So today was the first "long run." When I saw it was supposed to be all of 20 minutes (an obvious lie, they always make me go longer than that! Check the time!), I almost laughed. In terms of my overall goal of an Ironman that you have to finish by the time the clock hits 17 hours, or even in terms of my short term goal of a 5K, twenty minutes should be a walk in the park! Especially with the Ironman, 20 minutes would barely be enough time to even realize that you were running! Ah, well. Baby steps. After about 15 minutes I wasn't laughing anymore. In fact, I was considering quitting on a minutely basis. But I didn't. I wanted to do the complete program. So here's today's rundown:
Week 1 - Day 3
1 min run / 1 min walk
Time: 24:46 min
Distance: 2.57 km
Calories: 157.13
Avg. Speed: 6.22 kph
Avg. Pace: 9.6 min / km
When I got back home I think I had a bit of an asthma (which I've been in total denial over having for about 10 years. Who knows? Maybe I don't have it!) attack. I had layered up pretty good and walking through the front door felt like stepping into an oven. So I ripped off several layers collapsed onto the floor trying to force air into my lungs and telling myself to get over it. Air was coming out totally fine, no problem at all, completely at ease, but inhaling seemed like someone was sitting on my chest with about 10 sheets and a 5 pound bag of flour over my mouth. After forcing air in for a while I still felt very lethargic but my head ache and dizziness started to go away a bit and I started breathing more "normally." Or at least I thought it was more normally until I started counting and realized I was only breathing about every 20 seconds. I started making myself inhale every 10 seconds and soon was actually breathing normally. Hopefully whatever that was will go away soon.
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