"SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?"

After finishing my C25K training, there has been one question I have been asked regularly...

"So, what are you doing now?"

I have only run two times since coming off of a sixteen day sickness break (after completing C25K). So, honestly....I don't know what I am doing now! Ha! Here is what my plan is...for now...

I want to get to a place where I am running 2 miles at a faster pace. Why two miles? I don't know...because I like even numbers? Because three miles seem like too much (I survived a 3 mile run at the end of C25K, but it was fairly torturous) and one mile seems too little?

Two sounds right...I have 2 feet to carry me as a run, 2 ears to listen to music as I run, 2 eyes to watch as a run (actually four-eyes if you want to tease me about wearing glasses), 2 x 2 = the number of children I have. 

Two. It's a good number. 

In addition to running 2 miles faster, I am also making sure I run for a minimum of 20 minutes. During C25K, the app assumed I ran a 10-minute mile. So, in my desire to run 2 miles faster, I need to get it under 20 minutes, but even if I do that, I am going to continue to run past the 2 mile mark to finish a 20 minute run. I figure that way, I am increasing my speed and distance. So, "2"night I ran my 2 miles and did my best to push myself to run as fast as possible.*

*Please know my general running speed is a pitifully slow jog....some may even call it a fast walk.

So, I did it. I pushed myself to increase my speed, and did well! I covered more ground than I usually do in a 20 minute window, and got a good workout. 

I want to get to a place where I feel "comfortable" running. Is that bad? I could just keep increasing my distance. I have the "5K to 10K" app ready-and-waiting, but every time I increase the distance when I run I feel like I am suffering. I am suffering a lot on this journey so far (I started off on the couch after all). I just want to feel a little, itty, bitty, bit comfortable while running. I long for that feeling. I think to keep going long-term on this running journey, I "need" to feel that...even if it's only occasionally.

So, that is what I am doing for now. I am running two miles as fast as I can.