretty fast speed walk that was almost a jog.

Though I didn’t actually run, I did focus on my breathing because I know that will be my second biggest hurdle after mental work.

I went for about two mills at about 15 minutes per mile.

I do think I’ll have better luck just running around the neighborhood. I just need to find a good little route to explore. Maybe I’ll have my boyfriend tag along on his bike.

Somethings I notice were;

1. I need to work on breathing control. I already know when i actually run, I’m going to overthink my breathing.

2. I need better shoes. The shoes I have right now are okay, but I think I tied them too tight because the outside edges of my feet were in soo much pain after.

3. I already know I’m going to need a better diet, been meaning to focus on that. Just in a bit of financial struggle right now.

4. I need to figure out what to focus on. Am I just looking ahead into space, do I need music/podcast. Maybe a metronome in my ear, lol.

5. Further down the line, I will need to get new/better clothes. Things I feel good in, that fit properly and work efficiently for what I’m trying to accomplish.

Over all, I’m happy I started this journey, though it’s slow, I think it’s good. The mental block of just starting was a big accomplishment in itself. Now to just keep going and improving.