My Journey With Weight Loss – Running Should Not Be Torture

I had a great day on Sunday. We arranged to get together with a group of ladies from a service organization that my sister and I belong to. What a hoot! Not only was it fabulous to see them all after so long but when we got together it was like we hadn’t been apart for a year and a half. We enjoyed a few beverages and had lots of laughs. It was the best way to spend an afternoon.

I was up early this morning to get my interval training done. I’m still doing 10 intervals of 12 minutes running and 1 minute walking. I checked my weather app and thought I can get away with wearing a talk top as it wasn’t terribly cool. The app also said it was cloudy but as it was still dark out I couldn’t really check the clouds. There was no mention of rain for the next 2 hours so off I went. After my warm up I started running and within 5 minutes it had started raining. It was a light rain so I thought this won’t be too bad. I was wrong. The longer I ran the heavier it rained. I got to interval number 8 and decided enough of this, I’ll hit the 10 km mark and quit. By that point I was soaked and cold and it was torture.

I don’t feel bad about skipping that last interval. Running is not supposed to make you physically uncomfortable. I know if I force myself to run when I am really not enjoying it then it becomes an excuse to give up and I refuse to do that. I know I did everything right by checking the weather and dressing appropriately (based on the info I had). Really, if I had known it was going to rain I would have worn an entirely different outfit. Did skipping that last interval impact my training, of course not. I still got in a good workout and that is the important thing.

So, if something makes your walks/runs miserable, give yourself a break.