12 minutes, 12 long minutes.
In 12 minutes you could drive 12 miles; you could put together a meal,
cook a burger on the grill, change the oil, do the dishes, or get a load of
laundry done. There are so many things
you can do in 12 minutes. For 12 minutes
yesterday evening, I pushed myself. I
enrolled in the La Crosse Park and Rec 5k class and yesterday I ran a total of
12 minutes over a 2 ½ mile stretch. Now I
say run with a grain of salt, it is more like a brisk walking speed with arms
moving but this is the most I have ever run in my life. I had one stretch of running where I did 3
minutes in a row. I know for you runners
out there that this is not a big feat but for a 43 year old who never and I repeat
never ever ran, this is a huge feat for me, a personal goal. I am pushing toward the goal of a 5k in the beginning
of May with the La Crosse Fitness Festival, I have been training 3x a week and
have come a long way (and have a long way to go), as I mentioned here 3 weeks
ago when this started that I ran a total of 90 seconds, last week I made it to
11 minutes. I guess I look at it this
way, if you set your mind on a goal and work toward that goal, nothing can stop
you, nothing that is except for you.
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