Getting there slowly but surely

Today for my run jog / walk session I decided to just make sure I focus on keeping a slow pace.  Of course I found it easier it being later in the afternoon when less people were out and about and I decided to just see how I went.  And I managed to jog slowly for around 19 minutes and looking at the distance would appear to be around 2.6km.  I'm hoping to be ready for a 5km fun run by the end of the year which a friend and I will do together.  She wanted me to do one in Levin now in October, but I don't think I'll be ready just yet.

Lots of work to do...

I went out for another walk / run jog today.  I managed to run for about 7 minutes (which felt like 20) before I felt I needed to walk again and then a further 3 minutes (but by then I reached an uphill bit in the road so had to walk from there).  Not brilliant, but I'm happy with it.  It is better than nothing. 

Apart from my impatience I realised I have to also work on my self-consciousness and shyness.  I can be extremely pushy when it comes to people and causes I believe in, but I am actually really shy and so each time I go out for my walk / run jog, I try and make sure it is at a time I am not likely to meet anybody who might recognise me.  And so each time it happens that I run jog past somebody I might know it really throws me.  So I have a bit of work to do!

It's been a little while...

since I updated this blog.  Last week I decided to just put the walking / running on hold.  The week before my knee still felt rather sore and whenever I went for a walk it would suddenly become really painful about halfway making it really uncomfortable walking back.  So I decided to just take a break.

This morning was really nice weather wise and my knee felt significantly better and so off I went - mostly walking with a bit of a jogging thrown in.  And it was okay.  Exhausting but not uncomfortable! 

I have to learn patience though.  I am typically a very impatient person wanting everything to happen right now and of course it is going to take a long time before I will be considered fit in any way.