FEEL the BURN

So if my computer and memory card were compatible, I'd post of pic of me right now. Not a 'look how much I've shrunk' pic but a 'look how much I've sweat' pic.

Tonight I had an Activate America workout and added 30 minutes of cardio. So I got there early, put in 30 on the elliptical, and hopped on the recumbent bike for the 'get your heart rate up' portion of the class (mine was already a'boomin). Then, Jessie told us we would be going up to the track to do laps - one each of walking, jogging and running. And we'd do it twice.

So we get up there and I tell her during the walk how nervous I am because I DON'T run. Ever. I can run across the street and feel that is a victory. I was always the slowest kid in class, and have been of the opinion that I have no desire to run unless someone's chasing me, and then it better be fatal if I don't. Jessie, being a great trainer, of course encouraged me and told me how great I was doing - so I started the jog. Then on that last lap of run, she encouraged me to 'push it! push it!' and I did. I tend to think my jog is fairly fast so maybe there wasn't much difference between it and my run - but it could be that my run is just very slow.

There was a guy up there running who made it look so easy. He went hard and fast and POUNDED around the track (oo, anyone else get turned on by reading that?). And in my tendency to compare myself to others, I felt inferior but I KEPT GOING. I couldn't get my breath after I ran, so I walked really slow in order to be able to breathe.

No help.

I did the next set of laps way behind everyone else just cheering myself to get through it - and when I was almost done, Jessie announced "we're doing another set! c'mon guys!". So I did. Sorta. I jogged (shuffled) one lap between two laps of walk.

Because one of my goals of all this is to be able to run a 5K (and eventually walk the Avon Marathon for Breast Cancer or whatever it's called) I do want to keep running. But I'm going to take a hit of albuterol as part of the prep. Tomorrow, I am going to do 30 mins. machine work, abs and legs. But Friday, I'll be back on that track, pushing myself to go just a little farther.