{"id":1092,"date":"2010-03-21T20:38:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T02:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2010-03-21T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T02:38:46","slug":"5-whole-ks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"5 whole K&#8217;s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hate running. <\/p>\n<p>I really hate running. <\/p>\n<p>If you know me, you know, I hate running. <\/p>\n<p>When there are WODs that have lots of running in them, well, I don&#8217;t really look forward to the running part of things. <\/p>\n<p>I have made some really great advances in running over the past year. With the help of my friends Jody &amp; Paula, I was able to do the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1002\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey Trot last Thanksgiving<\/a> with zero walk breaks. A few months after that, I did a Pose running skill session with Dave. <\/p>\n<p>I am getting better at Pose, but I am still not that great at it. Granted, I don&#8217;t really work on it all THAT much, but my stride has certainly changed. I definitely notice that. <\/p>\n<p>Still though, I hate running. That&#8217;s why this challenge is perfect for me.<\/p>\n<p>Today was the start of it. We had to run a 5k (that&#8217;s 3.1 miles). Not really a huge distance, but not really over right away either. <\/p>\n<p>My total time to complete was 32:31 or something like that. I don&#8217;t remember exactly, but it was somewhere between 32 and 33 minutes. I ran this one straight through without stopping to walk at all. With that said though, there were a few times that I really wanted to stop and walk, but I didn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>I did learn a few things from this run:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can run faster than I give myself credit for. I run slow and conservatively because I **HATE** getting cramps in my side. Once I get one of those, running gets even worse for me. <\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t really know what my weakest link is. I noticed today that when I was running, my lungs were fine. <\/li>\n<li>There really wasn&#8217;t a time that I was out of breath or couldn&#8217;t catch my breath. The reasons that I wanted to stop were:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>My legs feel like lead. <\/li>\n<li>My legs are burning. <\/li>\n<li>I am bored. <\/li>\n<li>This is uncomfortable. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hit a really great stride at the end of the run. It felt like I picked it up about 30-40% over what I had done up until that point. It was at that point that I realized that I was on the end of the damn run and there was just about a 1\/4 mile left. Suck. <\/p>\n<p>In 4 weeks, I want to be able to work at a higher pace and not do this blur between &#8220;running&#8221; and soccer mom power-walking. At the very least, I want to be able to have periods where I am running faster than what my current rate of &#8220;normal&#8221; is. <\/p>\n<p>With all that said, I still think that it&#8217;s a great accomplishment to say that I ran a 5k without stopping. <\/p>\n<p>It can only get better from here, right? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate running. I really hate running. If you know me, you know, I hate running. When there are WODs that have lots of running in them, well, I don&#8217;t really look forward to the running part of things. I have made some really great advances in running over the past year. 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