Yes, you can tell from the title that I did run the 5k! YEA! I did it first thing this morning. I figured it would be about 13-14 songs so I created a new playlist to keep me going.
As I was going for duration, I did jog at a very slow pace but towards the end of each mile I would kick it up. It took me a little under an hour.
I broke it down into 1 mile segments. I already knew that I could run 1.5 miles, so 1 mile didn't seem like it would be too difficult. It is only about 4 songs.
My first problem came almost as soon as I got on the treadmill. I needed to pee. After about 15 minutes I thought, "there is no way I can go another 45 minutes like this." So, I paused the machine and took about a two minute break. It really was SUPER quick and I ran there and back.
I was a bit mentally fatigued at about mile two so I stayed on the machine and did a one minute pause for water and to towel off the sweat.
I was really starting to hit the wall at about 2.5 miles so I took another 1 minute pause at 2.7.
And then, a miracle happened... INXS' The One Thing from their absolute best album (Shabooh Shabah) came on my headphones and I cranked it up. I was able to finish the rest of the run strong and actually a bit under the time I thought it would take.
I have one cardio class tomorrow and I am not sure what my goals are going to be but I would love to do this one more time without my breaks before I leave.
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