i freakn did it!

girlwithcurls2

That. Is. Awesome.
Watch out. 5k isn't far away, and then you'll find your $$$ going to different events around town. And then 10ks...
Great job. You should be so proud

agzram

slickmickey wrote: »

i just jogged my first mile ever without stopping or walking. like ever ever. i was never even able to do that in highschool. might have been slow but i did it! and i wasnt even trying today. yesterday i was able to do .55mile, walked for .2mi, jogged another .1 then walked.
today i hit .5 and said, i think i can do a little bit more. then i said, i think i can push to the end of the song. then i said i hit .75 lets see how much more i can do, and there it was! 1 mile!!!! i almost fell off the tredmill i was so excited

Best feeling ever! Great job!

ceejayhatton_mfp

Well done...love this!

judydj1220

Yeah!! Way to go!

jennyi27

one of my goals as well. Congratulations!

samwiserabbit

Woo Hoo!

tristramtrent

I am enjoying your success! Decided to do something similar on my stationary, then later real, bike....set a goal...get a goal...

adaffern

I'm sure the feeling was amazing. Congratulations!

bigblueeyes1

This is awesome!!! Great Job

saraAmcd

Congratulations! What a terrific feeling!

Trishkit

slickmickey wrote: »

so question - should my next goal (other than being able to do this again!) be to go faster, or go longer? i dont really have any other goals because i didnt think this would happen anytime soon.

First, congratulations! What a fantastic feeling!

I would mix it up. Depending on how I'm feeling, I'll either run a mile and try to maintain the same speed, so I can gauge how I'm feeling about that pace, or I'll bump it up and go for time. Or a couple of times a week now, I'll set my speed a little lower and shoot for a 5k. Getting that new record time is an amazing feeling, but going for longer is too, and I try to avoid burning myself out. From my own personal experience, if I shoot for too much and then fail to meet my goal, I get bummed out and the workout stops being a positive experience. Mixing it up seems to help with that, and by the time I'm back around to going for time or distance, I've recovered enough to be able to give it my all.

slickmickey

Trishkit wrote: »

I would mix it up. Depending on how I'm feeling, I'll either run a mile and try to maintain the same speed, so I can gauge how I'm feeling about that pace, or I'll bump it up and go for time. Or a couple of times a week now, I'll set my speed a little lower and shoot for a 5k. Getting that new record time is an amazing feeling, but going for longer is too, and I try to avoid burning myself out. From my own personal experience, if I shoot for too much and then fail to meet my goal, I get bummed out and the workout stops being a positive experience. Mixing it up seems to help with that, and by the time I'm back around to going for time or distance, I've recovered enough to be able to give it my all.

Thanks! I tried jogging a little yesterday and my shins said no after half a mile, so i guess I'll be doing this very slowly i guess the next goal is just repeat the mile a few more times. then i'll worry about more/faster/10ks lol

Thanks everyone!!!!

Jay_Maddy

Congrats!

juststr8classe

That's is awesome. Every step you take that you weren't able to take before is an accomplishment. Congrats!!

treehopper1987

Yay! That is definitely an accomplishment! Keep up the good work! I definitely can't run that long. My goals are always run for 1:30 minutes or 1 minute at a time lol! Maybe one day I will also be able to post this similar success story.

rsclause

Keep adding a little at a time and you will start to crave running. You are doing great! Just think how you will feel finishing your first race. I was a "I can't run" person and after adding a little distance at a time, like you are, I can now run half marathons.

slickmickey

treehopper1987 wrote: »

Yay! That is definitely an accomplishment! Keep up the good work! I definitely can't run that long. My goals are always run for 1:30 minutes or 1 minute at a time lol! Maybe one day I will also be able to post this similar success story.

you totally will! at the beginning on the year my goal was 1 minute. after i could do that 3 times during a mile my goal was 1 song! i got stuck there for forever but it's totally doable!

mom23mangos

That is so awesome! Congratulations!

JeromeBarry1

Great! Now, do it again.

quiksylver296

That is so fabulous! I've found that my difficulty to run is much more in my head than my body not being physically able to do it. I always have to tell myself "one more song," or "one more minute," or "one more lap" over and over and over again.

studimnot

Awesome Work! That inspires me to try harder! Keep it up!

lporter229

That's fantastic. Keep at it. You asked about distance or speed. You will naturally get faster over time. If you work on increasing your distance, you will be building an aerobic base which will help you run farther and faster. I have not done the C25K program myself, but it is highly recommended by others around here. It will give you a program of alternating running and walking intervals that will eventually build you up to being able to run a 5K! Congrats and good luck!!!

slickmickey

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Great! Now, do it again.

where's the like button on this thing?

countingdown

Congrats!!

Fursian

Well done to you! Awesome!

jennifer_417

That's great! Congrats!

nowine4me

Nice