Running....

Today I decided to go for a jog/run/walk, I have never been a distance runner, I ran track in middle school only to go to my first meet and walk half of the track during the distance race. lol I hated distance running even though my coach thought I was good at it. Short distances I could kick butt you put me in a sprint and I would kill it!!! This week I have felt so run down and tired all the time so I decided I would take an hour or more to be outside and it was a great choice. I set a thousand little goals for myself during my run. I usually start out and run as far as I can until I choke because my throat is so dry from breathing (probably doing it all wrong) then I walk until my breathing is better, I then ahead and set my first goal. I tell myself I will run until I get to that sign or tree or something that I think looks far away if I make it to the said stopping point and feel like I can keep going I do and don't tell myself when to stop. If I am getting close and feel like I want to stop I cheer myself on by saying "come on Cara you can make that just keep going" and then as soon as I make it I begin to walk briskly again to get my breathing down again. This keeps on until I think I should turn around because I have to go back as far as I came so today at 1 1/4- 1 1/2 miles I turned around. I also like it when there are other people out working out because I secretly race them or at least try to keep them in my sites lol if they get too far away I make myself run again.