Well welcome to menopause; I forgot!
So the journey continues...
After taking that torturous running test; I started the program.
I finished the 1st 5 weeks & lived.
So I took the test again..
Survived it and found out my stats really improved.
A new program was handed to me.
The new program was faster with inclines....OMG!
After day 1 I thought I would kill the trainer.
I persisted with lots of encouragement from my trainer & sheer will-power.
Unbelievable but I completed the 2nd program.
Retested again....more improvements...moved on to program 3.
During the 3rd program, I started taking the Stride class at my gym.
Stride is a group running program on treadmills; 6 people in total.
Since my trainer taught the class, he would customize my run during class.
What a great motivator!
But even better was the other people in the class.
Many wonderful women and a few good men!
And so funny, most of the women in the class had names that began with L.
Lisa, LeeAnn, Laurie, Leslie....
Anyway 1 particular women, Lisa, became my biggest PIA, I mean motivator.
One day in March '09 she said...GET OFF THE TREADMILL & RUN OUTSIDE!
I thought she was crazy; me run outside..no way, no how!
Running outside without the cushy mat of the treadmill pushing you along...
Are you crazy?!?
At the time I was 51, she's 45...she's nuts...she doesn't know what she's talking about.
Lisa is telling me how blissful it is to run outside, you get lost in your thoughts, breathe fresh air, follow the beautiful scenery....
Yeah right!
And she said a group run is the best.
Let's run with a group of women.
And all I thought was that I would be coughing up a lung, be in agonizing pain, crying my eyes out and end up hit by a car!
It's late & this story is long...so I'll continue tomorrow....
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