WHAT A RUSH!!!!

Behavior_Modification

I am so happy to be able to share a success story because I haven't had one for a while. My journey over the past month has been a little frustrating and what happened tonight was well needed to push me back in the right direction.

I JOGGED!

I actually jogged an entire 1/2 mile!

This is something I can honestly say I've never achieved in my whole entire life. 1/2 mile would have been two times around the track at school and there's absolutely no way I had ever jogged around that thing twice without stopping.

But that is what I did tonight and I am ever so proud of myself. I went out for a 2 mile walk, a walk which is 1 mile there and 1 mile back. I walked the first 1/2 mile at an average pace to warm up and then the next 1/2 mile a little quicker. When I turned around I finally got the courage to try something new.

I have been wanting to try to jog for a few months now. I even bought a really heavy duty sports bra several months ago in hopes that I'd be putting it to good use. And I tried back then but I wasn't really doing it right. So I didn't last long, got discouraged and quit trying. My form was wrong and I wasn't going at a slow enough pace to really get the movements down and I was jogging on my tippy toes instead of my whole foot and I guess I just feared not being able to do it so I just quit trying at that point. That was a couple months ago. Since then I had been practicing keeping my heel down on the eliptical machine (which I also "rode" with an elevated heel) and it felt really weird, but I knew I needed to get it down. It sure worked different muscles!

So I thought it was a good time to see if I could jog with my heels down. It was dusk, not many houses around, nice sidewalk to try it out on. To my amazement, I did it! I had to go pretty slow to get the motion and feel for it. I feel like I'm stomping, but I know I will get used to it the more I do it. The street lights allowed me to see my shadow on the road and even though I felt weird, I didn't look weird. It looked cool! I was actually watching myself RUN!?!?! Okay, can't really call it a run because I doubt I was any faster than my speediest walking, but let's not get technical. And I kept going...one block....2 blocks.....3 blocks......holy cow, I actually was lasting....4 blocks.....5 blocks......oh my goodness, this is so weird, but awesome and oh my gosh who am I going to call and tell when I get home? .....6 blocks.....can I make it another? I'm going to try...and I kept going until I just couldn't and it was pretty much 1/2 way the way back home. What a rush! A huge sense of accomplishment was filling my head as I walked the rest of the way home, except one block that I jogged again. About 2 1/2 blocks away from home I thought I'd try to jog the rest of the way but only made it about one block. I feel pretty good right now. Thanks for reading my story.

Levahna

Yay!! Congratulations on a huge accomplishment!

stephqj

Fantastic!

SashaSpells

awesome job!

asteppaway

That's awesome! Keep it up if it, you could be running miles before you know it!

brittanydaniel79

That's an amazing story!! Keep it up. And Congrats!!!

xoxosasha

That's a huge accomplishment! Congrats!

iamanne

Great job!!!! Keep it up! If you keep going you will be jogging miles in no time. I jogged my first mile about a month ago and on Wednesday I jogged 4.3 miles!!! I do an average of 2.5-3 miles a day now and I am shocked that I can do it without feeling like I am going to die. :bigsmile: :happy:

kymarai

That is terrific! Small steps lead to big success! Thank you for sharing!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Whooohooooo!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Awesome Diane!!! Thank you for sharing!!! You are doing it girl!!!

Keep up the good work!!:flowerforyou:

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Alioth

What a great story! I'm so happy for you! There's nothing like the feeling of running. You did it!

Fliegenschwein

Its things like this that keep me going , well done

Behavior_Modification

Thanks everyone!!! :flowerforyou:

Kath712

Great story! I can totally relate. I've never been a runner, but there is a little voice inside that keeps saying I "could" be maybe someday. I was out on a walk yesterday morning, going around the track at the local middle school. It brings back bad memories of my 7th grade gym class and having to run a mile every Friday. God, I hated Fridays!!! Anyway, yesterday, as I'm walking, I thought to myself, "Why not try a jog?" So I jogged the straight-away and some of the curve for three of the four laps. And it felt great! Wow, who would have thought? YAY for us!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: :bigsmile:

mstarliper30

Very motivating story! Thanks for sharing, and awesome job on your accomplishment!

Behavior_Modification

Great story! I can totally relate. I've never been a runner, but there is a little voice inside that keeps saying I "could" be maybe someday. I was out on a walk yesterday morning, going around the track at the local middle school. It brings back bad memories of my 7th grade gym class and having to run a mile every Friday. God, I hated Fridays!!! Anyway, yesterday, as I'm walking, I thought to myself, "Why not try a jog?" So I jogged the straight-away and some of the curve for three of the four laps. And it felt great! Wow, who would have thought? YAY for us!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: :bigsmile:

And a great story yourself! Gym class sucked, especially running the mile. I was always one of the last to come in, if not the last. I always showed effort, I just didn't have any skill. I'm proud of you for trying a jog as well....and you did it!!! Congrats to YOU!

trickyfoxster710

YAY! Isn't it th best feeling ever?!?!?! I am so excited for you and you know the best part is that it gets better!!! Keep it up you will love yit more and more I promise!!!!

kerrymh

Wow you are very inspiring I'm kind of at this point myself as well. I really should get that courage up and try it off the treadmill! Way to go!

Behavior_Modification

Thanks ladies!

My legs were so sore both Sat & Sun. I guess you really use a lot of different leg muscles when running vs walking because boy oh boy did I feel all sorts of new ones.

missmeliss

fantastic! i WILL start jogging soon. i will. thanks for the inspiration!

immacookie

DIANE!!!! I totally missed this over the weekend!!!!

That is SO incredibly awesome!! I only have the nerve to jog on my treadmill in my house, but one day.......... :bigsmile:

You should be so proud of yourself, you are SO amazing!! :flowerforyou: :smooched: :flowerforyou: :smooched:

sunnysmile

Congrats Diane, thanks for posting your success. I'm glad you indicated that people hadn't seen it because I for one had no idea you posted a success story.

I wish I could run, except in the water, it kills my knees.; Am glad you are not having that issue.

Keep up the great work, you are the best!

VeryKerri

I am sooo very sorry I missed this! You did a fantastic job and you have every right to be proud of your accomplishment! I am very proud of you and you inspire me so much!!! Keep it up and you will be jogging the whole two miles soon....then the big 5k!!!!!


WHOOO WHOOOOOO!!!!:happy: :happy:

krklstephi

Yay!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

kimbalee661

Congratulations!! What an acomplishment!! I absolutly know the feeling because I haven't been able to jog in over 15 years and am finally jogging on my nightly exercise! Keep it up......you can only continue to go UP!!!

kaymd

That truly is an awesome success story. Thanks for sharing! You inspire me to try running again someday:-)

Behavior_Modification

Thanks everyone for reading and commenting...I appreciate it very much!

steffi1686

Wow that is awesome! I am so proud of you!

♥jewelchristian♥

DIANE!! I am so proud of you!! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! Every step makes a huge difference. Way to go on taking that first step! Maybe I will follow in your footsteps soon! :smooched:

Julbella78

Great job! Keep up the good work!